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Friday Oct 03, 2025
Friday Oct 03, 2025
The argument for digital credentials says that you can't lose them the same way you might lose a physical ID card. But you can still lose your mobile device. What you can't lose is your hand. In this episode, Handwave CEO Janis Stirna explores the possibilities in palm biometrics.
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Friday Sep 26, 2025
Biometrics, payments and identity are triangulating. Texas-based biometrics firm Wink is banking on it. The company recently merged with the global payment technology and services provider Phoenix Managed Networks, increasing its reach in the U.S. payments space.
On the latest episode of the Biometric Update Podcast, Wink CEO Deepak Jain talks about why Wink made the move, and how it positions it in the global market.
Runtime: 00:24:00
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
From London to Brazil to New York, police forces are adopting facial recognition technology. They say it helps fight crime. Critics say it violates privacy and risks police overreach. The truth may be somewhere in the middle. On this episode of the BU Podcast, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Commissioner, Professor Fraser Sampson, shares his thoughts on how law enforcement is using facial recognition, and what it means in a world already flooded with CCTV and cameras in every pocket.
Runtime: 00:39:35
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Friday Sep 12, 2025
Around the July 25 enforcement deadline for the UK's Online Safety Act and its age assurance requirements for adult content platforms, Yoti's digital identity wallet app took off on the App Store charts. CEO Robin Tombs sits down with the Biometric Update Podcast to reflect on the biggest month age verification has ever had.
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Vouched CEO Peter Horodan and Misha Polovneff of BHG Financial join the BU Podcast to discuss a recent Series A funding round that will see Vouched get 17 million dollars to tackle the growing issue of how to manage AI agents. With BU's managing editor Chris Burt, the duo discusses identity verification, synthetic identity fraud, and more.
Runtime: 37:05
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Steve Pannifer of Fime labs says the December 2026 timeline for EU member states to provide wallets and digital aII to citizens is "aggressive." Sharing insights on testing, interoperability, the payments model and the key question of adoption, Steve offers a clear picture of where the EU stands in its digital journey.
Runtime: 00:28:39
Friday Aug 22, 2025
Friday Aug 22, 2025
IDV firm 1kosmos recently closed a $57 million Series B funding round led by Forgepoint Capital. Biometric Update Managing Editor Chris Burt sits down with 1kosmos CEO Hemen Vimadalal and Forgepoint's Ernie Bio to discuss the company's plans.
Runtime: 00:35:20
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Socure has expanded its Risk OS platform to enable a host of options for age assurance. In this episode of the Biometric Update Podcast, the company's Chief Growth Officer Rivka Little offers insights on the rapidly changing age assurance landscape, including recent regulatory developments.
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Entrust has a new CEO in Tony Ball. But outgoing CEO Todd Wilkinson isn't done just yet. The two digital identity leaders join the Biometric Update Podcast to discuss the handing off of the baton, the changing nature of digital identity, and the opportunities to be found in digitizing citizen services.
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Alan Goode of Goode Intelligence walks us through his latest research on the booming IDV market, including insights on reusable ID, mobile driver's licenses and the technology building blocks of identity verification.
https://www.goodeintelligence.com/
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202506/identity-verification-to-surpass-20b-by-2030-amid-transition-to-reusable-digital-id
https://www.goodeintelligence.com/report/identity-verification-idv-market-technology-analysis-forecasts-2025-2030/
Runtime: 00:19:08