Identity document

SmartMetric Reports That Nearly 11 Billion Chip Credit and Debit Cards Have Been Issued Worldwide; The SmartMetric Biometric Card Is Designed to Activate the Chip on These Cards Following a Valid On-Card Fingerprint Scan and Match

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Friday, June 4, 2021
Professional services, Consumer electronics, Security, Technology, Other Technology, Banking, Hardware, Biometrics, Identification, Access control, Authentication, Cryptography, Identity document, Fingerprint, Credit card, Smart card, Card reader, Biometric device

It embarked on developing a biometric fingerprint scanner small enough to fit inside a credit card over a decade ago.

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  • It embarked on developing a biometric fingerprint scanner small enough to fit inside a credit card over a decade ago.
  • The SmartMetric in-the-card fingerprint scanner allows for the cards chip to only work following a successful scan and match of the card users fingerprint.
  • Unlike other biometric cards, the SmartMetric card does not need the card user to go into a bank branch to have their fingerprint stored on their new biometric card.
  • To view the SmartMetric Biometric Card please follow this link - Video of the SmartMetric Biometric Card .

UK's AI-Based Apartment Rental Market Leader Mashroom Selects Passbase to Provide Secure Tenant Onboarding and Verification

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Thursday, June 3, 2021
Computer access control, Identity management, Federated identity, Computer security, Identity verification service, Internet privacy, Verification, Digital identity, Identity document

By integrating Passbase's identity verification service, Mashroom customers are able to securely sign up and start renting out a flat by going through a simple and frictionless three-step identity verification process.

Key Points: 
  • By integrating Passbase's identity verification service, Mashroom customers are able to securely sign up and start renting out a flat by going through a simple and frictionless three-step identity verification process.
  • Established in 2018, Mashroom empowers tenants and landlords to rent and manage residential properties in the UK via a simple to use self-service platform.
  • Dave McGibbon, co-founder and CEO of Passbase said, "With Passbase, Mashroom doesn't have to choose between a seamless user journey and secure onboarding and we're excited to provide both for the growing PropTech.
  • Passbase is a next-generation identity verification provider that helps companies solve their digital identity challenges in a compliant, privacy-oriented and user-centric way.

Women Shortchanged: CardRatings.com's New Study Shows Clear Gender Gap in Financial Education

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
CardRatings.com, Identity document, Legal recognition of non-binary gender

This report shares important guidelines for teaching kids about money, including: setting a good example; letting kids learn by doing; and keeping lessons age-appropriate.

Key Points: 
  • This report shares important guidelines for teaching kids about money, including: setting a good example; letting kids learn by doing; and keeping lessons age-appropriate.
  • CardRatings.com designed a survey dealing with a range of financial topics that was administered by Op4G in March of 2021.
  • A total of 800 people were polled, including 411 women, 386 men and 3 people who describe their gender as non-binary.
  • CardRatings.com innovated online credit card ratings and has been offering independent ratings and reviews of credit card offers since 1998.

Sterling Backcheck, a Background and Identity Services Leader in Canada, Joins the Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Internet privacy, Identity management systems, Identity verification service, Identity document, Federated identity, Identity management

"We are excited to welcome Sterling Backcheck to the Council, and look forward to leveraging their digital identification expertise, leadership, and strategic guidance within the diverse DIACC membership," noted DIACC President Joni Brennan.

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  • "We are excited to welcome Sterling Backcheck to the Council, and look forward to leveraging their digital identification expertise, leadership, and strategic guidance within the diverse DIACC membership," noted DIACC President Joni Brennan.
  • "At Sterling Backcheck, we are putting identity first by being involved at the forefront with an organization that is setting the standards for identity across Canada in all industries."
  • Sterling Backchecka leading provider of background and identity services in Canada offers a foundation of trust and safety that spans across industries, professions, and borders.
  • Sterlinga leading provider of background and identity servicesoffers background, identity verification, and Covid-19 health testing services to help over 40,000 clients create people-first cultures built on foundations of trust and safety.

Mitek Acquires ID R&D to Lead Fight Against Biometric Identity Fraud

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Other Defense, Security, Other Technology, Software, Hardware, Data management, Defense, Articles, Academic disciplines, Artificial intelligence, Surveillance, Applications of computer vision, Deep learning, Deepfake, Identity theft, Biometrics, Identity document, MTX Audio, Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Other Defense, Security, Other Technology, Software, Hardware, Data management, Defense, Articles, Academic disciplines, Artificial intelligence, Surveillance, Applications of computer vision, Deep learning, Deepfake, Identity theft, Biometrics, Identity document, MTX Audio, Mitek, ID R&D, MITEK, ID R&D

Shareholders of ID R&D will be entitled to receive up to $49 million in Mitek stock and cash as consideration.

