National digital ID card market bounces back after slow 2020
The global market for ‘smart’ or digital ID cards issued by governments has rebounded from the early impacts of the…
ID cards - biometrics topics
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Biometric self-service ID, passport kiosks planned for South Africa
South Africa’s Home Affairs Department has unveiled plans for the imminent roll-out of a biometric self-service system to enable citizens…
ScreenCheck Saudi
ScreenCheckSaudi is a leading identification solution supplier in Saudi Arabia. ScreenCheckSaudi provides solutions like identification solutions, time and attendance solutions,…
Thailand’s national ID verification platform CEO sees bright future as service needs grow
The Chief Executive Officer of NDID, a private Thai digital ID services company which enables identity verification for different purposes…
Print-at-home national ID, instant emergency response system launched by ISnSC
UAE-based cybersecurity and identity consultancy ISnSC has developed a system for rapidly deploying an entire identity system in days, whether…
Finland considers using biometrics from civil, travel registries to investigate major crimes
Finland’s Ministry of the Interior is looking into the legality of sharing fingerprint biometric data collected for passports and ID…
Regula teases compact scanner for verifying biometric ID documents
Latvian company Regula will soon release a compact document authentication scanning device named the Regula 1030 that can authenticate current…
Web of connected players could complicate Cameroon’s biometric ID card tender: report
Augentic seems like a natural contender for the biometric ID card tender launched by Cameroon’s government last year, given its…
Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway
Zambia’s parliament has been told that work to put in place a new biometric ID system dubbed the Integrated National…
Côte d’Ivoire final push for biometric registration as third national ID extension deadline approaches
Biometric registration centers on buses, in churches and overseas missions are being deployed to help as many Ivorians as possible…
