ABIS contracts are swirling in Southeast Asia. NEC and Totm sign biometrics deals
A pair of biometric identification contracts in Southeast Asia have been signed, one in Indonesia by Totm and another in…
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Liberia electoral commission re-selects Ekemp biometrics despite ‘dismal performance’: media
FrontPageAfrica understands that Liberia’s National Elections Commission has re-selected Ekemp International as the supplier of biometric voter ID cards and…
Ekemp sues Liberian commission over biometric voter registration procurement
China-based Ekemp and its partners have filed a Writ of Prohibition with the Supreme Court of Liberia on the entire…
Trust Stamp’s path to UK Govt biometric software contracts eases with G-Cloud 13 listing
Trust Stamp is being added as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider to G-Cloud 13, the UK Government’s new cloud procurement framework,…
Is open source the common denominator in EU’s digital ID wallet debate?
In any negotiation, it is smart to find an area of consensus as a platform on which to build a…
Ekemp fails demonstration of its biometric election technology, claims unfair treatment
It appears concerns raised by Liberia’s Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) about the firm selected to provide biometric materials…
US Defense Dept. awards ABIS contract to Athena Sciences
A software and services government contractor has won a U.S. defense contract to install and operate an automated biometrics ID…
Local NHS unit contract for DBS checks with face biometrics and liveness detection opens
The South East London unit of the UK National Health Service is seeking a digital identity provider accredited to the…
Biometric voter registration bid do-over commences in Liberia (update)
Despite an erroneous local media report to the contrary, Laxton has informed Biometric Update that it participated in the second…
Russia to establish Center for Biometric Technologies to operate national database
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to create a joint venture named the JSC Center for Biometric Technologies…
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