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Veridium Rolls Out Fingerprint Verification Pilot In Developing Countries
Innovation // September 07, 2017

Veridium, a leader in identity access management solutions using biometrics as the primary authenticator, announced news that it has been awarded a grant from the Digital Financial Services Innovation Lab to develop and field test biometric authentication technology on unmodified Android smartphones, which can improve the way...

Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor
Alternative Finances // September 15, 2014

Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised around the world–minus a few bright spots (M-Pesa) the progress of mobile in bridging the gap between the banked and...

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Gates Foundation Will Fund Facilities To Make Coronavirus Vaccine

April 07, 2020
To support the creation of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, Bill Gates’ foundation will dedicate billions to back the building of manufacturing facilities. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will collaborate with seven potential vaccine makers to create the structures, The Wall Street Journal reported. Gates made the efforts known on “The Daily Show […]

Veridium Rolls Out Fingerprint Verification Pilot In Developing Countries

September 07, 2017
Veridium, a leader in identity access management solutions using biometrics as the primary authenticator, announced news that it has been awarded a grant from the Digital Financial Services Innovation Lab to...

Bill Gates Focused On Digital Payments For Poor

September 15, 2014
Though there has been a lot of talk and media coverage about the tremendous potential mobile payments offer to the poor, underbanked and financially disenfranchised around the world–minus a few...