Estonia selects secunet biometric border control gates, Greece plans port system
Two of Estonia’s main air and land border checkpoints will operate the new generation of biometric automated secunet easygates, which…
Articles By Katya Pivcevic
Katya Pivcevic wrote for Biometric Update from October, 2020 until November, 2021, while living in the UK.
Smartmatic wins Albania biometric voter registration contract with lone bid
Smartmatic will implement biometric identification technology in Albania’s April elections this year via a US$20 million contract with the Central…
ID.me, IDnow form digital ID partnerships to extend reach in remote verification market
ID.me and background and identity services provider Sterling have partnered to launch a new digital identity solution for the employment…
US border biometrics changes sent back to public review as visa delays criticized
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reopened a public commenting period for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) “Collection…
Immunity passports face familiar digital identity challenges on interoperability, privacy
With immunity passports and applications already rolling out in some countries, crucial discussions are being held across organizations, supply chains…
India to track vaccinations with Aadhaar biometrics
The Indian health ministry is directing states and union territories within the country to authenticate recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine…
Arana develops biometric payment application integrated with Idemia MorphoWave
Security solutions developer Arana Security has created an innovative biometric payment application which works with Idemia’s touchless fingerprint scanning device,…
Governments in Australia and Canada investing in digital ID
Both the Australian and a Canadian provincial government are amping up development of digital identity systems. The province of Ontario…
Spotify patent hints at speech recognition for music recommendations
Digital music service Spotify has been granted a patent titled “Identification of Taste Attributes From an Audio Signal” for the…
iProov, Onfido, Daon stake out positions as biometrics-backed immunity passports advance
Biometrics providers including iProov, Onfido and Daon are positioning themselves to serve the requirements of digital health credentials for the…
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