Digital ID financing quietly hums: Strata gets $26M from VCs, Saviynt gets $205M loan
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Digital ID financing quietly hums: Strata gets $26M from VCs, Saviynt gets $205M loan

February 11, 2023

Venture funding for digital identity plays is there to be had, but pretty quiet, forcing…

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New Asian partnerships: Next Biometrics expands in China, Accops in India

February 11, 2023

Next Biometrics has announced a new strategic collaboration with Guangzhou-based technology partner Wiser to bring…

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Voice deepfakes on the rise; biometrics can help

February 11, 2023

A new type of deepfake is spreading, based on voice recordings. Voice biometric algorithms continue…

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Sprawling US intel project to improve long-distance biometrics on college campus

February 11, 2023

A face, gait and whole-body biometric recognition project begun in 2019 by U.S. national labs…

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French Senators okay AI surveillance bill excluding facial recognition for 2024 Olympics

February 11, 2023

AI video surveillance technology will be used for incident detection during the 2024 Summer Olympics…

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Patent awarded to ID R&D for securing voice interactions with biometrics and liveness

February 11, 2023

ID R&D has been granted a patent for a technology bringing continuous, multi-modal biometric authentication…

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Free-to-use civil registration system OpenCRVS adds features, configuration

February 11, 2023

The open-source, free-to-use civil registration and vital statistics platform OpenCRVS has introduced substantial developments in…

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Italian postal service launches project to ease issuance of digital ID, other services

February 11, 2023

The Italian national postal service (Poste Italiane) has launched a new digital ID initiative to…

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Consumer attention prompts Liminal to assess 2K digital ID providers for landscape

February 11, 2023

The Digital Identity Landscape has grown to four times the size it was six years…

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Africa has the capabilities: 20 African nations on track for SDG 16.9

February 11, 2023

“We’re convinced there are 20 countries in Africa who can achieve the SDG, achieve Mission…