Simprints wants second pair of eyes on its biometrics plans in Ethiopia
A non-profit fingerprint recognition company is looking for a consultant’s help for work it’s doing on Ethiopia’s digital health care…
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Progress in US mobile driver’s licenses but it’s hardly a wave
Maybe because a picture can say so much, an ID security industry association has posted a map showing the progress…
Regula to provide ID document verification for InScope-AML
Regula has reached a deal with anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) company InScope-AML to provide its ID…
Signicat integrates Italy’s national digital ID to enable international use
When you use SPID outside Italy, that’s a milestone. So says the pan-European digital identity service provider, Signicat, which announced…
India’s Gujarat State to assign family digital ID numbers for social service access
Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat are working on a plan to issue digital ID cards with unique numbers…
Nigeria to strengthen digital ID enrollment operations to ease access to govt services
The acting director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has expressed her determination to improve conditions…
Socure pitches biometric ID verification to close an underaged drinking loophole
Socure is using biometric ID verification to stop those who are underage from accessing alcohol through delivery apps that require…
OneID secures $1.3M in fresh funding to expand bank-verified digital ID services
UK-based digital ID verification firm OneID has obtained £1 million (US$1.3M) in new funding from ACF Investors, a venture capital…
Biometrics market players level-up from startups to heavyweight incumbents
Biometric ID card contracts won by Madras Security Printers in the top stories of the week on Biometric Update illustrate…
Philippines launches ‘eGov’ super app, tests biometric authentication for national IDs
The Philippines recently-launched eGov PH Super App aims to streamline government documents and services access. Part of the e-Gov PH system,…
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