New tools and customers unveiled for biometric onboarding and anti-fraud applications
A number of selfe biometrics providers have each expanded their digital identity verification product and customer portfolios to improve onboarding…
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Onfido, IDnow ride selfie biometrics to record growth in Q4 2021
Digital identity authentication and selfie biometric providers Onfido and IDnow unveiled summaries of their 2021 business results that showed record…
OCR Labs raises $30M to grow global face biometrics presence, plans to double staff
Australian ID verification and biometrics startup OCR Labs has raised $30 million in Series B funding to grow in the…
IRS drops biometric authentication requirement, prepares for Login.Gov after filing date
A new non-biometric authentication option for taxpayers signing up for IRS online accounts is now operational, announces the agency, following…
Sri Lankan government partners for biometric KYC, authentication
Seylan Bank has announced a partnership with the Department of Pensions of Sri Lanka which seeks to expedite the process…
Global face biometrics pass rate 95 percent; Sumsub sees room for improvement
The average global pass rate for remote identity checks with face biometrics is 95 percent, according to new research from…
FacePhi expands face biometrics and passive liveness detection to ridesharing
Spain’s FacePhi is extending its selfie biometrics to the shared mobility industry with the announcement that carsharing service WiBLE is using…
ITIF, former DHS exec push back on criticisms of facial recognition use by US agency
The Internal Revenue Agency (IRS) should have taken a more measured response to the controversy around its use of identity…
Many Irish skeptical about responsible facial recognition use, poll shows
A recent study by market research and data analysis outfit Ireland Thinks suggests 42 percent of Irish nationals still entertain…
Ghana telcos trying to facilitate biometric SIM registrations as diverse concerns grow
The ongoing process in Ghana for phone users to re-register their SIM cards using biometrics has continued to resuscitate concerns…
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