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Persona raises $17.5M to build industry presence, biometric identity infrastructure
The company was co-founded by Rick Song, a former Square engineer, and former Dropbox engineer Charles Yeh, and recently relaunched to deliver a privacy-centric, people-first approach to biometric identity verification online .. Read the full story here.

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Persona raises $17.5M to build industry presence, biometric identity infrastructure
Persona has raised $17.5 million in a Series A funding round, and CEO and Co-founder Rick Song told Biometric Update...
 
Integrated Biometrics reports 50% revenue growth, multiple partnerships, awards
Integrated Biometrics has registered over 50 percent year-over-year sales revenue growth in 2019, the third consecutive year to display significant...
Biometric surveillance system demand will drive global facial recognition market to $12B by 2025
The global facial recognition market is estimated to surpass $12 billion by 2025, according to a recent report by Adroit...
 
Groups call for suspension of U.S. federal facial recognition as state lawmakers weigh changes
More than 40 groups have co-signed a letter calling on the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an...
UN biometrics program for refugees spreads through Africa and into Asia
Biometrics are being deployed by the United Nations to positively identify refugees worldwide and to make sure aid to them...
 
India’s NCRB extends facial recognition tender deadline for sixth time
India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) is still accepting proposals for the Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS), after deciding to...
NEC introduces biometric facial recognition system for Mitsui Fudosan hotels
NEC will be supplying a “Smart Hospitality Service” leveraging its biometric facial recognition technology for “Sequence,” a new hotel brand...
 
Ultimate Finance, GetID present enhanced biometric online ID verification solutions
Ultimate Finance has entered a partnership with Nivo to invest in biometric facial recognition technology to speed up the mobile...
Thailand satisfied with Dermalog’s biometric border control system
Dermalog’s biometric border control solution has processed some 49 million people and helped the Thai Immigration Bureau detect over 4,300...
 
HID Global appoints Björn Lidefelt President and CEO
HID Global has appointed Björn Lidefelt President and CEO, the company announced. Lidefelt’s previous experience includes acting as Chief Commercial...
Halma invests in Valencell’s biometric sensors for wearables
Valencell has obtained a strategic financial investment from Halma and other investors, which will help boost development and innovation for...
 
Why biometrics will let us forget passwords forever
In the next few years, forgetting passwords will be a problem of the past, with more and more organisations using...
  Biometrics and Information Commissioners criticize live facial recognition deployment across London
  New Jersey law enforcement blocked from using facial recognition tech from Clearview AI
  ID R&D update optimizes voice biometric solution for edge devices
  Ada Lovelace Institute to review governance of biometric data
  The heart betrays even more in an age of biometrics. Lasers now ID people
  Kneron raises $40M for edge biometrics and AI chip development
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