Vietnam’s national biometric ID cards with Entrust tech to reach 50M issued in 2021
Vietnam began to issue 50 million chip-based digital ID cards with embedded biometrics to eligible citizens beginning in February of…
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Over 6M online registrants for Philippines digital ID so far
Updates from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reveal that more than six million people have now completed Step 1 online…
Indian gov consults UIDAI on Aadhaar biometrics for voter registration
India’s Ministry of Law is consulting with the Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) for the possibility of using the Aadhaar biometrics-based…
Biometric passports, vetting and mobile ID contracts back new high market forecast
Big-dollar digital ID contracts and biometrics market potential loom large in the week’s industry news, with a spotlight on Augentic’s…
Pakistan moves against fraudulent digital ID cards
Muhammad Tariq Malik, the Chairman of Pakistan’s biometric National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) says a move to verify the…
Biometric capture for PhilID partially suspended
Authorities of the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) have temporarily put on hold the biometric capture of registrants for the national…
Governments extending digital IDs secured with biometrics, from mDLs to payments
Government digital ID programs, particularly mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) and international travel documents are a common thread found in many…
Nigeria privacy concerns mount over digital ID-SIM link as deadline approaches
Concerns over privacy and the handling of personal data is putting off Nigerians from registering in the biometric ID system…
Aadhaar biometrics set India on a more digitally inclusive path, says NEC official
A senior official of NEC Corporation India has highlighted the substantial benefits which Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven technologies are bringing to…
Prominent biometrics firm reborn as a startup, as established players lock in gains
Headlines from around the biometrics landscape shifted somewhat from investments and fundraising to revenues and new entries this week, as…
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