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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.

 

Angola begins issuance of ID cards to newborns

Angolan authorities have announced a plan to strengthen birth registration and begin the issuance of national ID cards to newborns…

 

Nepal election commission integrates national ID biometrics

The Election Commission of Nepal is allowing citizens with a National Identity Card to register online without visiting election offices…

 

Biometrics ease airport and online journeys, national digital ID expansion

Biometrics advances are culminating in new kinds of experiences for crossing international borders and getting through online age gates in…

 

Idemia Smart Identity negotiates with Nepal, nears ID document issuance in Armenia

A pair of deals for Idemia Smart Identity to supply biometric ID documents, one in Nepal and one in Armenia,…

 

Tech5 to integrate AI assistant in digital ID wallet

Digital ID technology developer Tech5 is jumping on the AI-in-everything bandwagon by introducing an AI voice assistant into its digital…

 

Myanmar adopts MOSIP, begins digital ID pilot

Officials of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and India recently discussed how the Modular Open-Source Identity Platform (MOSIP)…

 

Egypt rolls out digital ID platform to scale up financial inclusion

Egypt’s Central Bank (CBE) has unveiled a website in preparation for the launch of a mobile application labelled Haweya to…

 

Growing adoption for Belgium’s MyGov digital ID app

There’s growing adoption of Belgium’s MyGov.be digital ID which was launched in May last year as an alternative ID authentication…

 

Germany presents proof-of-concept for quantum-secure ID card

Germany has made its first moves to protect identity documents from quantum computer attacks, which threaten to break modern encryption…

 

UIDAI taps UK’s ‘nudge unit’ to boost Aadhaar biometric updates for children

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is partnering with Behavioral Insights Team (BIT) to ramp up the uptake of…

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