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Will Open APIs break digital ID vendor lock-in, usher in new opportunity?
The great potential for national ID systems with Open APIs to improve digital economies while enhancing equality and security was pitched at the latest webinar in ID4Africa’s Livecast online event. By making technology from different biometrics and digital ID vendors interoperable, major legacy problems could be solved .. Read the full report here.

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iProov, Onfido, Daon stake out positions as biometrics-backed immunity passports advance
Biometrics providers including iProov, Onfido and Daon are positioning themselves to serve the requirements of digital health credentials for the...
 
Biometric mobile payments to reach $3T by 2025 on 650 percent growth, Juniper forecasts
App-based purchases and mobile commerce and contactless mobile device-based payments will drive more than $3 trillion in mobile payments that...
Will Open APIs break digital ID vendor lock-in, usher in new opportunity? ID4Africa community debates
The great potential for national ID systems with Open APIs to improve digital economies while enhancing equality and security was...
 
Soft market conditions hit biometrics revenues but fundraising, deals foreshadow expected bounce
Earnings reports by publicly-traded companies that provide biometrics are showing some effect from the generalized financial turmoil of the pandemic....
Consumers’ contrasting opinions towards biometric adoption shown by Entrust report
A new report by digital identity firm Entrust shows strong support among consumers for the adoption of biometric solutions, but...
 
Cameroon, Rwanda see progress in biometric passport projects implementation
Rwanda’s project to issue passports with embedded biometric data has attained a new milestone in its implementation process following the...
Feds warn of strings attached to a Chinese DNA firm’s hunt for COVID partners in U.S.
Typically, when someone in the Unites States is heard expressing distrust about how biometric data is collected, used and stored,...
 
Precise Biometrics signs commercial access control agreement with Clarkson University
Precise Biometrics has announced a new commercial partnership with Clarkson University. As part of the new collaboration, Precise’s YOUNiQ facial...
BioID biometric PAD detection ISO standard compliance confirmed for Level A and B attacks
BioID’s biometric liveness detection technology has been confirmed for compliance to the ISO/IEC 30107-3 standard for Level A and B...
 
ID R&D and Synaptics partnership to bring voice biometrics to smart home edge devices
ID R&D and Synaptics have partnered to integrate voice biometrics with the VideoSmart VS600 platform to enable fast and accurate identification,...
New rumors hint at in-screen Touch ID and Face ID biometrics on iPhone 13
The upcoming iPhone 13 lineup could feature biometric authentication with a combination of in-screen Touch ID and Face ID, a...
 
Kenya’s Huduma Namba digital ID scheme could exclude millions of citizens, Forum warns
An ongoing project in Kenya to issue a biometrics-backed digital ID known as the Huduma Namba to citizens continues to...
  Ready or not, biometric payment cards and immunity passports have arrived
  Global facial recognition market to grow by over $3.3B in next five years
  New ID and biometrics advisory board, ethical AI alliance formed by global organizations
  Public-private biometrics collaborations will increase; establish robust policies, UK govt group urges
  Privacy and security concerns from digital identity growth addressed by civil society, governments
  Alcatraz AI protection of biometric data confirmed with ISO 27001 compliance
Events and Webinars
Border Security Conference
  February 10, 2021 - February 11, 2021
Border Security Conference Online February 10 – 11, 2021 With COVID-19 spreading across the globe, the security and integrity of...
ID4Africa Livecast – Spotlight on the identity ecosystem of Mauritius
  February 11, 2021 - February 11, 2021
ID4Africa Livecast – Spotlight on the identity ecosystem of Mauritius Online February 11, 2021, Time: 13:30 – 15:30 GMT Following...
Demographic fairness in biometric systems
  March 9, 2021 - March 30, 2021
Demographic fairness in biometric systems EAB Online Seminar March 9 to March 30, 2021 The European Association for Biometrics (EAB)...
IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition
  March 9, 2021 - March 10, 2021
IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition Istanbul, Turkey March 9 – 10, 2021 IFINTEC Finance Technologies Conference and Exhibition will...
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit
  April 7, 2021 - April 8, 2021
2nd Annual Facial Recognition Summit Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore April 7 – 8, 2021 Facial recognition technology is riding high...
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