Face biometrics makes headlines from regulation and conferences to company fundraising and deployments
Biometric facial recognition and digital identity in Africa, both separately and the possible convergence between the two, are the main…
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PeasyPay launches biometric payment system, NTT facial recognition payments trialed on self-driving buses
A biometric payment system using facial and palm recognition has been launched by startup PeasyPay in Hungary to provide GDPR-compliant in-store…
Zwipe capitalized for biometric payment card commercialization with over $10M from private placement
Institutional investors and half a dozen primary insiders have invested NOK 96 million (approximately US$10.5 million) in Zwipe, capitalizing the…
Sumsub raises $6M to bring selfie biometrics and document checking to new markets
Sumsub has raised $6 million in Series A funding to develop its all-in-one, biometrics and AI-powered identity verification and compliance risk…
AnyVision raises $43M to scale touchless biometric access control, remote authentication technology
AnyVision has secured $43 million in funding that will be spent on further scaling its touchless biometric access control and…
Thirdfort raises £1M to scale selfie biometric and ID document check platform for law firms
Legal tech startup Thirdfort has raised £1 million (US$1.3 million) in a recent seed-plus funding round, bringing total funds raised…
Biometric documents and mobile verification market matures with next-generation technologies
Biometric identity documents and mobile digital ID were main themes of the week’s top biometrics news, with a new capability…
Berbix raises $9M to grow next-generation biometric identity verification based on signals aggregation
Startup Berbix has announced a $9 million funding round for its new approach to cloud-based biometric selfie and ID document checking…
Jnctn secures funding from Yoti CEO to expand digital identity product development
New Zealand’s Jnctn, one of Microsoft’s FastTrack for Azure partners, has secured funding from Robin Tombs, CEO and co-founder of…
Socure raises $35M to grow digital identity verification business and combat sophisticated fraud
Socure has raised $35 million to support the growth of the company’s “Day Zero” digital ID verification and biometric technologies, enhance…
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