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Digital ID in Africa this week: mobile money, tracking teachers and large SIM fines
Mobile operators are being fined for not keeping up with SIM card registrations linked to ID, while in Ghana, mobile payments are expecting to mushroom with the help of a biometric smartcard which links providers, banks and retailers. Another registration round will open in Kenya for the Huduma Namba scheme and demand for biometric passports in Cote d’Ivoire has grown so fast, the passport authority is opening its doors on the weekends to deal with the crowds ... Read the whole story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Idex customer reaches low-cost, mass production milestone for biometric cards
Idex Biometrics announced today that one of its customers in Asia has achieved cost-effective, mass production standards for biometric smart...
 
Synaptics sets date to report Q4 results, appoints new board member
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Touch Biometrix new R&D office to accelerate development of fingerprint sensing platform
Touch Biometrix has launched its Research and Development office at the Holst High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. The High Tech...
 
Telpo biometric technology showcased at ASEAN Retail 2019
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Feitian AllinPass launched as company joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
Feitian Technologies has been selected to join the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) and has released a new FIDO2 biometric...
 
Intent Solutions biometric medication control device used in Kentucky hepatitis C program
The fingerprint biometric capabilities of the “tad” medication dispenser from Intent Solutions are providing medication adherence tracking as part of...
Healthcare organizations relying on legacy patient identity management technologies
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Callsign to provide digital customer identification and authentication for Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group will roll out Callsign’s platform for digital identification and authentication of customers across its core brands, according...
CPI Card Group and Fit Pay collaborate on contactless payment token
Payment technology company CPI Card Group is collaborating with Nxt-ID subsidiary Fit Pay on a new contactless payment device roughly...
 
Biometric flight boarding trialed by Air France-KLM at two U.S. airports
Air France-KLM is expanding its use of biometrics with trials at John F Kennedy (JFK) International Airport and George Bush...
Biometrics research briefs: brain fingerprinting, AI, IDaaS and facial recognition
Major growth is forecasted for cloud-based biometrics services, which could surpass $26 billion in revenue by 2027. Market research this...
 
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...
Google responds to leak of audio data from AI assistant reviewer
A language reviewer under contract to Google to analyze samples of voice data collected by its Google Assistant software has...
 
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...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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