Aadhaar amendment for voluntary biometric verification by private sector passes lower house
India’s lower house has passed the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, sending legislation establishing new rules for private…
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Speech biometrics firm Uniphore receives $38M in funding to chase unicorn status
India-based biometric speech recognition and conversational AI company Uniphore has raised nearly $38 million in Series C funding round led…
New Aadhaar legislation tabled to establish voluntary biometric verification rules
India’s government has tabled legislation in the Lok Sabha intended to set a legal foundation for the use of Aadhaar…
NEC fingerprint identification system being deployed for Kerala State Police in India
NEC announced today that NEC Technologies India (NECTI) has partnered with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) (Note…
UN panel praises financial inclusion gains from India’s biometric digital ID system
A United Nations high-level panel on digital cooperation has lauded India’s financial inclusion efforts, including its Aadhaar national biometric system…
Socure to double development team in India to leverage local AI talent
Digital identity verification company Socure is planning to double its team of data scientists and developers in Chennai, India, from…
Indian facial recognition startups tackle retail and KYC markets
ParallelDots has won the $50,000 Tech4Future challenge from among 300 startups for its artificial intelligence platform with biometric facial recognition…
RBI update allows offline Aadhaar for Indian bank KYC checks with customer consent
Indian banks can now use customer Aadhaar numbers to verify them according to know your customer (KYC) guidelines, after the…
Indian Railway increases scope and tries again with tender for facial recognition network
The Indian Railway’s telecom arm RailTel has re-floated a tender for a CCTV network with biometric facial recognition after the…
Mantra Softech releases portable biometric identification and verification device
India-based Mantra Softech recently unveiled an portable multi-modal biometric identification and verification tablet with IP65 rating for water and dust…
