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AI Update: Fear Makes Strange Bedfellows

November 2, 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of FindBiometrics’ AI update. Here’s the latest big news on the shifting landscape of AI and identity technology: The United Kingdom’s AI Safety summit has […]

Apple’s Getting Into Iris Recognition – Identity News Digest

June 7, 2023

Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: With New Headset, Apple Introduces ‘Optic ID’ […]

SAFR Provides Facial Recognition for Patient Identification System in Japan

November 1, 2021

SAFR will be assisting the Japanese government with its digital transformation. The company will be supplying facial recognition technology that will be used to verify the identities of those with […]

FPC Teams With Japan’s MoriX on Biometric Payment Cards

July 6, 2021

“…MoriX will work with Fingerprint Cards to develop biometric payment cards that will feature FPC’s T-Shape sensor module.” Fingerprint Cards has found another partner to help fuel its growth in […]

Japan to Pair Face Recognition with Mask and Temperature Detection During Tokyo Olympics

October 22, 2020

Kyodo News is reporting that Japanese officials are indeed planning to use facial recognition to monitor the spread of COVID-19 during next year’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The details of […]

NEC and Vista Launch Joint Venture to Drive Digital Transformation in Japan

October 2, 2020

The NEC Corporation has teamed up with Vista Equity Partners to promote digital transformation in Japan. To that end, the two companies have launched a new joint venture that began […]

Japan to Use Biometrics to Track COVID-19 During Tokyo Olympics

September 25, 2020

The Japanese government is planning to use facial recognition to support contact tracing initiatives and slow the spread of COVID-19 at large events. That includes next year’s Tokyo Olympics and […]

IDEMIA Installs Biometric Scanners at New Local Office in Tokyo

July 6, 2020

IDEMIA is raising its Japanese profile with the opening of a new local head office in Tokyo. The office is located in the Ebisu district in south Shibuya, and will […]

VeriTrans, NEC Partner to Provide Facial Recognition Tech for 7-Eleven Japan Cashless Payment Trial

March 23, 2020

Payment service provider Veritrans Inc. and multinational information technology and electronics company NEC Corporation have announced a partnership to provide the latter’s facial recognition technology for a cashless payment trial […]

Japan Display Partners with University of Tokyo on Ultra-thin Biometric Sensor

January 27, 2020

Japan Display Inc. (JDI) and the Univeristy of Tokyo’s School of Engineering have partnered to produce what is being called the world’s first ultra-thin biometric sensor. Able to measure fingerprints, […]

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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

AuthenticID provides 100% automated identity verification and fraud detection solutions that are leveraged by companies worldwide, including 2 of the top 3 U.S. Banks, 8 out the top 10 wireless providers in North America, and 2 of the 3 credit bureaus. Using proprietary computer vision and machine learning technology, these solutions help companies accurately verify the identity of their users across retail, digital and call center environments for onboarding and ongoing re-authentication events; KYC, IAM, and more. The solutions are easy to integrate and provide customers a large ROI by stopping fraud losses, increasing customer conversion at onboarding, reducing operational costs and allowing quick and cost-effective operational scalability, all while ensuring global privacy regulations are complied with. https://www.authenticid.com/

Anonybit is a privacy-focused technology platform that provides decentralized solutions for securing personal data, particularly biometric information. Rather than storing sensitive data in centralized repositories, which are vulnerable to breaches, Anonybit uses a distributed architecture that breaks data into smaller encrypted bits and stores them across a network of decentralized nodes. This approach ensures that no single entity has access to the full dataset, enhancing privacy and security, even preventing insider threats. Anonybit is used by leading banks, fintechs and other enterprises for critical biometric identity functions like deduplication and blocklist checks, step up authentication, passwordless login and account recovery https://anonybit.io/

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. https://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. https://www.the-prism-project.com

ID R&D is an innovator of biometric facial liveness, document liveness, and voice biometrics. Ranked #1 by NIST, our patented passive approach to liveness, and specialized detection of voice clones, injection attacks and deepfakes, empowers KYC and authentication systems with fast, accurate and secure biometric verification technologies. Over 140 partners in more than 70 countries are collectively processing hundreds of millions of identity checks per year. ID R&D solutions easily integrate with mobile, web, messaging, smart speakers, set-top boxes, and IoT devices. Learn more: www.idrnd.ai

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