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Persona raises $150M
Persona has announced the closure of a US$150 million Series C funding round led by Founders Fund, with participation from BOND, Meritech Capital Partners, and existing investors Coatue Management and Index Ventures. .. Keep reading this report

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Biometric Update Daily News
Trust Stamp tokenized biometrics for Mastercard financial inclusion initiative
Mastercard has chosen Trust Stamp to provide biometric privacy technology for its African financial inclusion initiative with Paycode. The Mastercard...
 
Onfido, Au10tix tout many millions saved with biometrics and fraud prevention tools
Both Onfido and Au10tix have revealed the estimated economic impact of their biometric and digital ID solutions on customers, in...
Digital identity evaluation tools to be turned on Africa
Coinciding with events for International ID Day, the Digital Identities Design and Uses project is launching an evaluation of digital...
 
ForgeRock raises $275M and reaches $2.8B valuation in IPO
The latest major IPO in the biometrics space with ForgeRock’s initial public offering raking in $275 million and its stock...
Jamaican leaders long on eID promises, short on assurances of fairness
Obviously, not all nations are ruled by authoritarian governments, but the way many nations build their digital ID programs can...
 
Turing Institute on Trustworthy Digital Identity: is the medium overshadowing the message?
The Alan Turing Institute’s inaugural conference on trustworthy digital identity explored the risks to vulnerable populations faced with digital identity...
Just 16 years after Real ID rules were mandated, U.S. states almost getting it right
A changed barcode on Nevada’s new Real ID driving license briefly stumped the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s portable authentication. According...
 
Liberian Senate seeks consensus on introduction of biometrics for 2023 election
Liberia’s Senate has called on its Joint Committee on Autonomous Agencies and Ways, Means, Finance and Budget to meet with...
Precise Biometrics wins YOUNiQ customers for senior’s monitoring, office access control
Precise Biometrics will supply senior citizen-focused technology provider Doro with its YOUNiQ biometrics to bring secure and convenient identification to...
 
RealNetworks extends mask detection to plug-and-play kiosk
RealNetworks has recently introduced a new biometric solution featuring mask detection capabilities. MaskCheck Kiosk is designed to automatically monitor and...
Clear digital health pass reach grows, CoWIN launches API
A pair of new partnerships are expanding the issuance and application of digital health passes for COVID vaccinations on one...
 
New selfie biometrics customers for GetID and Trueface, solutions from Socure and Equifax
Europe’s largest airline group Ryanair has selected Checkin.com’s GetID for image recognition and face biometrics to enable passengers to complete...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
Deciphering and generating faces – EAB virtual lunch talk
  September 21, 2021 - September 21, 2021
Deciphering and generating faces – EAB virtual lunch talk Online September 21, 2021 (12:30-13:30 CET) The European Association for Biometrics...
Digital Dilemmas Dialogue #7: Biometrics, personal data and humanitarian protection
  September 22, 2021 - September 22, 2021
Biometrics, personal data and humanitarian protection Online September 22, 2021, 10:00-10:30 CET The International Committee of The Red Cross is...
Identity Week 2021
  September 22, 2021 - September 23, 2021
Identity Week 2021 September 22-23, 2021 London, UK Identity Week is an exhibition and conference bringing together the brightest minds...
Digital Dilemmas Debate: Biometrics – ‘Overpurposed’ by design?
  September 30, 2021 - September 30, 2021
Digital Dilemmas Debate: Biometrics – ‘Overpurposed’ by design? Online September 30, 2021, 14:00 – 15:00 CET The Digital Dilemmas Debates...
Digital Trust World 2021
  October 4, 2021 - October 7, 2021
Digital Trust World 2021 Online October 4-7, 2021 Digital Trust World 2021 is a new event from research and consulting...