Insider perspectives and government engagement top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Insider perspectives on biometric security, and airport and event applications were the top theme of the week for the most…
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Chinese biometric surveillance technology deployed internationally amid criticism
Authorities in Bolivia have deployed 600 cameras with facial recognition, to go along with 2,000 units already in service, as…
Facial recognition payments not a hit yet in China, but new services launching
Biometric payments with facial recognition seem not to have been embraced enthusiastically in China, but new services leveraging the technology…
Thousands of cameras from banned companies operating in U.S. facilities as Entity List fallout continues
There are currently more than 2,700 cameras from companies banned from U.S. government contracts are still in operation at military…
Aratek presents TruFace facial recognition at China’s largest security event
Aratek will showcase its biometric identity solutions including terminals, scanners and modules, with a special focus on its new facial…
Megvii pushes ahead with IPO plans as biometrics market grapples with ban fallout
The potential blockbuster initial public offering of biometric facial recognition unicorn Megvii is still being planned for early November, despite…
Taiwan to investigate biometrics company Megvii following U.S. blacklisting
After Chinese biometrics company Megvii was blacklisted by the U.S. government last week, Taiwan Economics Minister Sheng Jong-chin announced at…
Digitization, decentralization and regulation top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
The most read stories this week on Biometric Update have a French theme, as a digital ID system using facial…
Goldman Sachs reconsiders support of Megvii IPO, MIT reevaluates SenseTime link
Megvii IPO sponsor Goldman Sachs Group has decided to reconsider its role in the biometrics unicorn’s initial public offering, after…
U.S. drops Entity List hammer on Chinese facial recognition unicorns and biometrics providers
The U.S. Government has added 28 organizations to its Entity List, banning major biometrics companies including Dahua, Hikvision, iFlytek, Megvii,…
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