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Thales Digital Identity and Security
Thales (stock info) is a global technology leader shaping the world of tomorrow today. The Group provides solutions, services and products to customers in the aeronautics, space, transport, digital identity and security, and defense markets. With 83,000 employees in 68 countries, Thales generated sales of €19 billion in 2019 (on a pro forma basis including Gemalto over 12 months).
Thales is investing in particular in digital innovations – connectivity, Big Data, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity – technologies that support businesses, organizations and governments in their decisive moments.
Thales Digital Identity and Security Biometrics News
Thales wins contract for Swedish biometric travel and identity documents
Thales 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,… |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Public health and retail biometric facial recognition applications expand amid uneven trust environmentA survey by the European Union’s agency for fundamental rights (FRA) shows that only 6 percent of consumers are willing… |
| Jun 25, 2020 | Thales, Idex Biometrics and SmartMetric see biometric payment cards opportunity in contactless spikeBiometric technology providers continue to prepare for the mass adoption of fingerprint-enabled payment cards, and taking a recent spike in… |
| Jun 15, 2020 | Role of biometrics for safe travel reopening examined by IBIA Executive DirectorBiometrics will play a critical role in the redesign and future success of the aviation industry, but expanded outreach education… |
| May 28, 2020 | Consumer anticipation of biometric payments surges as contactless takes over from cashCash is disappearing and payment cards are being used more, shifting consumer attitudes about biometrics for payments and presenting a… |
| May 19, 2020 | Role of biometrics in air travel recovery discussed by CBP and Thales execs in new IBIA podcastExecutives from government and the private sector discuss how U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) biometric partnerships can help to… |
| May 12, 2020 | Thales receives Frost & Sullivan award for tech innovation with Gemalto digital ID walletFrost & Sullivan has awarded Thales with the 2019 Global Company of the Year award for the Gemalto digital ID… |
| May 4, 2020 | Biometrics stocks wrap: Fingerprint Cards, FacePhi, Mitek, Thales, Unisys, ImageWare, Precise, NuanceFingerprint Cards has reported financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal 2020, including revenues affected by capacity limits… |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Queensland introduces legislation to back digital ID from ThalesThe government of Queensland has introduced a bill to support the roll-out of digital driver’s licenses in the state, iTnews.com.au… |
| Feb 24, 2020 | Biometrics, passwordless authentication and encryption key tech demoed at RSA Conference 2020The annual RSA Conference is on this week in San Francisco, bringing together leading online biometrics and digital identity providers,… |
| Jan 29, 2020 | Idex Biometrics and Thales achieves certifications for smart cards, mobile ID security softwareIdex Biometrics has successfully completed the EMVCo Security Evaluation for its development site in Farnborough, U.K., making a landmark achievement… |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Mastercard certifies first contactless biometric payment card from Thales and Fingerprint CardsThe biometric payment card offered by Thales Group with a Fingerprint Cards sensor has been announced as the first contactless… |
| Jan 8, 2020 | Thales uses Gemalto tech to deliver digital license solution in AustraliaThales has partnered with Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads and local Queensland SMEs, Code Heroes and Aliva, to… |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Thales details plans for integrating Gemalto biometrics and digital identity businessThe integration of Gemalto into Thales “Digital Identity and Security” (DIS) will result in average organic sales growth of four… |
| Jun 13, 2019 | Thales reports costs and synergies of integrating Gemalto into DISThe integration of Gemalto and disposal of its GP HSM businesses has led Thales SA to update its 2019 forecast,… |
| May 9, 2019 | Gemalto to provide AFIS for Canadian Department of National DefenseGemalto has been tapped by the Canadian government to provide its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for biometric criminal and… |
