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Digital ID in Africa this week: Data protection in Togo, biometrics secure welfare payments in Zambia
Zambia seeks to launch a biometrics-based verification system to ensure welfare payments reach the correct recipients. More contracts are up for grabs as Chad opens a tender for updating its electoral register and Idemia wins again in Morocco ... Read the whole story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
USSOCOM set to test, evaluate commercial next generation biometrics
The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) earlier this month issued a Request for Information (RFI) “to gain knowledge of potential...
 
Broad facial recognition adoption shows growing comfort in market
New companies, pilots, and services leveraging biometric facial recognition for a wide variety of use cases in the retail, healthcare,...
Mastercard taps biometrics and behavioral analytics in new product suite for healthcare partners
The digital healthcare services market has a new major player, with Mastercard announcing the launch of an integrated product suite...
 
New Facebook algorithm blocks facial recognition identification in videos
Facebook has developed a machine learning algorithm based on encoder-decoder architecture to protect individuals from being identified with biometric facial...
Jumio launches fully automated identity verification solution with FaceTec biometrics
Jumio has launched a new real-time, fully automated biometric identity verification technology designed to remove friction from the onboarding process...
 
Police consider facial recognition in Denmark, Sweden, Romania, but bias concerns persist
Copenhagen police could gain a “huge advantage” in investigations by implementing a biometric facial recognition system to scan footage from...
Australia, Ireland struggle to boost interest in biometric digital identity platforms
Last week, Australian government entity the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) went through a questioning session with senators interested in a...
 
IDnow secures $40M investment to expand to key markets
European video identification and eSigning provider IDnow has secured a $40 million investment from Corsair Capital that will be used...
iBeta Quality Assurance honors 20 years of global activity
Software testing company iBeta Quality Assurance has celebrated two decades of business activity covering on-demand biometric testing and QA software...
 
Idemia launches new fingerprint biometric FINRA service and holds document training with INTERPOL
Idemia has announced the launch of a new biometric fingerprint service for U.S. financial institutions to meet industry background check...
Ensurity and Secret Double Octopus extend FIDO2 passwordless authentication options
A pair of companies have announced moves to bring FIDO2-certified passwordless authentication with biometrics or physical tokens to the enterprise....
 
Insider perspectives and government engagement top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Insider perspectives on biometric security, and airport and event applications were the top theme of the week for the most...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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