Indian biometric info safe after fire at data center
Recently, a fire damaged the lower floors of the building that houses the data center which stores the personal information,…
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Resident ID cards gets approval from EFC
India’s Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) has overruled objections by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on the issuance of…
Biometric debit card to encourage more banking in Vietnam
In a bid to provide banking services to those in Vietnam without the need for bank accounts, Temenos T24 was…
Biometric Research Note: Commercial Applications for Biometrics Growing
Biometrics Research Group Inc. projects that the global biometrics market will grow to $15 billion by 2015 from its 2012…
Biometric smart card glitch encountered in Punjab
Now that smart cards for pensioners have been rolled-out as part of India’s electronic benefit transfer scheme, reports on the…
South African welfare agency issues biometric MasterCards
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has teamed up with MasterCard in a bid to offer its clients biometric…
Pakistan to use biometrics to reform pension system
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has ordered the streamlining of pension disbursements, particularly for those who are disabled. In the…
Israel to review use of centralized biometric database
Israeli’s Interior Ministry, under direction of the country’s High Court of Justice, has agreed to review whether the creation of…
Precise Biometrics releases interim report to shareholders
According to Precise Biometrics’ recent interim report to shareholders, the firm had a number of major achievements over the past…
Biometric workforce management systems kept Olympics on budget
Human Recognition Systems, a biometric identity solutions firms, recently announced that its biometric workforce management systems had been used at…
