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Philippines leader wants a digital national ID much sooner, with private sector help
It may not have been a formal edict, but the leader of The Philippines has demanded his government – and...
 
Singapore debuts ethics test for AI
Following the advice of many ethicists, leaders of city-state Singapore have committed to building an AI governance testing framework and...
US retail conference draws biometrics for payments, marketing and age estimation
Biometrics still plays a small role in the United States’ retail industry compared to more conventional technologies, but innovations are...
 
Pushback against SIM registration in Philippines as India adds facial recognition checks
As SIM-identity registration continues worldwide, privacy and fraud risks come to the fore. Indians are subject to an unclear privacy...
Selfie biometrics deployed for KYC, hotel check-ins and Microsoft Teams
YooniK joined forces with Host Hotel Systems to bring biometrics to the hospitality sector and iDenfy with Primo Dialler to...
 
Calls for Nigeria to test integrity of biometric matching systems ahead of elections
Civil society group Diasporans for Good Governance have called into question the biometric matching systems the Independent National Electoral Commission...
What everyone needs to know about facial recognition
The National Press Foundation recently held an event to help inform the news media about facial recognition. How fully it...
 
Nigeria commits to issuing passports within 6 weeks of biometrics capture, clear backlog
To tackle the country’s backlog of passport applications and urge applicants to stick to official processes, Nigeria’s passport authority has...
TrustID adds voice to OIX to help shape UK trust framework
UK-based digital ID provider TrustID has announced it is now part of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). According to the...
 
Romanian leaders pay for new electronic IDs due in August
The Romanian government has announced plans to cover the price of citizens’ new electronic ID cards, which include biometric security...
Anonybit adds decentralized biometric authentication to Ping Identity partner program
Anonybit and Ping Identity have partnered to bring the former’s protection against data breaches and account takeover attacks to the...
 
SecureAuth unveils 7 patents for behavioral biometrics, ID proofing
The United States patent office has granted SecureAuth seven patents for methods of authenticating claimed ID using automated risk-based control...
Idemia part of Potential Consortium awarded large-scale pilots for EU Digital Identity Wallet
Idemia is a member of the Potential Consortium which has been selected by the European Commission to run cross-border large-scale...
 
Success of age estimation, digital ID trials in UK lead to pressure for changes to the law
The influential British Retail Consortium (BRC) is calling for a change to the law to allow the use of age...
  Surveillance states: life in the facial recognition spotlight in China, Iran and India
  Army seeks big AI answers from small businesses
  Employees saying no to biometric timekeepers
  UK age estimation trials and beyond: Innovative Technology
  Idemia part of Potential Consortium awarded large-scale pilots for EU Digital Identity Wallet
  NADRA rolls out patient ID verification for transparency in organ transplants
Biometrics White Papers
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
 
Presentation attack detection: Measuring performance of APCER and BPCER
APCER and BPCER are acronyms for error rates used to quantify the performance of presentation attack detection (PAD) systems. This...
Improving the ATM experience with biometrics multi-factor authentication
ATMs in the U.S. and other parts of the world have generally validated the identity of bank customers with something...
 
On-demand webinar – Human or machine: AI proves best at spotting biometric attacks
With large organizations processing millions of face checks monthly, one advantage of AI liveness detection is the reduced burden on...
Events and Webinars
Ethics, biometrics and AI: the good, the bad and the ugly – Why European Parliament’s concerns are probably disproportionate
  January 31, 2023
Aviation Festival Asia 2023
  February 28, 2023 - March 1, 2023
World Police Summit
  March 7, 2023 - March 9, 2023
7th Edition Connected Banking Summit East Africa
  March 7, 2023
SECON 2023
  March 29, 2023 - March 31, 2023
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