Ukraine to launch digital ID as Malaysia reveals open source approach to national biometric system
The Cabinet of Ukraine has launched a pilot project as it seeks to stand up a national digital ID system…
Malaysia
Sita to launch single-token biometric system at Malaysian airports as data sharing startup Zamna raises $5M
Sita will introduce a single-token biometric system for the full airport traveller journey at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in collaboration…
Datasonic and Digent stand up joint next-generation biometrics venture
A new joint venture company has been formed to develop and market next generation biometric applications, through a partnership between…
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 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…
