Smart Engines updates ID document scanner, adds speed and character recognition accuracy
Software developer Smart Engines has announced an upgrade to its optical character recognition and data extraction application, AnyDoc. The software…
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Biometric passports launched in Switzerland, milestone for Kyrgyzstan
Switzerland has launched the latest version of its distinctive red biometric passports, and Kyrgyzstan registered 3 million biometric passports issued….
Digital version of Brazil’s new national identity card now available in some states
Some Brazilian states have begun issuing the digital version of the new Carteira de Identidade Nacional (National Identity Card), with…
1.5M in Louisiana carry an mDL
A day before the U.S. state of Louisiana further formalized acceptance rules for its four-year-old digital ID, the software firm…
Austria launches digital driving licenses, its first digital ID, as US states align
Austrians can now create a mobile driving license (mDLs) on their smartphones after the technical infrastructure is finally ready, laying…
Chile accepting ‘X’ as sex for national IDs
Shane Cienfuegos became the first person in Chile to receive a non-binary national identity document last week after nine years…
Cameroon election agency wants huge ID card backlog cleared ahead of polls
The chairman of Cameroon’s election management body (ELECAM), Abrams Enow Egbe, recently held talks with the delegate general for national…
Biometric passport adoption trend grows amid data privacy, cost, issuance concerns
Multiple developments have emerged from different countries in recent days concerning biometric passports, from Pakistan announcing it has issued first…
California gives counties the option to issue digital birth, death, marriage certificates
Sutter County, California, is on its way to a having a second claim to fame. The rural county in the…
GET Group Latin America
For more than 30 years, GET Group has established a global reputation as a leading provider of end-to-end solutions for…
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