Gov.uk digital identity app tender with $6.6M budget now open
The UK government is issuing a tender for a common digital identity check app for online access to services through…
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Businesses need verification devices for digital health passes
Much of the world has largely returned to normal business operations, with some measures taken to prevent the spread of…
Innovatrics launches biometrics enrolment app and rapid remote passport reader
Innovatrics has added a rapid Universal Passport Reader to its onboarding suite for easy smartphone-based digital visa applications and a biometric…
BIO-key launches FIDO2 MFA keys with fingerprint biometrics
A line of cryptographic security keys for FIDO2 multi-factor authentication has been launched to immediate availability by BIO-key, including one…
FaceTec upgrades face biometrics SDKs with OCR, document scanning features
A major new update of FaceTec’s data-sovereign biometric security platform has been unveiled, with optical character recognition (OCR) for photo…
SITA partners on Australian biometric app for ETA applications from home
The Australian Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) app, developed collaboratively by the Australian Department of Home Affairs, SITA, and the Arq…
French digital ID authentication coming to smartphones with Idemia contract
France is integrating its national digital ID card, the CNIe, with smartphones to allow French citizens to complete online transactions,…
Innovatrics adds offline MRZ-reading to biometric onboarding solution
Innovatrics has added offline parsing of ID documents’ machine-readable zones (MRZs) to its biometric Digital Onboarding Toolkit (DOT) mobile components for…
UK biometric system hits technical bumps as EU Settlement Scheme deadline nears
EU citizens attempting to apply for settled status in post-Brexit Britain are reporting technical issues with proving their identity through…
SK Telecom partners with Octatco on biometric security key with quantum number generation
South Korea Telecom (SKT) has launched a keycard featuring fingerprint biometrics and quantum computing technology to provide secure logical access…
