Australia, NZ airports boost international passenger processing capacity
Australian airports continue to add more SmartGates powered by Idemia’s biometric border technology for international arrivals. On Thursday, Sydney Airport…
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Ondato services now certified under eIDAS
Digital identity and age verification company Ondato has announced that its qualified trusted services are now certified under the eIDAS…
UK police ask for more funds as it expands facial recognition use
UK’s police chiefs have asked the government to commit £220 million (US$296 million) annually for the next three years to…
Ada Lovelace Institute questions legality of facial recognition in UK
Deployments of biometric technologies, such as facial recognition and emotion recognition, may not be lawful in the UK, according to…
Digital ID experts debate Swiss eID ahead of referendum
Switzerland is inching closer to a new referendum on introducing its national e-ID, scheduled for September 28th. The introduction of…
Digital ID, payments providers are trying to solve eIDAS ambiguities
The EU has been busy building a regulatory foundation for its European Digital Identity (EUDI), which will be offered to…
Iraq: 8M voters did not complete biometric registration for November election
Over 8 million eligible voters in Iraq have not yet completed biometric registration for the parliamentary elections in November, forcing…
World raises $135M to support expansion
After launching in the U.S. market with great fanfare, World has announced new funding aimed at supporting its ambitious expansion…
GLEIF to integrate its vLEI into Finternet Lab’s tools
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is planning to integrate its verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) credentials into Finternet…
European countries continue border checks despite Schengen rules
European countries continue to extend temporary emergency border controls at checkpoints shared with their Schengen-member neighbors. France has announced it…
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