TransUnion puts US lenders’ synthetic-identity exposure at $2.4 billion
A TransUnion report says US lenders faced an estimated $2.4 billion in potential synthetic-identity fraud exposure at the end of June 2026.
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Biometric Update analysis finds ICE tied to growing Cisco network procurement
A newly published Biometric Update analysis examines ICE’s $99,989.86 purchase of Cisco Identity Services Engine appliances and broader network contracts.
DHS voter investigations exposed the risks of identity-data enrichment
A new Biometric Update investigation describes how DHS combined voter records with immigration, commercial identity and law-enforcement data to generate investigative leads.
Biometric authorization tools move toward governing AI agents
A new Biometric Update analysis identifies a growing set of products that link human biometrics, cryptographic credentials and delegated permissions to AI-agent activity.
Bermuda sets supplier-question deadline as digital ID design remains undecided
October 23 is the deadline for companies to submit questions about Bermuda’s planned national digital identity platform, while supplier submissions are due by 10am on...
Jumio reports global rollout of reusable selfie verification and deepfake-detection gains
Jumio says its selfie.DONE reusable identity product now covers North America, Asia-Pacific and EMEA, while reporting up to 70 percent higher deepfake detection than earlier...
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese support for sovereign AI infrastructure as cloud capacity lags demand
Sri Lanka is seeking Chinese support for a proposed National Sovereign AI Computing Centre as officials say the country’s existing data-center capacity is well below...
Identy reports lower error rate in latest NIST fingerprint benchmark submission
Identy.io’s latest algorithm recorded a 19 percent lower error rate than its February submission in NIST’s FRIF TE E1N fingerprint-matching evaluation, according to Biometric Update....
Philippines opens $7.8 million tender for cloud, biometric and cryptographic digital ID services
The Philippines is seeking one-year subscriptions to operate key components of its national digital ID verification system, including cloud infrastructure, hardware security modules and biometric...
Amadeus named for UK’s contactless biometric border-gate upgrade
Amadeus is the reported supplier for a UK Border Force upgrade that allows returning UK passport holders to pass through participating biometric gates without presenting...
UK digital identity work continues after national scheme is scrapped
UK officials told MPs that GOV.UK One Login, a government wallet and work on digital credentials will continue despite ministers abandoning a proposed national digital...
World pitches biometric proof-of-human checks for high-stakes Zoom calls and financial workflows
World has announced a banking and finance-focused World ID suite that includes a Zoom integration intended to verify meeting participants through an Orb enrollment, a...
Cloudflare adds behavior tracking to its Verified Bots program
Cloudflare says it is introducing continuous evaluation for Verified Bots, measuring whether automated services honor robots.txt preferences and respond appropriately to HTTP 429 rate-limit signals....
Cloudflare adds programmable code execution to Gateway and DLP policies
Cloudflare says its new Forward action and planned Custom Functions will let customers run Workers inside Gateway policy flows, rather than relying only on fixed...
Asylon combines drones and robot dogs in managed perimeter-security service
Philadelphia-based Asylon Robotics says it is deploying autonomous drones, ground robots and remote monitoring to patrol military sites and civilian facilities.