Facial recognition for banking eKYC expands across South-East Asia
Several companies in the Asia-Pacific region have made announcements about biometrics initiatives, offerings, and awards for technology supporting financial services,…
Malaysia
Malaysia introduces national biometric digital ID to reduce fraud, identity theft
Following in the footsteps of Singapore and Thailand, Malaysia has launched a national biometric digital identification platform (National Digital ID)…
SITA and Malaysia Airports to collaborate on digital airport initiative
Malaysia Airports and SITA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore joint opportunities and collaborative innovation for Malaysia…
Tencent and SenseTime executives join Malaysian sovereign wealth fund board
Executives from Tencent Holdings and biometric facial recognition unicorn SenseTime have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Malaysian…
Malaysia to consider NEC biometric technology for national digital ID program
With the Malaysian government preparing to launch its national biometric digital identification project, NEC has submitted a proposal to the…
AirAsia introduces smartphone registration for its biometric boarding system
AirAsia Group has introduced a smartphone registration system to make it easier for passengers to take advantage of biometric boarding…
SenseTime to help build new Malaysia AI hub for speech recognition development
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has approved the construction of a $1 billion artificial intelligence hub in the country in…
Biometric verification introduced for foreign worker health screening in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Foreign Workers Medical Examination Monitoring Agency (Fomema) said that the foreign worker health screening biometric system, designed to address…
Airport deployments of facial recognition in Asia-Pacific continue rapid growth
Biometrics deployments for air traveler identification in the Asia-Pacific region are taking off, with several airports updating their roll-out plans…
Grab Malaysia to deploy facial recognition to enhance driver and passenger safety
Among a list of suggestions GRAB Malaysia is expected to submit to the country’s Ministry of Transport is a recommendation…
