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Weekend Reading : Jan 11, 2025

Biometrics outlook mostly sunny with periods of deepfakes

Biometrics forecasts are among the most-read stories of the week on Biometric Update. Goode Intelligence sees revenues for the biometrics…Read More

Biometric payments to generate $11.3B in revenue for suppliers by 2030

Biometrics are being used to secure a fast-growing number of payments in what Goode Intelligence…

Biometric transactions to generate $315B by 2028: Prism Project

The boom in biometrics as the only reliable link between humans and their digital identities…

2025 deepfake threat predictions from biometrics, cybersecurity insiders

As the year 2025 begins, anti-fraud and cybersecurity companies such as iProov, World and Pindrop…

ThreatMark raises $23M to combat fraud as volumes hit grim milestones

While money is rapidly flowing into the coffers of criminals carrying out fraud around the…

New age assurance standard the culmination of ‘enormous amount of work’

Work on the ISO/IEC DIS 27566-1 draft standard on age assurance has entered the public…

Inverid and iProov revealed as developers for Frontex’ ‘Travel to Europe’ EES app

Inverid and its face biometrics and liveness detection partner iProov are behind the pre-registration app…

GSA has Section 508 concerns, Idemia touts accessibility advantage for Login.gov

In an announcement noting its inclusion in a $194.5 million blanket purchase agreement (BPA) from…

NRF 2025: Corsight, Paravision, Diebold among biometrics providers staking retail claims

Step right up, folks: it’s time for Retail’s Big Show, NRF 2025 – the yearly…

United States

Trump border plans spur hopes and fears for biometrics spending bonanza

Speculation over how incoming U.S. President Donald Trump plans to harden the country’s borders and carry out mass deportations, the…Read More

DHS S&T Screening at Speed steps toward improved TSA passenger experience

“You are now entering a safety zone,” says a voice over the loudspeaker, as Arnold…

U.S. lawmakers renew call for probe of TSA’s use of biometrics, AI

Lawmakers once again are expressing concerns about the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) use of biometric…

Facial recognition, digital ID firms land on DOD’s list of Chinese military companies

The U.S. Department of Defense always marks the start of a new year by updating…

China’s use of AI, biometrics pose significant, persistent threats, DOD says

Advancements in AI and biometrics by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) pose significant risks…

US Executive Order on mobile driver’s licenses expected this week

The Biden administration is expected to issue an executive order instructing U.S. federal agencies to…

FBI seeks vendors for its Somalia ABIS

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), through its Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, has…

Biometric system sought for US Embassy in Colombia

The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, has issued a solicitation for quotes for a firm-fixed-price…

DARPA considering program to ‘revolutionize’ AML

The U.S. Department of Defense is considering launching a program to “revolutionize the practice of…

DHS unveils ‘playbook’ for deployment of AI by the public sector

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) just published Playbook for Public Sector Generative Artificial Intelligence…

World

Turkey bolsters digital identity system with blockchain and biometrics

Turkey has been working to improve its digital identity system over the past several years by transforming citizen registration, leveraging…Read More

New Syrian leadership asks Turkey to supply identity cards, passports

Syria has new leadership following 13 years of civil war and it will get new…

Mexican state biometric population registry sees high acceptance

The Mexican state of Veracruz is seeing high levels of interest from its population in…

Italian digital identity provider suffers data breach, 5.5M customers affected

InfoCert has had millions of its customers’ personal data stolen and put up for sale.…

Deepfake ring in Hong Kong busted for US$4.37M in romance investment scams

Deepfakes are expected to make mainstream headlines in 2025, as deepfake detection and AI-based fraud…

Nigeria wants to add iris biometrics to digital ID for more inclusion

The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) says it is looking at ways of…

India targets 110M digital farmer IDs as AgriStack’s importance grows

From 2025, farmers in India will be required to have a farmer ID to receive…

Draft Indian data protection rules set vague age assurance, consent requirements

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) wants to require consent for personal data…

Sri Lanka advised to build necessary safeguards as digital ID project begins this month

The Sri Lankan government has been told that it must put in place certain safeguards…

Scottish councils, police defend widespread use of Hikvision cameras

Hikvision security cameras are widely used in Scotland’s public CCTV networks and other facilities run…

UK and Irish documents most faked in Right to Work checks: TrustID

British and Irish identity documents make up over 80 percent of faked documents when it…

Announcements

CES 2025: palm biometric locks, Korean AI modules for ATMs, selfie busting CEO deepfakery

The Consumer Electronics Show has got underway in Las Vegas, and the annual tech bonanza brings with it a plethora…Read More

1Password acquires Trelica to bolster Extended Access Management platform

Toronto biometric identity security firm 1Password has announced the acquisition of UK SaaS access management…

Assa Abloy absorbs US, UK access control firms into HID

A release from the Assa Abloy Group, the Stockholm-based multinational door and access conglomerate that…

FPC and Smart Eye agree multi-million dollar iris recognition licensing deal

Fingerprints Cards has agreed to license its iris recognition technology to Smart Eye for a “total…

iDenfy gets patent for new two-layered address verification tool

Identity document verification provider iDenfy has filed for a patent for a new advanced Address…

ID.me partnership with Detroit Pistons aims to sort real NBA fans from bots

Things are looking up for the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, as the team marks its first…

IDnow to create synthetic data for EU-funded AI ethics project

Identity verification platform IDnow has officially joined the European Union-funded ACHILLES project, an initiative addressing…

Updated Innovatrics ABIS algorithm takes back rank 1 in latent accuracy evaluation

An updated biometric algorithm for latent fingerprint identification from Innovatrics has landed at the top…

Oz Forensics launches its SaaS liveness detection in Indonesia

Oz Forensics is offering its solutions to biometric presentation attacks and deepfake fraud to companies…

Smile ID updates selfie biometrics software and aces Fime Level 2 PAD assessment

Smile ID has introduced upgraded liveness detection technology which has already passed an independent assessment…

New Trust Stamp partnership projected to bring $4.3m of revenue this year

In a bold move to keep Trust Stamp solvent, the Atlanta face biometrics and digital…

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