SecureIDNews | Saudi Arabia adds to ID order

Friday, October 1, 2010

LaserCard Corporation has received a follow-on purchase order valued at approximately $2.2 million for chip-ready, optical security media-based credentials for the Saudi Arabia national citizen ID card program. Delivery has been completed in the company’s current quarter, ending Oct. 1.

The ID cards are issued to Saudi citizens nationwide for identification and regional travel purposes.

Saudi Arabia ups technology in national ID cards

The government of Saudi Arabia has increased the requirements for its national ID cards.

Provided by LaserCard the Saudi smart card IDs are now based on LaserCard’s Optical Security Media (OSM) technology. Saudi citizens use them for identification, e-government and travel throughout the region.

More than 100 million Nigerians have no official identity

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) announced on Wednesday at the 4th West Africa Information Communications Technology Congress 2012 that more than 100 million Nigerians lacked official identification in the country’s national identity database.

Jakarta defers e-ID enrollment deadline again

While the Jakarta Population and Civil Registry Office had planned to register all of the city’s citizens in its e-ID program by the end of April, it has moved that deadline for a second time due to people still waiting for their identification cards, reports the Jakarta Globe.

Saudi bank deploys Gemalto banking cards

Al Bilad Bank, a Shariah-based financial organization in Saudi Arabia, has deployed Gemalto’s Dexxis Instant Issuance solution for EMV payment cards in more than 120 bank branches. With this system, Al Bilad can issue up to 2,000 EMV DDA high-end security smart cards a day.

Comments

Peter Dimitrov Permalink

July 26, 2011 9:56 AM

Are the Saudi Arabia ID ICAO compatible ? With thanks

http://www.prim41-bg.com

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