South Africa’s planned child biometric registration stirs privacy concerns
The proposed new policy in South Africa which seeks to have some biometric features of babies captured at birth in…
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Nuggets’ self-sovereign digital ID chosen for Accenture fintech accelerator
Self-sovereign digital ID and payments platform Nuggets is among 20 fintech startups selected for the 2021 cohort accelerator program of…
Mexico’s national biometric register of mobile phone users proposal advances
The Communications and Transportation Commission of the Chamber of Deputies in Mexico recently approved the proposal amending the Federal Telecommunications…
Face biometrics deployments increase as regulator and public push back
The regulatory heat around facial recognition continues to rise, even as implementations increase from airports to digital health credentials around…
Face biometrics firm SVI and digital ID platform Auth0 announce board appointments
StereoVision Imaging (SVI) introduced former SoftBank executive Steve Carlin and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ken Tovo to serve on…
American rolls out Daon health passport, digital ID from Evernym and IATA chosen by major airlines
American Airlines has introduced a biometric health passport to streamline travel requirements for all passengers travelling to the United States…
Biometrics providers Elenium, Experian, and Idemia commended
Through the third week of 2021, a number of commendations and awards have been given to biometrics and digital identity…
VisionLabs and Smart Engines, Innovatrics announce biometric onboarding customer wins
The Emirates NBD bank will now allow customers to verify their identity documents via mobile when opening an account using…
Cameroon moves to tackle hurdles impeding biometric IDs’ smooth issuance
Cameroon’s general delegation for national security, the body charged with overseeing the issuance of biometrics-backed digital national identity cards for…
ID4Africa Livecast – Open APIs as a Pathway to Identity and Sectoral System Development
ID4Africa Livecast – Open APIs as a Pathway to Identity and Sectoral System Development Online January 28, 2021, 13:30 –…
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