Liberty, the human rights organisation, has criticised the proposal by ride-hailing app Uber to force drivers in London to use facial recognition technology.

A new report from Juniper Research has found that biometric authentication will be used to secure $2.5 trillion worth of mobile payment transactions by 2024

IBM mainframe customers would prefer a single unified authentication system that lets users securely access both mainframe and non-mainframe applications, a new survey suggests. 

The Conservatives want to use automated entrance and exit checks to identify individuals who have overstayed their visa, under measures to strengthen border security after Brexit.

Signicat and SurePay, a payment information service, have partnered to integrate SurePay’s bank account verification service with Signicat’s Digital Identity Platform.

Keesing Technologies has reported that, together with trusted partner Risk Information Group (RIG), it has been able to implement AuthentiScan, its customer onboarding and identity proofing solution in over 96% of all physical bank branches in Norway. 

Synectics Solutions has partnered with the digital identity platform Yoti to leverage advanced identity verification technology and enhance customer onboarding for its clients.

In the third quarter of 2019, Kaspersky experts have detected a surge in fraud related to the stealing of personal and confidential documents through photos and selfies (often required for registration or identification purposes)

Madrid-based cybersecurity firm buguroo has secured $11 million in Series A funding to bring its Deep Learning based online fraud detection and prevention technology, combining behavioural biometrics, malware detection and device assessment, to more financial services customers.

Xyntek Incorporated, a global leader in pharmaceutical and life sciences automation and IT solutions recently signed a partnership agreement with Nymi, expanding its Turnkey Biometrics Authentication Platform to include wearable technology.