Biometric voter registration progresses unevenly in 3 African countries
The National Elections Commission of Liberia has announced on Facebook that the start of the biometric voter registration process in…
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Combined iris and face biometrics solution launched by Thales for efficient border checks
Thales has launched a new multimodal biometric pod bringing together face and iris biometrics to help simplify border and immigration…
BiometrIQ partners with ID R&D on face and voice biometrics to serve Polish market
Lublin, Poland-based BiometrIQ has selected ID R&D as its preferred vendor and strategic partner for identity verification and authentication technologies….
Scytáles wins EU Digital Identity Wallet contract, Council reaches consensus on rules
Scytáles AB has won the contract to build the European Digital Identity Wallet, together with its partner Netcompany-Intrasoft. The contract…
Biometrics maturing for smartphones, smart cards and passports
Biometrics in consumer devices and technology to protect biometric data in passports continue to mature, as seen in several of…
Fingerprint Cards addresses high-security PC biometrics market by developing MCU
Fingerprint Cards is expanding its product portfolio by developing a microcontroller unit (MCU) to provide comprehensive biometric systems for the…
Idex moves closer to biometric payment card issuance on 3 continents in 2023
Accomplish Financial, which provides payment solutions to fintechs and banks in the UK, Europe and North America, has been revealed…
Nigeria ID4D head calls for stronger legal framework to support digital ID consistency
The head of Nigeria’s Digital Identification for Development initiative is calling on legislators in the country to pass a data…
Biometric cards developers prepare to support mass adoption for payments, access control
Biometric payment cards featured prominently among the presentations at the Asia Pacific Smart Card Association’s (APSCA’s) recent Next-Generation Cards 2022…
Regula providing ID document verification for biometric onboarding by UBS
The document verification capability used by Switzerland-based UBS for customer onboarding is provided by Regula, the company revealed, among details…
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