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Crypto-focused Biometric Encryption Startup Raises $2.2M in Seed Funding

Biometric cybersecurity startup Keyless has raised $2.2 million in its latest round of seed funding to expand on a product that uses biometrics to unlock…

October 31, 2019

Illuma Labs Secures $9M in Series A Funding to Enhance Voice Authentication and Combat Emerging Fraud Threats

Auraya Places ArmorVox Tech in New AISB Voice Recognition Platform

Biometrics News – Voice Recognition AI Secure Biometrics (AISB) has released a new voice recognition solution through its partnership with Auraya. Dubbed the…

October 30, 2019

Biometric Adoption Soars Among Travelers, IATA Survey Finds

New Report Finds Fraud is Having a Bigger Impact on US Financial Institutions

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has released a new True Cost of Fraud report that details the growing impact of fraud on the American financial services and lending…

October 30, 2019

South African Mobile Provider Under Investigation for RICA Biometric Compliance Failures

BIO-key Brings Windows Portfolio to Microsoft Ignite

Biometrics News – Fingerprint Recognition The biometric authentication specialist BIO-key International has announced that it will be displaying its wares as…

October 30, 2019

Ruti Clothing Chain Secures $6 Million to Develop Facial Recognition Retail Platform

Biometrics News – Facial Recognition The fashion brand Ruti is looking to expand with $6 million in Series A funding. While some of the money will be used to…

October 30, 2019

Birdi Systems Secures Multi-Year Contract for Daytona Beach Airport Upgrade

New NEXUS Kiosks Bring Face Recognition to Canadian Airports

Biometrics News – Facial Recognition The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be swapping iris recognition for facial recognition in its NEXUS kiosks. The…

October 30, 2019

Idemia Likely Winner of IRS Biometrics Contract After Compressed RFQ Process

Fingerprints Launches Touchless 2.0 Face and Iris Scanning Platform

“With its upgraded Touchless 2.0 platform, Fingerprint Cards says it is targeting a range of application areas including mobile devices, payments, the…

October 30, 2019

Money20/20: FIDO CMO Andrew Shikiar Explains Why 2019 is the Year of ‘FIDO Platformization’ [Audio Interview]

FindBiometrics is reporting live from Las Vegas this week, where the biometrics and digital identity industries are converging on Money20/20 USA – the world’s…

October 30, 2019

Money20/20: FacePhi CEO Javier Mira Talks Biometric ATMs and Passive Liveness Detection [Audio Interview]

FindBiometrics is reporting live from Las Vegas this week, where the biometrics and digital identity industries are converging on Money20/20 USA – the world’s…

October 30, 2019

Facing Spillover Gang Violence from Sweden, Danes Look to FRT

Australian Government Proposes Facial Identity Verification for Viewing Online Pornography

Biometrics News – Facial Recognition Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has made a proposal to parliament to use facial recognition scans to verify a…

October 30, 2019

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