Smartmatic wins Uganda biometric voter registration kit contract with $22.4M bid
After last week’s special report on Nigeria and Ghana, we cast our biometrics news net across the African continent again…
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Australian statehouse talks expanding power of digital driver license
Digital driver licenses appear to be a hit, at least in Australia’s state of New South Wales. A test program…
Scytáles appoints new business development chief to lead mobile driver’s license push
Scytáles has appointed Geoff Slagle as President and Chief Business Development Officer to manage the company’s relationships in the emerging digital…
South Korea boasts 1 million digital driver’s license app users, plans to expand digital ID use
Over 1 million South Koreans have downloaded the digital driver’s license app, the Korea Herald reports, citing information released by…
Bluink launches verified biometric digital identity tool in British Columbia
Bluink’s eID-Me verified digital identity smartphone app tied to the user with biometrics is now available across Canadian province British…
CLEAR
CLEAR is a leader in biometric identity and access with more than 5 million users and 50+ locations across the…
Digital driver’s licenses being introduced in Pakistan, South Korea, Turkey
In partnership with Punjab Information Technology Board, Pakistan is introducing a digital driving license system for Punjab citizens to optimize…
Ipsidy upgrades biometric IDaaS platform to authenticate North American driver’s licenses
Ipsidy has upgraded its biometric digital identity verification tool with an automated, algorithm-based driver’s license authentication service for U.S., Canadian,…
Jumio launches biometric deduplication service with U.S. DMV group as part of fraud prevention suite
Jumio has launched a new service for checking the data on submitted driver’s license to detect synthetic identity fraud, in partnership…
Australian rights advocates criticize use of facial biometrics by police, government
Australian Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow is pushing for more rigorous facial recognition regulation to prevent law enforcement from abusing…
