U.S. Marshals Want to Build a Mobile Face Recognition Tool to Identify Prisoners
“…their aim is to enable marshals to take a picture of a prisoner and then match the latter’s face biometrics against a prisoner database.” The […]
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Get Ready for Australia’s Biometric Online ID Beta Test
Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has said it is expecting that the biometric component of its myGovID program will be ready for a public beta […]
GenKey Partners with Government of Niger and World Bank on Biometric Registration Service for Civil Servants
Biometric technology company GenKey has announced a partnership with the World Bank and the Government of Niger to set up a nationwide biometric registration system […]
Megvii Hits Regulatory Obstacle Ahead of Hong Kong IPO
Beijing-based facial recognition company Megvii has indeed pressed ahead with its push for a Q4 IPO in Hong Kong, but has reportedly run into a […]
NEXT Teams Up with Softlock for Biometric Card Project in Africa
NEXT Biometrics is teaming up with Softlock to carry out a biometric smart card pilot with the government of an unspecified African country. The new […]
Former Director of U.S. National Economic Council Joins Hoyos Board
Hoyos Integrity Corporation (Hoyos) has announced Gary Cohn, the former Director of the U.S. National Economic Council and Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs, as […]
SOCOM Seeks Smartphone Fingerprinting App
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is searching for a technology partner to develop a touchless fingerprinting app. The app would allow military personnel to […]
Global Facial Recognition Market to Hit $7 Billion by 2024
“Notably, despite the growing popularity of facial recognition in consumer technology since Apple helped to popularize selfie authentication with its Face ID system, MarketsandMarkets points […]
Gemalto Launches Identity Management System to Make Sure Everyone Gets an ID
Gemalto is launching a new biometric Identity Management System (IDMS) that was built to raise inclusion and reduce the number of people with no official […]
Integrated Biometrics Announces South African Office
“The announcement comes just ahead of the ID4Africa conference, in which Integrated Biometrics has participated since the conference’s launch in 2015.” Integrated Biometrics is looking […]
Megvii Asserts it Has No Knowledge of How its Biometric Tech was Integrated into Chinese Police App
“Responding to media inquiries, Megvii has asserted that it has no agreement for the use of its technology in the Chinese police app, and indeed […]
Scottish e-Gov Service Enables Yoti Authentication
Yoti‘s partnership with the Scottish Government has produced its first major results, with the company announcing that Scottish citizens can now use its app to […]
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