Business and development opportunities top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
During a week of mostly good news for the biometrics industry, top stories on Biometric Update broadly follow themes of…
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Gemalto part of group awarded contract for 15 million biometric passports by Thailand
Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has awarded a contract for the supply of 15 million biometric e-passports over the…
Airports and encryption research lead this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Excitement about new technologies and deployments, and in a couple of cases a lack thereof, was the theme of the…
Facial recognition needs commercial testing
This is a guest post by Mary Probst, Commercial Markets Manager at Gemalto, a Thales company. Facial recognition technology is…
Two ideas to break down vendor lock-in in foundational biometric ID systems launch at ID4Africa 2019
A lack of interoperability and vendor lock-in are long-standing barriers to successful identification systems in many places around the world,…
Thales reports costs and synergies of integrating Gemalto into DIS
The integration of Gemalto and disposal of its GP HSM businesses has led Thales SA to update its 2019 forecast,…
Gemalto launches biometric identity management solution for foundational national systems
Gemalto (AKA Thales Digital Identity) is launching a new Identity Management System (IDMS) for governments to build biometric foundational identity…
Philippines selects Gemalto biometric technology to verify voters in upcoming elections
The Philippines Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has selected Gemalto to provide a fingerprint biometric voter verification system for the 2019…
Gemalto to provide AFIS for Canadian Department of National Defense
Gemalto has been tapped by the Canadian government to provide its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for biometric criminal and…
First biometric card issued by a UK bank enters circulation today
The first biometric fingerprint card issued by a UK bank entered circulation today as part of a three month NatWest…
