Government investments in digital identity and biometrics programs progress around the world
Progress and plans for national digital identity systems and biometric e-government solutions have been announced around the world, including a…
Civil / National ID
Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.
Challenging biometrics use in 4 not-at-all-easy steps
Acknowledging history is running against anyone opposing national biometric identity systems, a partisan privacy nonprofit has published a sizable guide…
ID2020, Vision-Box online conferences to explore good ID, biometric border management
Vision-Box and ID2020 have each announced online events, with Europe’s biometric border initiative explored in-depth during the former, and the…
Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bid
After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
Major biometrics contracts in Sweden and Cameroon, national ID programs in India, Canada advance
National digital identity projects involving biometrics made up the theme of the week’s top news on Biometric Update, with Thales…
Ecosystem approach could accelerate biometric enrollment in Nigeria
Nigeria’s goal to enroll the biometrics of all citizens to provide digital identity is possible to achieve in even less…
Australian statehouse talks expanding power of digital driver license
Digital driver licenses appear to be a hit, at least in Australia’s state of New South Wales. A test program…
Augentic wins biometric passport contract for Cameroon, Fiji issuance appears successful
Cameroon has selected partners Augentic and Portuguese State Printer Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM) to supply biometric passports and support issuance…
iProov and Toppan Ecquaria bring face biometrics to Singapore’s national digital identity system
iProov is providing biometric face verification for the Singaporean government’s national digital identity program, in collaboration with partner Toppan Ecquaria, to…
Nigeria sets 5-year biometric enrollment target for whole population to national ID system
Ahead of ID4Africa’s online country profile event on Wednesday September 23, we have dedicated this edition of our overview of…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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