DHS launches $440M government-wide biometric capture procurement
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a government-wide procurement that could standardize how federal agencies capture fingerprints,…
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FARx announces new chairman, new seed funding in push for global growth
UK multimodal biometrics and deepfake detection provider FARx has appointed former BT executive Chris Bruce as its new chairman, following…
Pakistan weighs iris biometrics for SIM registration as identity theft persists
Pakistani officials are considering adding iris biometrics to SIM card registration after concluding that fingerprint-based verification alone has failed to…
ROC wins first federal ABIS contract in push to anchor US biometrics, identity market
A new five-year federal contract valued at up to $5.1 million will see Colorado biometrics provider ROC deploy its automated…
CBP expands multimodal biometrics with new palm, iris and face equipment buy
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to acquire hundreds of palm, iris and facial biometric devices, continuing its…
FBI twin research highlights why multimodal biometrics still matter
The FBI is using biometric data provided by twins to understand how identification technologies perform in differentiating between people who…
State Department broadens Guatemala biometric system procurement
The U.S. Department of State has reopened its competition to build Guatemala’s national migration biometric system after substantially expanding the…
DHS looks to consolidate aging biometric examination tools
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is exploring the acquisition of a multimodal examination platform that would allow government biometric…
Albania tenders multimodal biometrics center, mobile police identification devices
Albania’s national State Police force is contracting technology for a new multimodal biometric identification center and mobile devices to improve…
Deepfake threat pushes detection beyond single biometric signals
Generative AI has made robust biometric detection systems increasingly critical for fraud prevention. According to new data from Surfshark, deepfake…
