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Thales Digital Identity and Security
Thales (stock info) is a global leader in advanced technologies, investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing – to build a confident future crucial for the development of our societies. The Group provides its customers – businesses, organizations and governments – in the defense, aeronautics, space, transport, and digital identity and security domains with solutions, services and products that help them fulfil their critical role, consideration for the individual being the driving force behind all decisions. Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2020 the Group generated sales of €17 billion.
We believe in a safer and more sustainable world where everyone has access to a secure, trusted identity. To support this vision, Thales delivers identity and biometric solutions to governments, public authorities and private entities in the fields of civil identity and public security.
Thales Digital Identity and Security Biometrics News
Thales Digital Identity and Security stars in Group earnings bounce-back
Thales Digital Identity and Security is being credited with the rapid growth, as Thales Group reported a bounce-back in its financial…
| Jul 7, 2021 | ID R&D voice biometrics boost Thales call center solutions with seamless fraud protectionThales has tapped ID R&D to supply voice biometrics for onboarding and authentication to its Trusted Digital Identity Service Platform, in response… |
| Jul 1, 2021 | US domestic air travel recovering, biometrics and health passes needed for international reboundU.S. domestic air travel was approaching 2 million passengers per day, roughly in line with 2019 levels, even before the… |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Nepal considers $14M biometric national ID card bids from Thales and IdemiaCompeting bids from Thales and Idemia are being considered by Nepal’s government for a national biometric ID card program, which… |
| May 4, 2021 | Mobile driver licenses present new opportunities for biometrics and wider ecosystemBy Steve Purdy, Vice-President Identity and Verification at Thales. Digital transformation is about to change how we prove our identities…. |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Jumio remote biometric onboarding wins gold: analysts and users recognize digital ID innovationsJumio, Thales, AR Live Systems, Ping Identity and Ambiq are all celebrating recent awards or recognition from users or analysts… |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Experts discuss pandemic shifting of airport biometrics emphasis, as new implementations unveiledThe adoption of airport biometrics is unlikely to be slowed by the pandemic, experts from Aruba and Vision-Box suggested during… |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Cameroon moves to tackle hurdles impeding biometric IDs’ smooth issuanceCameroon’s general delegation for national security, the body charged with overseeing the issuance of biometrics-backed digital national identity cards for… |
| Jan 4, 2021 | BNP Paribas to begin issuing biometric payment cards to all customers within 6 monthsBiometric payment cards companies are starting out 2021 with a bang, as the first general roll-out of cards with integrated… |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Thales fingerprint biometric card named among top 100 business ideas of the yearThe fingerprint-enabled biometric card from Thales has been declared among the 100 best business ideas of the year by Actualidad Económica… |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Mastercard, Thales and Idemia promote biometric payment cards’ easy enrollmentCompanies developing biometric payment cards are hard at work exploring their benefits, potential alternative uses, and their enrollment processes in… |
| Nov 23, 2020 | Idemia to help war-torn Libya establish biometric digital ID systemA deal has been struck for Idemia to assist the north African nation of Libya in putting in place a… |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Thales launches remote biometric identity verification suite with passive livenessThales has launched a new Gemalto Identity Verification Suite (IDV) to provide biometrics and document authenticity verification for secure remote customer… |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Mobile drivers’ licenses from Thales coming to Florida in 2021Thales has been selected by Florida to provide mobile drivers’ licenses with robust security and full compliance with national and international… |
| Oct 1, 2020 | Thales, Zetes contracted for embedded biometrics and forgery protections of new Belgian passportsThe next generation of passports in Belgium will be produced by Thales and personalized with biometric and biographical data by Zetes under… |
| Sep 21, 2020 | Thales wins contract for Swedish biometric travel and identity documentsThales announced its subsidiary AB Svenska Pass has been awarded the contract to manufacture around 12 million biometric identity documents… |
| Aug 6, 2020 | Thales-led consortium delivers Thailand’s new biometric passportsThailand has officially launched a new passport with embedded biometrics, produced by a consortium including Thales. The e-passport has been… |
| Jul 29, 2020 | CyberLink, ISS and Thales integrations provide face biometrics for physical access control systemsCyberLink has formed a strategic alliance to provide its FaceMe biometric facial recognition engine to surveillance solution provider Lilin for contactless… |
| Jun 28, 2020 | Africans assess national biometric projects as Thales enters digital ID talks with DRCThere is a sense of reflection in Nigeria over the country’s ambitions to provide ID to all, with multiple reports… |
| Jun 26, 2020 | First commercial biometric payment cards issued in France to be powered by Thales and Fingerprint CardsBNP Paribas is expected to launch a new biometric bank card this fall in significant numbers, according to Le Parisien,… |
Thales Digital Identity and Security Industry Insights
Mobile driver licenses present new opportunities for biometrics and wider ecosystem
By Steve Purdy, Vice-President Identity and Verification at Thales. Digital transformation is about to change how we prove our identities….
