Smartmatic
Smartmatic is a privately-owned, multinational company that designs and deploys end-to-end, custom technology solutions to enable government agencies and large enterprises to fulfill their missions with the utmost efficiency. Smartmatic delivers unsurpassed technology to clients in three key business divisions: electronic and auditable voting systems, identity management, smart cities.
Smartmatic Biometrics News
Philippines rejects voter registration deadline extension, upgrades IT systems
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Philippines has denied a possible extension to the biometric voter registration procedures beyond…
| Sep 30, 2022 | Panel probes future potential of face biometrics for elections, DNA for civil registriesBiometrics applications could look quite different five years from now, with different modalities used in elections and civil registries, and… |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Kenyan election’s poll-day success belies suspicion of Smartmatic biometric voter kitsAhead of a court challenge of the results of Kenya’s recent election, African publication The Elephant examined the role of… |
| Aug 10, 2022 | Voters face biometric verification kit glitches in Kenya elections, failures ‘not widespread’Many Kenyans, both ordinary and high-profile voters, were unable to cast their ballots in time at some polling stations during… |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Smartmatic wins Albania biometric voter registration contract with lone bidSmartmatic will implement biometric identification technology in Albania’s April elections this year via a US$20 million contract with the Central… |
| Jan 15, 2021 | Biometric voting machine failures isolated incidents, Uganda’s Electoral Commission saysAn unknown number of biometric voter verification machines being used in Uganda’s election failed to verify the identity of people… |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Uganda gets 38,500 biometric voter verification devices for Thursday’s pollsThe electoral commission of Uganda says it has procured 38,500 SmartMatic biometric voter verification machines (BVVMs) at a cost of… |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Criticism sparked by delay of biometric election systems unveiling in Uganda, procurement in KenyaUganda’s Electoral Commission (EC) is being asked to provide details on its Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVK) and related technologies… |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Biometric election solution providers pitch Philippines on remote online voting systemsBiometric technology providers Voatz and Smartmatic will pitch their remote online voting systems as two of four companies being considered by the… |
| Nov 16, 2020 | Iraq draws closer to biometrics-backed elections in 2021 with 16M voter cards issuedBiometric cards which will be required to vote in Iraq’s upcoming elections have been distributed to 13 million eligible voters,… |
| Sep 27, 2020 | Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bidAfter last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again… |
| Feb 1, 2019 | Smartmatic extends global footprint for election automation technologySmartmatic has announced deals with several high-profile clients in different geographic markets among its highlights in 2018, extending its global… |
| Apr 25, 2017 | Smartmatic app uses facial recognition to make voting more accessibleSmartmatic has developed a facial recognition-based app that allows people to register for elections and vote by taking a selfie… |
| Oct 18, 2016 | Smartmatic intros online voting solution with facial recognitionSmartmatic is introducing secure online voting solution with facial recognition that verifies the voter’s identity with a selfie. The solution… |
| Mar 20, 2016 | Biometrics and border management, voice, fingerprint and facial recognition trending this weekHere is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Border management… |
| Mar 17, 2016 | Smartmatic CEO responds to Obama’s call for e-votingSmartmatic’s CEO, Antonio Mugica, has expressed his support for President Obama’s call to action to make online voting, or e-voting,… |
| Feb 7, 2016 | Uganda’s EC begins training staff to use biometric voter identification systemNTV is reporting that Uganda’s Electoral Commission has begun training staff to use the new biometric voter identification system and… |
| Dec 8, 2015 | Positive results for biometrics-based voting platform in Venezuelan electionsSmartmatic announced that its biometrics-based automated voting platform achieved positive results in Venezuela’s recent parliamentary elections. The company, which has… |
| Nov 28, 2014 | Smartmatic spins off new parent company, SGO, with British lordBiometrics voting technology provider Smartmatic announced it has launched its new venture, SGO, which will evolve the business beyond election… |
| May 9, 2013 | Smartmatic appoints Marco Hubert as president of EMEA operationsSmartmatic has announced the appointment of Marco Huberts as its new President of its European, Middle East and African operations (EMEA)…. |
