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Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric registration for govt employees, SIM cards and elections
As biometrics enter more areas of life across Africa, Biometric Update is monitoring the continent. This week, biometric exam registrations catch cheats but cause delays in Nigeria; Tanzania launches biometric registration for SIM cards; striking judicial staff are to take part in biometric capture in return for pay in Kogi State, Nigeria; and Malawi prepares for its first elections with biometric registration for voters ... Read the whole story here.

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TagNitecrest to manufacture biometric payment cards in the UK
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Florida Tech researchers study different biometric factors for airport reidentification with $80K grant
A team of researchers at the Florida Institute of Technology are working on “multi-location passenger reidentification” for frictionless air travel,...
 
Smartphone biometric shipments to reach 715M by 2023 led by 487M camera-based units
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Nuance voice biometrics powers Santander Voice ID authentication system
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Mitek decides against sale after quarterly mobile capture and biometrics revenues jump 40 percent
Mitek has reported a revenue increase of 40 percent year-over-year for Q2 2019 to a company-best $20 million on growth...
 
UK challenger bank Monzo extends biometric identity verification partnership with Jumio
Challenger bank Monzo and Jumio have extended their partnership with a new multi-year agreement that will see Jumio continue to...
New wearable app connects SIC Biometrics’ devices and smart watches for field ID operations
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Megvii accused of providing facial biometrics for repressive Chinese surveillance system
Human Rights Watch has identified Megvii’s Face++ as a supplier of biometric facial recognition technology for a mobile app used...
Cyleron launches AI behavioral biometric cybersecurity offering
Artificial intelligence cybersecurity company Cyleron has announced the launch of its continuous authentication and behavioral biometric machine learning software platform,...
 
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric registration for govt employees, SIM cards and elections
As biometrics enter more areas of life across Africa, Biometric Update provides monitoring of the continent. This week, biometric exam...
  Biometric online test proctoring company Examity raises $90 million in private equity funding
  Report says IoT proliferation and insufficient access controls exposing healthcare systems to data theft
  Aware revenue up significantly in Q1 on higher service and biometric software sales
  RealNetworks taps Jay Burrell to lead SAFR global sales and business development
  Payment gateway channel SADAD joins Eazy Financial Services biometric payment network
  AirAsia introduces smartphone registration for its biometric boarding system
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