Philippines consider adding biometrics to voting machines for 2025 elections
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has announced intentions of potentially using new biometric technology in the country’s…
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Facephi, Telos, Verato add digital ID, security expertise to executive teams
Biometrics and digital identity providers Facephi, Telos and Verato have announced new hires with the aim of strengthening their executive…
Socure turns to revolving credit as market sours
The economy may not officially be in a recession but observers of corporate finance in biometric ID have room to…
Lloyds Banking Group invests £10M in Yoti for new digital ID for all to launch this year
London-based digital identity provider Yoti is getting a £10 million (US$11.9 million) investment from Lloyds Banking Group to support new…
Stamps and surveillance: Macron seeks to delay EES biometrics until after Olympics
French president Emmanuel Macron intends to delay the introduction of the biometric Entry Exist System (EES) until after the Paris…
Idemia earns trustworthiness and reliability certifications from Kantara Initiative
Identity and security technology provider Idemia Identity & Security North America has announced that its Identity and Verification service complies…
Biometric voting machine transmission delays Nigerian governor elections
Governorship elections in Nigeria are experiencing technical delays. According to a government announcement, this week’s scheduled election has been pushed…
Financing lined up for potential Idemia deal; Thales reportedly still interested
It looks as if the private equity firm owning Idemia has teed up the biometrics and digital ID giant’s sale,…
Telecoms in Belgium and Kuwait adopt biometric identity verification
Onfido and Accura Scan have each signed up telecom providers to use their selfie biometrics for identity verification. New tools…
Platform to enable auto-update of ID credentials on India’s DigiLocker coming soon
A platform is being developed by the government of India through which users who have their ID documents stored on…
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