India’s new biometric passport now ready for rollout, $1B service deal concluded
The new generation of biometric passports originally slated to launch broadly in 2021 is now set for rollout in India,…
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Biometric passports coming to Armenia, Nepal, Zimbabwe
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has extended passport issuance, recently only available in the capital Kabul, to seven provinces, and will prioritize…
Controversy over Ghana VP remarks on ID card use as passport shows need for public engagement
The recent claim by Ghana’s vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the country’s national biometric ID card (the Ghana Card)…
Cubox scores high mark in NIST paperless travel test, airport biometrics to grow four-fold
Cubox has scored the best result in the latest National Institute for Science and Technology Facial Recognition Vendor Test (NIST…
EmpTech supplies biometric passports, ID cards for Belarus
The Republic of Belarus has commenced the issuance of new biometric passports and national identity cards. According to a press…
New ICAO guidance on digital travel authorization implemented by Veridos
With governments adopting technology to help with visa applications in recent years, the term “eVisa” has been used according to…
How the world’s most secure ID documents protect trust and privacy
By Neville Pattinson, Head of Business Development and Strategic Marketing at Thales Most of us hardly think about our passports…
Innovatrics adds offline MRZ-reading to biometric onboarding solution
Innovatrics has added offline parsing of ID documents’ machine-readable zones (MRZs) to its biometric Digital Onboarding Toolkit (DOT) mobile components for…
Veridos supports ICAO standard update for biometric verification of travel documents
Veridos has welcomed the creation of the 8th edition of the Doc 9303, recently released by the International Civil Aviation…
IdRamp joins Linux’ Cardea as digital health passes evolve and roll out
IdRamp has joined the Linux Foundation Public Health’s steering committee for its open-source ecosystem for verifiable health credentials. The Cardea system,…
