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ID4Africa launches registration for webinar on ID management and COVID-19
The panel will discuss the impact that the pandemic crisis has had on current identity management projects and plans, the need for inclusive digital identity to support service delivery, whether an urgent need to implement alternative payment systems has been created by physical distancing recommendations, and related concerns about how contact and contactless biometric technologies compare ... Read more and register for this webinar.

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Biometrics in healthcare to see four-fold increase by 2024 to over $2.7B
Although biometric adoption in the healthcare sector was initially limited to patient identification and verification, the adoption of electronic health...
 
Chinese government and biometrics suppliers respond to U.S. Entity List expansion
State publication China Daily reports expert opinion that the addition of 33 new companies, including five biometrics providers, to the U.S....
ID4Africa launches registration for webinar on ID management and COVID-19
Registration is now open to attend a webinar presented by ID4Africa with some of the leading lights of identity authorities in...
 
Biometrics adoption rates adjust, fingerprint growth paused by pandemic, analyst Goode says
The biometrics market is seeing major shifts in demand for fingerprints and digital identity, and in sensor production due to...
Australia’s digital ID system passes $200M in costs as fee system considered
Australia’s GovPass scheme has exceeded $200 million in costs so far, as the government attempts to monetize the national digital...
 
China’s face-scanning regulations are fuzzy and self-serving
The only certainty about biometric facial recognition in China is that everyone’s face is being recognized. A lot. As a...
HooYu facial biometrics and identity verification tools to boost onboarding for Equifax customers
Equifax has partnered with HooYu to expand the range of identity and fraud tools it offers with the onboarding and...
 
Biometric cash relief payments system in Pakistan shows positive results with $695M disbursed
Pakistan’s biometric COVID-19 benefits scheme, Ehsaas Emergency Cash, has disbursed 112 billion Pakistani Rupees (roughly US$695 million), The International News reports,...
Half of Australians comfortable with biometric recognition, Korea sees twofold user-rate increase
Even though concerns about biometric facial recognition technology have been expressed, Australians are not worried about the technology and seem...
 
Payments with Windows Hello face and fingerprint biometrics added to Google Chrome
Google Chrome has added support for biometric payment authentication for Windows 10 users with facial or fingerprint recognition through Windows...
Biometric access control systems launched from TBS, Morse Watchman and ApnaPay-Fingerprint Cards integration
TBS (Touchless Biometric Systems AG) has announced a pair of partnerships to deliver access control based on fingerprint and iris or...
 
Sri Lanka and Croatia each working towards biometric digital ID cards launch, Indonesia weighs benefits options
Sri Lanka is planning to launch a biometrics-backed Digital Identity Card to support digital access to a range of government...
  Acuant beats some biometric privacy lawsuit claims, others remanded to state level
  Thermal cameras with facial biometrics deployed by ZKTeco partner, launched by Platinum CCTV
  PayMyTuition adds biometric facial recognition to secure international tuition payments
  Microsoft patent filing shows fingerprint biometrics for authentication on over-ear headphones
  Biometric app proposed for Chilean inmates on home release, monitoring deployed to Australia prison
  Anti-government nonprofit wants to rebalance biometrics law in Utah
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ID management in Africa in the era of COVID-19 and beyond Online (virtual event) June 3, 2020 at 2:30pm CET...
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