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  • Shareholders of ID R&D will be entitled to receive up to $49 million in Mitek stock and cash as consideration.
  • ID R&Ds pioneering facial and voice biometric capabilities provide increased protection against todays most sophisticated identity theft and increasingly dangerous fraud techniques, such as deepfakes and synthetic voice augmentation.
  • Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are enabling novel forms of fraud, which means technologies like those pioneered by ID R&D are critical in this fight.
  • In addition to integrating into the Mitek solution, ID R&D will continue to offer its core biometric components directly to the market.

Drayson Technologies Develops Next Generation Biometric Smart Cards Powered by Freevolt Energy Harvesting

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Technology, Energy, Other Energy, Other Technology, Access control, ISO standards, Ubiquitous computing, Identification, Authentication, Cryptography, Smart card, Energy harvesting, Biometrics, Identity document, Contactless, Draft:Complex Cards, Drayson Technologies & Freevolt, Innovate UK, DRAYSON TECHNOLOGIES & FREEVOLT, INNOVATE UK

The main goal was better standardisation of our biometric smart card energy harvesting technology, creating optimised, ready-to-use designs.

Key Points: 
  • The main goal was better standardisation of our biometric smart card energy harvesting technology, creating optimised, ready-to-use designs.
  • This makes it easier for biometric smart card integrators to adopt and use Freevolt RF energy harvesting.
  • Following almost a decade of development, the main benefit of Drayson Technologies Freevolt RF energy harvesting technology is to provide the additional energy needed to power advanced processing and security capabilities for the latest generation of contactless biometric smart cards.
  • Drayson Technologies is a UK technology company developing Freevolt energy harvesting solutions that convert radio frequency (RF) energy into usable direct current.

IDEMIA Enters the Japanese Payment Cards Industry as It Launches Its First Banking Card

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Monday, May 31, 2021
Professional services, Security, Technology, Other Technology, Finance, Internet, Banking, Radio-frequency identification, Payment systems, Money, Financial technology, Financial services, Mobile payments, Contactless payment, EMV, Magnetic stripe card, IDEMIA, Identity document, Draft:Complex Cards

The cards are embedded with a JIS2 standard an embedded surface magnetic stripe on the card, to deliver enhanced security and contactless payment services to end-users.

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  • The cards are embedded with a JIS2 standard an embedded surface magnetic stripe on the card, to deliver enhanced security and contactless payment services to end-users.
  • We are proud to be able to deliver our first contactless card that is compliant with the JIS2 standards.
  • We are also proud to work with major issuers and Fintech issuers in Japan to meet the evolving needs of the Japanese consumers.
  • Consumers can also benefit from IDEMIA Connect, which simplifies the card activation experience with a simple tap of the card on the phone.

Article - Travel safely with the EU Digital Covid Certificate

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Medical specialties, Passports, Identity document, Medicine, Health, Medical records, Tropical diseases, World Health Organization, Immunology, Vaccination requirements for international travel, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic

How does the EU Digital Covid Certificate work?

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  • How does the EU Digital Covid Certificate work?
  • The certificate will make it easier for you to travel safely through the EU by showing that you have been vaccinated, had a negative test result or recovered from Covid-19 in the last six months.
  • The system will be in place for 12 months and cover all 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein.
  • You dont have to have the certificate to travel - national requirements would then remain in place - but having it should make travelling easier.

Press release - Civil Liberties Committee endorses EU Digital Covid Certificate

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Organizations, Articles, International organizations, Confederations, European Union, Identity document

The Civil Liberties Committee has endorsed the EU digital Covid Certificate package with 52 votes in favour, 13 votes against and 3 abstentions (EU citizens) and with 53 votes in favour, 10 votes against and 5 abstentions (third country nationals).

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  • The Civil Liberties Committee has endorsed the EU digital Covid Certificate package with 52 votes in favour, 13 votes against and 3 abstentions (EU citizens) and with 53 votes in favour, 10 votes against and 5 abstentions (third country nationals).
  • The EU Digital Covid Certificate will be issued by national authorities and be available in either digital or paper format.
  • A common EU framework will allow member states to issue certificates that will be interoperable, compatible, secure and verifiable across the EU.
  • More information here

    Chair of the Civil Liberties Committee and rapporteur Juan Fernando Lpez Aguilar (S&D, ES) said: The EP started negotiations with very ambitious objectives in mind and has managed to achieve a good compromise through painstaking negotiations.

BlockFi Announces No Annual Fee and Updated Benefits for the BlockFi Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Money, Payment cards, Payment systems, Exonumia, Credit cards, Debit cards, Identity document, Visa Inc., Bitcoin, Travel visa

First and foremost, BlockFi has decided to eliminate the annual fee for the BlockFi Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card.

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  • First and foremost, BlockFi has decided to eliminate the annual fee for the BlockFi Rewards Visa Signature Credit Card.
  • Clients who are approved for the card will now receive a 3.5% Bitcoin rewards rate for the first 90 days(1).
  • Anyone interested in this exciting new product can sign up for the BlockFi Rewards Visa Signature Card waitlist and claim their spot on the list today.
  • Disclaimer: Joining the waitlist to apply for the BlockFi Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card ("Card") does not guarantee that you will be eligible to receive the card.