Virtual ID deadline extended again as UIDAI and Indian banks work to improve authentication systems
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has begun carrying out a directive from the Supreme Court, delivered as part…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
Delhi High Court backs OTP over biometrics for SIM registrations due to security concerns
Delhi’s High Court has backed suggestions from a pair of amicus curiae briefs that OTP authentication replace the use of…
Aadhaar biometric authentication fine for government benefits but not for identifying dead bodies
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has written to commercial banks and the Reserve Bank of India to clarify…
Gemalto publicly apologizes for alleging massive Aadhaar data breach in report
Gemalto has retracted the claim in its Breach Level Index (BLI) that roughly 1.2 billion Aadhaar records have been compromised…
Indian telecoms blocked from biometric onboarding to comply with Supreme Court Aadhaar decision
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued notification to the country’s mobile network operators that Aadhaar-based digital authentication for eKYC…
NEXT Biometrics attains Aadhaar Registered Device Service certification for Android
NEXT Biometrics announced its Level-0 (L0) Registered Device (RD) Service for Android has been certified by the Unique Identification Authority…
Financial firms and telecoms in India wrestle with new Aadhaar authentication rules
Fintech and mutual fund companies cannot authenticate customers with their Aadhaar account, banks would like to continue doing so, and…
Indian government responds to Supreme Court ruling with Aadhaar rule clarifications
India’s government has responded to the Supreme Court ruling which put significant new limits on the world’s largest biometrics program….
Banks continue to accept Aadhaar as they await regulator’s interpretation of ruling
Banks in India have begun notifying customers that using Aadhaar and one-time passwords (OTP) to meet know your customer (KYC)…
Indian telecoms may return to paper documents for customer authentication
In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory to access service provided by a…
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