Mint develops biometric customer onboarding for UAE integrated with national database
United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Mint Middle East has announced the development of a digital on-boarding solution integrated with the Emirates…
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Five ECOWAS member states select SPS for biometric national ID cards
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been carrying out a document standardization project to enable interoperability between…
Griaule Biometrics win DoD contract for national databases in Iraq and Afghanistan
Brazil-based Griaule Biometrics has been awarded part of a $75 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to…
Singapore to extend national biometric ID system to banking and healthcare sectors, expand facial recognition at borders
Singapore’s government is planning a trial of a National Digital Identity Facial Biometric System, which could enable banks and healthcare…
Indian government responds to Supreme Court ruling with Aadhaar rule clarifications
India’s government has responded to the Supreme Court ruling which put significant new limits on the world’s largest biometrics program….
Singapore to integrate facial recognition into national digital identity system
The government of Singapore will create a centralized biometric system as part of its National Digital Identity (NDI) system, beginning…
Veridos partners with govt for identity document factory in Uganda
Veridos has entered into a 15-year-partnership with the government of Uganda to provide the country’s citizens with security documents. The…
Supreme Court upholds Aadhaar but strikes down required use by private sector
Aadhaar has survived its Supreme Court challenge mostly intact, with a five-judge panel ruling that it is constitutionally valid and…
Gambia’s biometric ID cards ready for distribution October 1
The Gambian National ID card will be rolled out to the public beginning October 1st, 2018. Adama Barrow, President of…
Philippines plans initial enrollments after $563 million national biometric ID scheme signed into law
The Philippines plans to register the biometrics of one million beneficiaries of state aid programs in the fourth quarter of…
