Pushback against SIM registration in Philippines as India adds facial recognition checks
As SIM-identity registration continues worldwide, privacy and fraud risks come to the fore. Indians are subject to an unclear privacy…
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Pakistan biometric beneficiary program issuing $240M in first installment
The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Pakistan started releasing the first quarterly installment of 7,000 Pakistani rupees (US$30.60) to…
Media, government seem clued into the danger of deepfakes. Just hope it’s not too late
For whatever reason, concern and even fright is building over deepfakes. The concerns are real, it just is not clear…
Philippines: almost 15M SIM cards registered in first few days, calls to link to PhilID
More than 14 million SIM cards were linked to users’ ID in the opening days of the campaign, according to…
Intellicheck expands multimillion-dollar digital ID contract with financial customer
New York-based identity provider Intellicheck has announced the expansion of a multimillion-dollar contract with an unnamed financial customer. Details about…
Biometric system reveals Somalia’s civil service payroll filled by ghost workers
More than two thirds of Somalia’s federal civil servants earn salaries for doing no work, claims the president. The government…
CAF revenues up 250 percent in 2022, firm plans international expansion: CEO
Darryl Green joined Brazilian facial identification and recognition firm CAF as its CEO in July 2022. At the time, the…
Consumers are placing their trust in mobile deposits. Here’s how banks can keep it.
By Michael Diamond, Senior Vice President, GM Digital Banking at Mitek Systems In our post-pandemic world, it’s evident most people…
NADRA details Pakistan’s stronger fingerprint biometric system for SIM registration
A new fingerprint biometric system is now being used by telecoms in Pakistan to register people for SIM activation, following…
Pakistan considers tinkering with biometric channels to distribute aid
Economic assistance in Pakistan is being distributed through a direct distribution system using biometrics, but that might not be the…
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