2019: a critical year for biometrics and digital ID in the Global South
While Europe and the U.S. have seen steady progress with incremental improvements and plenty of new regulation alongside the growing…
Latin America
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Mastercard finds most Latin American and Caribbean consumers want biometric online payments
Millennials in Latin America and the Caribbean are driving regional e-commerce growth rates above 20 percent, and between 63 and…
Deployment starts for VSBLTY’s $10M facial recognition smart city contract with Mexico City
Partners VSBLTY and intelligent lighting solution provider Energetika have begun deploying their smart city security systems in Mexico City under…
Innovatrics says Latin American biometrics market growing, expects larger share
The biometric landscape in Latin America is expanding and evolving, with 30 million people enrolled in the region, public sector…
FacePhi continues LATAM expansion with Panama bank biometric onboarding contract
Banesco Panama is the latest financial institution to select biometric facial recognition technology from FacePhi to secure its digital onboarding…
Cimcon raises $33M to expand smart city push as VSBLTY extends LATAM partnership
Smart city technology provider Cimcon has closed a $33 million financing round, including a $23 million Series C round and…
Biometric digital identification initiatives by country
Biometric Update offers a comprehensive directory of digital identification initiatives in developing nations to assist information-gathering by government employees, companies…
Biometrics HITech Summit 2019
Biometrics HITech Summit 2019 Aug 20-21, 2019 São Paulo, Brazil Biometrics HITech and FENAPPI (National Federation of Fingerprint and Human…
AS•NET joins Ipsidy Partner Network to resell biometric solutions in Latin America
Ipsidy and American Smart Systems & Networks (AS•NET) announced today the companies intention to integrate Ipsidy’s biometric identity and authentication…
Argentina hot for FacePhi biometrics as Banco del Sol deploys SelphID
FacePhi continues to expand its presence in Argentina with this week’s announcement that Banco del Sol will deploy its SelphID…
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