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Biometric payment card market outlook buoyed by abrupt turn to contactless in the US
When Biometric Update last spoke to Idex Biometrics CEO Vince Graziani, speculation was rife that the pandemic would accelerate the momentum towards contactless payments, boosting the case for adopting fingerprint biometrics in payment cards. That speculation has been borne out, and nowhere in the world have contactless payment increased more than in the U.S. ... Read the full interview here.

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FIDO standards from biometrics to government adoption in the spotlight at Authenticate 2020
FIDO standards have reached the point where governments are including them in their digital ID policies, according to a speaker...
 
International biometrics and digital ID demand prompts office openings, rebranding
Invixium has launched a new Middle East and North Africa headquarters in Dubai to serve growing interest in its touchless biometric...
Russia plans government biometrics database for fingerprints, DNA, facial recognition
Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs is planning to stand up a database of fingerprint, DNA and face biometric data collected...
 
Binah.ai biometrics for COVID-19 detection deployed to Hello Kitty Land in Tokyo
Facial recognition from Israeli startup Binah.ai has been deployed to Tokyo’s Hello Kitty Land, as part of a health monitoring system...
Federal facial recognition regulation watch is on, local rules and practices all over the map
Messages from Microsoft and IBM to president-elect Joe Biden included the suggestion that the time for federal regulation of face...
 
IATA plans trial of biometric health travel pass to ease border reopenings
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says it will, at the end of this year, begin trial for a digital...
The time to battle malevolent AI is now, according to a new EU report
A public-private group in the European Union is telling the union’s 27 nations that the time to combat AI-perpetrated crime,...
 
VerifyMe Nigeria extends digital ID services with launch of real-time verification for vague addresses
VerifyMe Nigeria has introduced a new service to reduce delays and enhance accuracy in the process of verifying and authenticating...
ImageWare reports massive biometrics earnings gains and plans new business lines
ImageWare has reported a revenue leap of 215 percent in the third quarter of 2020 to $2.47 million, up from $785,000...
 
BIO-Key partners to provide multi-factor IAM solution for U.S. DoD agency
BIO-key says it has engaged a partnership with Prominic.NET to deploy its PortalGuard Identity Access Management (IAM) solution for an...
Biometric payment card market outlook buoyed by abrupt turn to contactless in the US
When last Biometric Update spoke to Idex Biometrics CEO Vince Graziani, he was fairly new to the position, and speculation...
 
South Africa plans biometric database integration to boost digital ID for service delivery
South Africa’s government has approved the Official Identity Management Policy, which would integrate the national population register with the biometric...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Identity Futures 2020
  November 23, 2020 - November 25, 2020
Identity Futures 2020 Online November 23-25 2020 Identity Futures London 2020 is going virtual! Brought to you by Goode Intelligence,...
CyFence – ASEAN
  November 24, 2020 - November 25, 2020
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The Importance of Digital Trust – a Women in Identity Webinar
  November 27, 2020 - November 27, 2020
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Next-Generation Cards 2020 Virtual Global Summit & Expo
  December 1, 2020 - December 3, 2020
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Comparing biometric modalities in real-case scenarios: The smartphone case
  December 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Comparing biometric modalities in real-case scenarios: The smartphone case EAB Online Seminar December 1, 2020, 12:30-1:30pm (GMT+1) Join the European...