Biometrics’ role in physical access control to surpass $16B opportunity by 2031
Biometrics for physical access control (BIOPACS) are taking a more prominent place in the access control market, growing into a…
Industry Analysis
Biometric Update provides context for the development of the biometrics market and insight about what the future holds for digital identity companies and technologies alike.
Biometrics projects scale to meet great expectations, from borders to payments
Biometrics projects are graduating to production, reaching scale milestones and expanding dramatically in the top stories of the week on…
Biometrics undergoes rapid change as AI prompts races with fraud, sustainability
Biometrics are being asked to run races against AI-powered fraud, to deliver government services and reach sustainability in financial services,…
Age assurance proposals show healthy policy activity but suffer from omissions
An opinion piece in Tech Policy Press suggests that the solution to privacy concerns around online age checks may be…
Biometrics tapped to tame the internet in 2026
The most promising developments of 2025 for biometrics providers were largely found in the kind of incremental progress that is…
AI, fraud and market timing drive biometrics consolidation in 2025 … and maybe 2026
Biometric Update reported on nearly 50 acquisitions in total during calendar 2025, about 10 more than in 2024, which had…
More collaboration needed to secure biometrics and digital ID in 2026
There is a general consensus on what the dominant trends in identity are as 2025 draws to a close. How…
Biometrics providers race to meet demand as ID, age verification expand
Biometric identity verification is evolving to serve an ever-wider range of interactions as they change to address fraud, online safety…
Ambitious biometrics projects promise transformation, but struggle with messaging
Advances in biometrics and technologies behind digital identity are making previously unattainable goals possible. The top articles of the week…
Pitched as the future of work, agentic AI is not selling well – but fraudsters love it
Everyone wants to talk about agentic AI. Throughout 2025, AI agents have been hailed as both the future of work…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection