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More challenges for biometric voter rolls as partnerships bring authentication options to African market
Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire progress with varying levels of success through registration exercises. Plus a host of news on international partnerships being formed across the continent to develop biometric services .... Read the whole story here.

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Fingerprint Cards patent application for lower-cost ultrasonic biometric sensing system published in U.S.
A patent application filed by Fingerprint Cards for an acoustic fingerprint technology which could be used for relatively low-cost in-display smartphone...
 
SenseTime drops plans for UK HQ to expand international face biometrics operations
Chinese biometric facial recognition provider SenseTime is not moving forward with its plans of setting up an office in the...
Philippines pilots pre-registration for biometric national ID program as private digital ID systems grow
A pilot project to collect all information other than biometrics needed for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) national ID program...
 
More challenges for biometric voter rolls as partnerships bring authentication options to African market
Digital ID in West African elections leads the biometrics agenda in Africa this week as neighbors Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire...
Cybersecurity legislation critical for Macao’s smart city biometrics plans, Deloitte says
Cybersecurity legislation is mandatory for Macau’s further development of its Smart City projects with biometric facial recognition, and their inclusion...
 
Surround surveillance: Hexagon AB adds another dimension with Tacticaware deal
Hexagon AB, a provider of sensor, software and autonomous transportation solutions, announced the acquisition of Tacticaware, a provider of LiDAR-based...
Biometric e-signature services from Yoti adopted, Syngrafii upgraded, and SiNERIX rebranded
E-signature services connected to biometric processes are in increased demand due to lockdowns around the world. Yoti has announced a...
 
EU pilots biometric solutions for smart entry-exit system to protect land border crossings
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is planning to test biometrics and other technologies for its smart entry-exit...
Women in Identity launches Singapore chapter to further inclusion in digital ID
Non-profit organization Women in Identity (WiD) is launching a new chapter in Singapore to further increase diversity in the digital...
 
Digital payment through biometric identification for a cash-free world
This is a guest post by Deepak Gupta, CTO and Co-founder of LoginRadius. Verifying a person’s identity using their biometric...
Consultation on Malaysia’s biometric national digital ID plan closes, border control integration considered
A public consultation by Malaysia’s government on its proposed national biometric digital ID system has closed, Enterprise IT News reports, even...
 
Government digital ID programs launched in UK, coming to New Zealand and worth waiting for in Australia
A new stand-alone version of a Document Checking Service is being piloted by the UK’s Government Digital Service to verify...
No vacation for biometrics companies between pandemic recovery and government programs
Biometrics companies seem to be working hard through the summer, in part to stand up contactless technology to support the...
 
TSA to stand up airport digital ID app as aviation sector deploys biometrics and temperature checks
New apps and solutions utilizing biometrics to facilitate safe air travel continue to be launched and implemented, and the TSA...
  Automated retail solutions with biometrics and computer vision from CyberLink and VSBLTY implemented
  Keyless raises $2.2M to tackle enterprise breaches with face biometrics and multi-party computation
  Voluntary Aadhaar biometrics use expanded to more government services, but advocates worry about exclusion
  Brainworks and Gibraltar Technologies develop biometric apps to support COVID-19 recovery
  ID R&D biometric technology added to Cherry Labs’ AI video monitoring, names new sales VP for Latin America
  PayByFace names new Advisory Board member, gets funding to support biometric payments growth
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