GBG reaches $19M deal for New Zealand selfie biometrics provider Cloudcheck
GBG has acquired New Zealand-based biometrics provider Cloudcheck in a £14 million (US$18.9 million) deal to strengthen its position in the Australasia…
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Passage raises $4M to bring biometric authentication to web browsers
Passage, an Austin, Texas-based company, has emerged from stealth with $4 million in funding to announce the public beta test…
FaceTec biometric identity proofing, liveness integrated for DeFi, metaverse trust
Decentralized identity management startup Avarta, which provides a multi-chain, multi-asset digital wallet secured with biometrics, has selected FaceTec’s 3D Face…
Zimbabwe begins biometric voter drive to determine constituency sizes for 2023 polls
A biometric voter registration process to guide the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on a planned delimitation exercise in September ahead…
Worldwide revenue for digital identity vendors to double by 2026 – report
A new report from Juniper Research suggests revenue for digital identity vendors worldwide will exceed $53 billion in 2026 led…
ID4Africa: the future of digital identity in the real and virtual worlds
“What is your notion of digital identity?” may at first seem to be one of those futile questions in the…
US Treasury considers alternatives to ID.me biometrics for IRS online access
An Internal Revenue Service contract being served by ID.me for online tax returns is continuing to generate controversy based on the…
Executive appointments reflect sharpening focus for biometrics providers
Biometrics providers Zwipe, Rank One Computing, Alcatraz AI, ValidSoft, Transmit Security, Ondato, and ID.me announced new hires at various executive…
India consults stakeholders on federated digital identity project
A plan has been proposed by India’s government to introduce a new digital ID overarching citizens’ different existing digital IDs…
Willingness grows for digital ID, sharing personal data — with conditions
Customer identity solutions provider Okta has published a report on attitudes towards digital services and digital identity in Europe. Results…
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