Angola introducing biometric passports
The director of Angola’s Foreigners Migration Service (SME) revealed last week that the Angolan government plans to start issuing passports…
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.
Kristopher James Company to offer Acuant onboarding solutions to its financial services clients
Acuant announced that Kristopher James Company will offer Acuant’s hardware and software onboarding solutions to its financial services clients. Kristopher…
Gradiant launches AI-based automatic forgery detection for digital documents
Gradiant is showcasing Valida, its new automatic forensic analysis technology to detect forgeries in digital documents at the “4 Years…
Yoti pledges support for developing world identity innovation in Social Impact Strategy
Yoti has launched a new Social Impact Strategy to further the positive social impact of digital identity systems and to…
Industry group recommends national policies for digital ID and biometric authentication
The UK government should establish a national policy to create a fully functioning digital identity ecosystem for use in both…
State gas company leaks millions of Aadhaar numbers in second breach
A state-owned gas company in India has exposed the personal information of an estimated 6.8 million people to Google searches,…
Nigerian NGO calls for biometric registration of people displaced by Boko Haram to prevent graft
A Nigerian non-governmental organization has called for the use of biometrics to identify internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the restive…
Togo government planning a biometric census of the population
The government of the West African nation of Togo is gearing up to begin a biometric census of the population…
Agency sets processes for paperless air travel system in India
India’s digi yatra digital flight boarding system is a step closer to implementation, as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation…
Distilled Identity and Emerge developing biometric self-sovereign identity system for refugees
Distilled Identity and Emerge have partnered to collaborate on the development of the biometric identity profile layer of an Identity…
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