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Omidyar Network hopes to ensure African digital ID is ‘Good ID’
Omidyar Network hopes to ensure African digital ID is ‘Good ID’ -- In discussion with Biometric Update at ID4Africa 2019, digital identity specialist Magdi Amin of Omidyar Network explains the organization's advocacy for Good ID, with strong data control, civil society engagement, and interoperability ... Read the whole story here.

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Taking biometric ID from rumors to government service delivery in Kenya
Kenya’s national ID project Huduma Namba was a topic of much discussion at ID4Africa 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The...
 
The road to compliance: A step towards bridging the privacy gap
This is a guest post by Katherine Noall, CEO of Sphere Identity. We live in an information age that’s dominated...
Digital ID in Africa this week: mobile money, tracking teachers and large SIM fines
National telecom watchdogs are fining mobile operators for not keeping up with SIM card registrations linked to ID, while in...
 
CBP tells House Committee biometric programs legal and beneficial
The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies faced criticism and pointed questions about privacy, security, and discrimination issues...
Changing privacy and data protection laws could change casino biometrics use
Casinos in the U.S. have used facial recognition since the 1990s, but those deployments may have to be adjusted based...
 
New production facility for biometric bank cards opened in Italy by SIA
Financial services technology company SIA has inaugurated a new specialized technological excellence center for payment cards in Verona, Italy, which...
New South Wales plans major biometrics integration with transport system
The Government of New South Wales, Australia, is planning to make biometrics a central part of its future transport plans,...
 
IDEX Biometrics appoints payment ecosystem veteran to target EMEA sales
IDEX Biometrics announced that Pascal Dufour has been appointed as Director of Sales EMEA, effective July 9, 2019. Dufour, who...
BIO-key raises $2.55M to weather unforeseen circumstances
BIO-key has raised $2.55 million in a private placement of a Senior Secured Convertible Note to repay outstanding debts and...
 
Facebanx brings biometric live-stream onboarding to NICE Actimize financial risk management platform
Facebanx has joined the X-Sight Marketplace from NICE Actimize to bring its biometric live streaming technology to the financial crime...
Global Payment Services joins Eazy Financial Services biometric payment network
Eazy Financial Services has entered into a strategic partnership with Global Payment Services (GPS) that will have GPS join the...
 
Wirecard partners with YES BANK to broaden availability of biometric financial services
Wirecard and YES BANK are partnering to extend the scope of biometric digital payments with India’s Aadhaar Enabled Payment System...
Startup Anchorage raises $40M Series B funding round for multi-biometric crypto vault
Startup multi-biometric cryptocurrency vault provider Anchorage has received $40 million in a Series B investment round to accelerate the growth...
 
UnionCommunity director honored for fingerprint technology development
UnionCommunity announced today that its R&D Center Director Baek Yong-Hyun has been selected winner of the “Korean Engineer Award” by...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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