The G2 Weekly Podcast delivers insights into the world of identity and biometrics. Each week, the podcast will cover important developments in the field, making it a valuable resource for professionals in various sectors.

(May 6, 2025 - May 13, 2025)

• Regulation Takes Center Stage: Discover how state regulators are gaining power, highlighted by a record-breaking privacy settlement, while EU member states push for privacy-preserving age assurance and jurisdictions debate biometric surveillance use.

• The AI vs. Biometrics Arms Race: Explore the intensifying conflict where AI fuels sophisticated fraud, particularly in payments, forcing vendors into a critical "arms race" that necessitates layered biometrics as a frontline defense against threats like deepfakes.

• Biometrics Expand Across Sectors: Learn how biometrics are being deployed from airport self-service and border control wins to Pentagon defense infrastructure and innovative applications like DNA-based 3D facial reconstruction, even as programs like TSA facial recognition face political resistance.

• Global Momentum for Digital ID and Wallets: Witness the worldwide surge in countries launching national digital IDs and wallets, highlighting both centralized and decentralized approaches, alongside debates around standardization and the competitive "wallet wars".

• Industry Adapts to a Regulated Future: See how companies are navigating this evolving landscape by achieving key compliance milestones like iBeta Level 2 for liveness detection, securing strategic funding, and forming partnerships to address the growing demand for secure and compliant identity solutions.

Don't miss out on these and other essential updates by subscribing to the Identity Insights: The G2 Weekly Podcast. Stay informed about the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in identity and biometrics, a critical area for professionals in banking, fintech, insurance, telco, manufacturing, e-commerce, social, and healthcare

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