Brazil’s unico plans selfie biometrics expansion in Latin America after raising $100M
São Paulo, Brazil-based unico has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round and plans to expand into other…
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FacePhi plans biometrics expansion in LATAM with new Uruguay subsidiary
FacePhi turns its attention to Latin America as it opens a subsidiary in Montevideo, Uruguay to provide technical support and…
NGOs sound alarm over facial recognition systems’ lack of transparency in Latin America
The Al Sur NGO consortium has published a new report calling facial recognition implementation by some Latin American governments ‘perverse.’…
The allure of Chinese ‘digital authoritarianism’ for Latin America
Concern that Chinese technology in Venezuela and Cuba which is allowing the states to exercise ‘social control’ over their populations…
Tech5 face biometrics deployed for COVID-19 status verification in Chile
Tech5 is providing its facial recognition technology to assist Chile’s COVID-19 health status verification efforts to prevent the spread of the…
HID Global introduces biometric MFA platform for banks, targets LATAM region
Latin American banks can drive customer loyalty in a competitive market by using biometrics to provide the widest-reaching omnichannel experience…
FPC signs up biometric payment card manufacturer in India
Fingerprint Cards (FPC) has entered a new partnership with Indian smart card manufacturer Seshaasai to bring its biometric payment cards…
Thales and Iris ID each strike biometrics distribution deals for Latin America
Digital systems integrator Sistemas Integrales de Automatización (SIASA) has reached separate distribution deals for Mexico and Latin America with Thales…
Integrated Biometrics supplies fingerprint scanners at 460 payments locations in Uruguay
Uruguayan payments and collections provider Redpagos has selected Integrated Biometrics’ fingerprint technology to verify the identity of its customers at…
FacePhi, SITA and Collins each roll out facial recognition to airports on different continents
FacePhi, SITA and Collins Aerospace are all supplying face biometrics to aviation sector customers in new deployments. Meanwhile in Canada,…
