Opportunity knocks for decentralized ID, biometric payment cards, health passes, and birth registration
New partnerships announced on decentralized ID and biometric payment cards shook up the industry this week, with Microsoft signing up…
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Smart Engines and Promobot partner on next-gen data scanning technology for digital ID documents
Robotics manufacturer Promobot and computer vision solutions provider Smart Engines (SE) have partnered on a new high-end document recognition device….
Denmark’s biometric passport contract won by Veridos and partner idpeople
Denmark’s new passports with biometrics embedded in a digital chip will be provided by Veridos and partner idpeople under a contract…
The UK digitizes a key biometric visa application process in Hong Kong with selfie matching
Continuing in its commitment to protect Hong Kong natives facing Chinese political repression, the UK government has made it easier…
Belize PM says biometric passport system broken, urges immediate replacement
The Prime Minister of Belize, John Briceño, has said putting in place a new biometric passport system is becoming a…
Estonia selects secunet biometric border control gates, Greece plans port system
Two of Estonia’s main air and land border checkpoints will operate the new generation of biometric automated secunet easygates, which…
Biometric data privacy fears raised for Canadian visa offices in China
The security of biometric data collected from people applying in China for visas to Canada is being questioned, based on…
Cameroon, Rwanda see progress in biometric passport projects implementation
Rwanda’s project to issue passports with embedded biometric data has attained a new milestone in its implementation process following the…
Belarus mulls introduction of biometric ID documents by April 30
There are plans by the government of Belarus to begin the production of biometric ID documents in order to fight…
Biometrics shipment to Palestinian Authority mysteriously released after being confiscated
Four years after Israel approved the Palestinian Authority’s plan to install biometric passport systems — and almost a year after…
