Intellicheck ID document authentication gets 6-month trial to curb under-age drinking
A city in the U.S. state of South Carolina has signed on to a six-month test of ID document authentication…
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In Groupe unveils offline photo ID verification solution for healthcare programs
French ID solutions firm In Groupe has introduced Photometrix, a system which allows a portrait photo on an ID document…
Is UK voter requirement an opportunity for biometric ID documents?
New opinions offered on how the UK can deal with the contradiction of a new law requiring ID to vote…
Printed version of Philippine digital ID reaches 2M as issuance of physical cards climbs
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported progress in issuing the digital printed version of the Philippines national ID (PhilID)…
Idemia rolls out new demo passport ‘Abroadia’ with innovative security features
Idemia has announced the launch of a demo passport with the imaginary name ‘Abroadia’ coined from the word ‘abroad’ to…
Liberia ID card issuance bedeviled by challenges, still no headway for biometric voter ID contract
At a time when Liberia is still struggling to find a definitive solution to a lingering biometric voter ID contract…
Explainer: What is OCR, and how does it work?
Optical character recognition is the process of converting an image of text into a machine-readable text format. The technology was…
Smart Engines algorithm update improves speed and accuracy scanning ID documents’
Smart Engines has updated its algorithms for improved accuracy and speed when scanning MRZ, or Machine Readable Zone documents, according…
Nigeria, Portugal plan to improve biometric passport, residence permit issuance services
The government of Portugal has unveiled plans to soon make the renewal of residence permits for aliens automatic, provided they…
Expanding its digital ID turf, Apple gets patent putting its devices at center of transactions
Apple has been awarded a United States patent related to digital ID authentication using mobile devices. The new patent (11494574…
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