Nigeria

ID Tech Digest – November 5, 2024

November 5, 2024

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: IN Groupe Completes Acquisition of Nexi’s […]

Namibia Joins Biometric Pensioner Verification Trend

October 11, 2024

The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) of Namibia has announced a new biometric verification mobile application and handheld devices, launching the tools in Okandjira, Ovitoto, in the Otjozondjupa Region. The […]

ID Tech Digest – October 10, 2024

October 10, 2024

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: EU Officials Mull Remote Biometric Registration […]

Nigeria Looks to Contactless Biometric Capture for Remote Passport Renewal

October 10, 2024

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced plans to introduce a digital passport renewal system that includes contactless fingerprint and facial biometrics, allowing applicants to complete the process entirely online. […]

With World Bank Funding in Place, Nigeria Pursues National ID Program

July 1, 2024

The World Bank has now provided $45.5 million to Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) as part of the Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project, and the NIMC has now […]

Daon Brings Biometric Onboarding and Authentication to Major Nigerian Bank

June 6, 2024

A prominent Nigerian bank is now using Daon’s biometric technology for digital identity verification and authentication. Established in 1945, Wema Bank is one of the oldest indigenous banks in the […]

Expanded Nigeria ID Program to Rival Aadhaar: IDEMIA

April 9, 2024

IDEMIA Smart Identity has reaffirmed its partnership with Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to upgrade the country’s national biometric identification infrastructure, aiming to support a database of 250 million […]

Healthcare Biometrics in the Spotlight – Identity News Digest

February 28, 2024

Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: White House Bans Biometric Data Sales to […]

Government Programs, Airport Upgrades, and a ‘Metasurface’ Breakthrough

February 20, 2024

Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Researchers Detail Efficient, Alternative Approach to 3D […]

Vueling Up With Biometrics – Identity News Digest

January 22, 2024

Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: US Senators Urge Justice Department to Lay […]

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

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

Nigeria

Footer

Follow Us