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ID Tech Digest – February 21, 2025

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Thailand’s…

February 21, 2025

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Verifone and PopID Partner on Biometric Payment Solutions

Verifone and PopID have formed a global partnership to expand biometric payments and loyalty solutions in retail and hospitality. The collaboration will let…

February 21, 2025

Signzy and ONEngine.ai Partner to Enhance Digital IDV for Businesses

Digital onboarding solutions provider Signzy has announced a strategic partnership with artificial intelligence company ONEngine.ai to streamline digital…

February 21, 2025

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Thailand’s Immigration Biometric System Reaches Capacity, Forcing Manual Processing of Foreign Arrivals

Thailand’s Immigration Bureau is facing a critical technical bottleneck as its biometric identification system has reached its 50-million record capacity…

February 21, 2025

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BigBear.ai and SoftPoint Partner to Integrate Facial Recognition for Retail Payment Security

BigBear.ai, a Virginia-based AI solutions provider, has partnered with SoftPoint to deploy facial recognition technology across SoftPoint’s retail payment…

February 21, 2025

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St. Petersburg to Deploy Ethnicity Recognition Software Across Surveillance Network, Drawing Criticism

St. Petersburg officials have announced plans to deploy ethnicity recognition software across 8,000 surveillance cameras throughout the city to monitor…

February 21, 2025

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Amazon Settles NBA 2K Facial Scan Privacy Lawsuit Over Biometric Data Collection

Amazon has settled a class action lawsuit over alleged biometric privacy violations involving facial scans collected through the NBA 2K video game. The…

February 21, 2025

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Florida Jail Implements Inmate Iris Scanning System

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) in Florida has installed a new biometric identification system at its Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility.…

February 21, 2025

Ethiopia Launches First Domestically Produced Electronic Passport with Biometric Features

Ethiopia launched its first domestically manufactured electronic passport (e-passport) today at the Kilinto Industrial Park in Addis Ababa. President Taye…

February 21, 2025

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ID Tech Digest – February 20, 2025

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: FaceTec…

February 20, 2025

Partners

FaceTec’s patented, industry-leading 3D Face Verification and Reverification software anchors digital identity, creating a chain of trust from user onboarding to ongoing authentication on all modern smart devices and webcams. FaceTec’s 3D FaceMaps™ finally make trusted, remote identity verification possible. As the only technology backed by a persistent spoof bounty program and NIST/iBeta Certified Liveness Detection, FaceTec is the global standard for 3D Liveness and Face Matching with millions of users on six continents in financial services, border security, transportation, blockchain, e-voting, social networks, online dating and more. www.facetec.com

Unico is a global identity network that forges trust between people & companies. We identify people globally so they can have safe, efficient and private digital access to services around the world. Unico is present in over 20 countries, and serves 165 million users with over 1.5 billion identity verifications every year. We are the leading global identity network. www.unico.io

Innovatrics is an EU-based provider of trusted biometric solutions for governments and enterprises. Our algorithms consistently rank among the fastest and most accurate in fingerprint, face, and iris recognition. Since 2004, we have partnered with all types of organisations to build trusted and flexible biometric identification solutions. Our solutions are used in more than 80 countries, benefiting over a billion people worldwide. www.innovatrics.com

Identity Week aims to be a significant identity industry catalyst. It’s our mission is to help accelerate the move towards a world where trusted identity solutions enable governments and commercial organisations to provide citizens, employees, customers and consumers with a multitude of opportunities to transact in a seamless, yet secure manner. All the while preventing the efforts of those intent on doing harm. identityweek.net

The Biometric Digital Identity Prism is a market landscape framework designed to help influencers and decision makers understand, innovate, and implement digital identity technologies and solutions. This innovative framework for understanding and evaluating the rapidly evolving biometric digital identity marketplace is the only market model that is truly biometric-centric based on the foundational conviction that in the age of digital transformation the only true, reliable link between humans and their digital data is biometrics. www.the-prism-project.com