Jumio downsizes as identity verification providers respond to economic climate…

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India offers digital infrastructure to the world, launches innovation showcases…

Tamil Nadu state goes all out with Aadhaar requirement for government welfare…

Guinea has entered a profit-sharing agreement with Malaysia’s Datasonic Group Berhad for a range of services including secure document printing, digitization and biometric authentication for land management.…

The most important trend in online banking of the last few years has been the rise of biometric onboarding. For a growing number of financial services providers – and especially those with a strong focus on digital channels – this is the key front-facing biometric technology for customers.…

Thales has launched a biometric border control device featuring both facial and iris recognition. Dubbed a biometric ‘Pod’, the compact device is designed to be easily affixed to an existing turnstile or gate, and can recognize pre-enrolled travellers from a distance of up to 1.5 meters, scanning face and iris biometrics in just two seconds.…

Biometric verification has taken another small step forward in the United States, with the addition of optional cruise-ship debarkation checks at the Port of San Diego.…

A World Food Programme accelerator scheme for digital health startups aimed at better pandemic preparedness has selected one that integrates medical records with national digital identification in Ghana, another for government workflow automation and Simprints, which will work on biometric identification for vaccine delivery, according to a WFP post on Medium.…

The governor of the Nigerian state of Edo has announced that a biometric student enrollment program “will be pursued vigorously by the Ministry of Education.” The move is part of a number of measures aimed at establishing higher standards for education in the region, including the enforcement of minimum property sizes for schools and the implementation of certain basic examinations for students.…

Germany-based integrated digital ID solutions provider Veridos has announced a deal for the delivery of over a million biometric passports for citizens of Latvia, making the country one of the company’s newest passport clients. This announcement came days before the firm also disclosed its plan to add new and innovative security features to the transparent elements of ID cards and passports.…

Biometric point-of-sales vendor gets patent for fingerprint retail payment system…