It's the summer of age assurance. With major developments happening in the UK, EU, Australia and the U.S., age assurance is going mainstream. In this episode, we talk with Iain Corby, executive director of the Age Verification Providers Association, about what it all means for providers of age verification and age estimation services. 

Biometric Upadate editor-in-chief Chris Burt speaks with three representatives from the No Phone Home campaign, which is warning against the potential privacy risks in digital identity systems that use "phone home" or server retrieval methods.  

An interview with Humanity Protocol CEO Terence Kwok, who talks about the firm's recent acquisition of blockchain-based ticketing and access company, Moongate, and how to bring digital ID into more physical spaces.  

An interview with 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner, on the opportunities and risks of agentic AI - and a peek into how 1Password works with Formula 1 Racing on data security. 

Meet the Association of Digital Verification Professionals, or ADVP, a trade body beginning to make itself known in the debate over the Gov.uk Wallet and the question of digital identity. Featuring Alan Gooden, David Crack. Hosted by Joel McConvey. 

Biometric Update Editor-in-Chief Chris Burt breaks down what happened at the MOSIP Connect conference in Manila, and looks ahead to ID4Africa in Addis Ababa. 

Biometrics in Minutes from Biometric Update gives you important news and insights on the biometrics and digital identity sector, in five minutes or less. BiM1 reviews the 2025 MOSIP Connect conference, and looks ahead to ID4Africa 2025 later this month. With host Joel McConvey and Biometric Update Editor-in-Chief Chris Burt. 

Biometric Update reports from the 2025 Global Age Assurance Standards Summit, where stakeholders discussed how age assurance can be regulated, standardized and put into practice for use cases around the world. 

Vijay Balasubramaniyan, CEO of voice biometrics firm Pindrop, goes deep on how generative AI tools have changed the game for fraudsters, enabling a deluge of deepfake video and audio that presents huge challenges to the digital future.