Zimbabwe to boost biometric voter registration with issuance of 2M IDs
The second phase of a biometric voter registration process to begin on April 11 in Zimbabwe may get a big…
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Driving license biometrics could form pan European ‘perpetual police line-up’: Statewatch
Any holder of an EU driving license will have their details and biometric information and photograph added to a pan-EU…
Biometric passport availability updates: Dominica, New Zealand, Philippines, Rwanda, Barbados
Dominica has set August 30, 2022 as the deadline for all nationals to obtain the new biometric passport in replacement…
Ghana telcos trying to facilitate biometric SIM registrations as diverse concerns grow
The ongoing process in Ghana for phone users to re-register their SIM cards using biometrics has continued to resuscitate concerns…
Biometrics R&D leads to product updates, published patents, advancing digital wallets
Biometrics are recommended to deal with SIM swaps separately by the FBI and Veridas, while digital identity programs are advancing…
Idalika partnership brings Smart Engines OCR to staff recruitment
Smart Engines has entered a new partnership with cleaning services provider Idalika to provide digital identity document scanning technology to…
Cambodia, Jamaica to roll out digital IDs, Bangladesh plans issuance for farmers
The issuance of digital IDs in Jamaica is expected to begin this year, a government official has announced, following the…
Aggregating digital wallets is a bad idea
In my physical wallet, my credit cards, driver’s license, health insurance card, public transit cards, vaccination card, and yearly pass…
Scandit now unicorn with $150M funding to advance ID document scans, computer vision
Swiss startup Scandit has secured around US$150 million in Series D funding, valuing the firm at over $1 billion as…
Confusion greets Ghana Card PKD inclusion announcement by ICAO
A development this past week suggesting that Ghana’s national biometric ID card dubbed Ghana Card has been okayed by the…
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