Android and several U.S. states working towards digital driver’s licenses
Digital driver’s licenses may soon be introduced in many U.S. states, but not North Dakota. Oklahoma is expected to start…
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.
Nepal government’s roll-out plan for national biometric ID cards criticized
The decision by the Nepal government to expand the distribution of biometric national identity cards throughout the country is drawing…
Onfido and INTERPOL train government officials to detect fraudulent identity documents
Onfido is partnering with INTERPOL to provide a 3-day training course to government officials from Southeast Asia to help them…
Gov.UK digital ID service has fraction of intended users and verifies less than half successfully
The UK government’s National Audit Office has slammed the Gov.UK Verify authentication platform in a report, saying it will not…
EU moves closer to requiring biometrics on national ID cards
The EU Council Presidency and European Parliament have reached an informal agreement on the introduction of mandatory biometric national identity…
Biometric passport market predicted to increase by 18 percent this year
The number of ePassports with integrated biometric technology will grow by 18 percent in 2019, according to a new report…
Aadhaar biometrics approved for voluntary use by banks and telecoms
Aadhaar has been approved for use by financial institutions and telecoms to verify customer identity for KYC checks, after an…
German police donate Regula document readers to Montenegro border officers
Regula announced that the German police have donated five new Regula 7308 mobile document readers to their Montenegrin colleagues, Vijesti…
AU10TIX biometric onboarding technology reads problem barcodes
Identity document authentication company AU10TIX has announced a Direct-From-Image barcode reading technology that it says reads barcodes from identity documents…
Testing of biometric registration plan in Kenya begins
A pilot project to test the US$60M biometric registration plan to enroll more than 50 million Kenyans in a digital…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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