A federal judge has stayed a Department of Homeland Security policy that generally stopped collecting biometrics from detained people with pending U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services applications. The order restores […]

Veridocs is expanding its physical identity authentication business into banking, offering branch-level document checks to banks and credit unions. The company is applying technology developed for casino identity screening to […]

Background-check provider Checkr has launched a Fraud Detection Suite that checks job candidates’ identities at several points in the hiring process, combining resume screening, image comparison, deepfake detection and selfie-to-ID […]

Intercede, the UK-based credential management software company, expects revenue of approximately £10.85 million for the six months to September 30, up 32.1 percent from £8.21 million a year earlier. On […]

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has added CLEAR as a sign-in option for VA.gov under a pilot that lets veterans create or access their accounts with the company’s CLEAR1 […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has now verified the identity of more than 1 billion travelers using facial biometrics at air, land and sea ports of entry. The […]

Apple Cash users will need to have their identity verified before adding money to their balance starting November 9. Green Dot Bank, which provides the service, is introducing the requirement […]

ROC has appointed biometric researcher Anil K. Jain to its board of directors, effective October 5. Jain is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University whose research spans pattern […]

Lobbyists representing Apple and Google have sought state age-check legislation that would prevent individuals from suing app stores under those rules, leaving enforcement to state attorneys general. The lobbying involved […]

SecuGen’s Unity 20 FIDO2 fingerprint security key has gained FIDO Alliance certification, adding a biometric hardware authenticator to the company’s product range. The device creates and stores passkeys for passwordless […]