View in Browser
       
DAILY NEWS   |   INTERVIEWS   |   STOCKS   |   BLOGS   |   COMPANIES   |   EVENTS
Biometrics in Africa this week: Idemia suspension in Kenya overturned, local solutions sought for cybercrime
Kenya’s biometric past and present are covered this week from multiple angles. Its electoral commission will continue to use the kit bought from Idemia after the High Court overturned the imposition of a ten-year ban on the French firm. Also in Kenya, the effects of humanitarian involvement in biometrics are examined in a detailed account of the double-registered .. Read the full story here.

Today's news coverage continues below. Thanks for reading.
Daily Biometrics News
Biometrics in Africa this week: Idemia suspension in Kenya overturned, local solutions sought for cybercrime
Kenya’s biometric past and present are covered this week from multiple angles. Its electoral commission will continue to use the...
 
Biometrics deployments and growth stats roll in as businesses and governments adapt to crisis
Britain’s biometrics industry is booming, as businesses turn to fingerprints and other modalities to enable secure access to private corporate...
UNHCR moving biometrics to contactless iris-only in some countries after successful testing
UNHCR, the UN’s Refugee Agency, has piloted contactless iris biometrics in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Zambia and Malawi, according to a newly-published...
 
Next Biometrics to further cut costs and headcount to mitigate COVID-19 impact on fingerprint business
Next Biometrics is undertaking another set of cost reduction steps to optimize its fingerprints business in the face of challenges...
Idex Biometrics to supply fingerprint sensors for Zwipe payment platform for new card solution
Idex Biometrics will provide its fingerprint sensor products for integration with the Zwipe Pay ONE platform to offer a complete...
 
Chinese companies push AI, biometric thermal imaging tech for U.S. deployment amid COVID-19
Chinese AI tech developer Rokid is negotiating with U.S. companies to sell its thermal imaging glasses with biometrics to U.S....
Yoti, Synetics introduce biometric digital identity and e-KYC risk assessment onboarding project for banks
Yoti and Synectics Solutions have jointly developed Project Endeavour, a real-time electronic digital identity and e-KYC risk assessment onboarding solution...
 
Foundational role of biometrics for digital identity credentials discussed in IBIA paper
The International Biometrics + Identity Association (IBIA) has published a report examining the transition which is beginning towards the use...
Innovatrics on NIST FRVT biometric accuracy leaderboard with fast matching algorithm
The latest biometric facial recognition benchmarks show Innovatrics’ technology among the fastest for identifying people from large data sets. Innovatrics’...
 
Speech recognition for kids draws $6.3M
A specialized voice technology startup in Ireland just closed a €5.8 million ($6.3 million) round, and executives say they are...
Australian students fear exam platform threatens biometric data privacy
Students from Australia’s University of Queensland fear their biometric data and privacy could be at risk due to a third-party...
 
HYPR appoints VP Engineering to drive passwordless authentication adoption
HYPR has appointed cloud engineering industry veteran Adam Abrevaya as Vice President of Engineering to accelerate innovation and passwordless authentication...
Small businesses face fraud and compliance challenges with PSD2 deadline looming
Small businesses are not ready for the looming PSD2 deadline, Accertify has heard from a number of different sources at...
 
Biometrics companies raise $303M in three funding rounds as fingerprint card market matures
The most widely read news of the week in the biometrics and digital ID industry has been a trio of...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Events
International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics – IWBF 2020
  April 29, 2020 - April 30, 2020
International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics – IWBF 2020 Will take place online April 29 – 30, 2020 The 2020...
5th India Homeland Security
  May 14, 2020 - May 15, 2020
5th India Homeland Security New Delhi, India May 14 – 14, 2020 Asian countries are spending heavily on the homeland...
6th International Police Expo
  May 14, 2020 - May 15, 2020
6th International Police Expo New Delhi, India May 14 – 15, 2020 The International Police Expo is the only exhibition...
World Airport Operations Summit
  May 21, 2020 - May 22, 2020
World Airport Operations Summit Barcelona, Spain May 21-22, 2020 We are pleased to announce the launch of the World Airport...
2nd World Branch Transformation Summit
  May 28, 2020 - May 29, 2020
2nd World Branch Transformation Summit Barcelona, Spain May 28-29, 2020 Join us and global executives as we return for our...