While others debate digital health passes, the EU has already hit the ground running
Even as global debates about COVID passports grow heated, digital health certificate programs are launching in the EU. Seven nations…
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Options and control: what people want when using digital ID for seamless travel
Travel is probably the one thing we do that requires the most verifications of our identity. Then add in related…
Benefits of facial recognition kiosks for hospitality, travel highlighted by NEC, BizVibe
Kiosks with face biometrics could be deployed to various areas in the travel and hospitality industries to secure and improve…
Daon launches vaccine status sharing with biometric VeriFLY app
The VeriFLY digital health pass from Daon now enables users to upload their vaccination cards to their biometrically secured digital…
Good Health Pass Collaborative lobbies G7 for universal acceptance
The Good Health Pass Collaborative, a multi-sector global initiative launched by ID2020 in February, has called on members of the…
Biometric boarding, screening and ID arrive at airports in South Korea, Guyana, US, and France
Several institutions and companies around the world have unveiled new biometric solutions this week to facilitate the return to air…
IATA Travel Pass adds NFC, Hawaii adds NEC face biometrics for health screening
A trial of digital identity and COVID-19 test results with NFC technology through the biometric International Air Transport Association (IATA)…
6 requirements for successful vaccine passports in new report
The UK’s Ada Lovelace Institute, author of several recent substantive reports on emerging biometric systems, has another, on COVID vaccine…
Demand for biometric payments, secure digital ID grows but consumers, governments need education
The market’s readiness for biometric payment cards, the contrasting degrees of success between public and private sector digital ID efforts,…
G20 health pass guidelines urging biometrics investment welcomed by IATA
Guidance and advice for the aviation industry from G20 and Jumio, as it begins its recovery from a near-complete shutdown,…
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