Jamaica plans biometric ID card issuance pilot, Pakistan and Vietnam upgrade systems
Jamaica has announced that it will begin issuing national ID cards through the National Identification System (NIDS) as from the…
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Digital ID applications grow in Pakistan, but obstacles remain: State Bank exec
The adoption of digital ID technologies in Pakistan’s financial system is growing, but there are still some obstacles in both…
Cameroon seeks escape from its biometric national ID card woes
Isidore O., a 25-year-old Cameroonian living in the town of Bangem in the South West Region of the country applied…
Government-convened panel pitches strong collaboration to protect Canadian’s digital IDs
Canada is making fairly tentative advances in digital identity applications, according to a panel of experts, but it is well-positioned…
Indian state court to consider unblocking biometrics to allow Aadhaar registration
The High Court of Assam, India in Gauhati will consider whether the biometrics of a father-son pair who petitioned the…
Mobile driver’s license among digital IDs Singapore government adding to platform
As part of plans to introduce more digital services and enhance user convenience, the government of Singapore has announced that…
Costa Rica switches to biometric passports, Nigeria opens new production center
The list of countries issuing biometric passports to their citizens continues to get longer, as Costa Rica has joined in…
High volumes emerging from long-tail fingerprint biometrics projects
Fingerprint biometrics are prominent among the top stories of the week on Biometric Update, between an interview with Idex Biometrics,…
Turkish biometric system developed by Biyoteksan issues 2M digital ID documents
Turkey’s centralized National Biometric Data Management System has issued more than two million digital ID documents since its launch less…
Alaska bill proposes repeal of Real ID to offer non-biometric driver’s licenses
Proposed legislation in Alaska would repeal the state’s implementation of the Real ID Act, the Tenth Amendment Center writes, setting up a…
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