Evolis, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of card printers for both contact and contactless technology, has secured the personalization and delivery of national voter cards for the Republic of Tanzania.

If all has gone as planned, providers of identity, credential and access management (ICAM) programs and tools to federal agencies will learn the government’s latest requirements for their products and services.

Infineon Technologies announced a FIDO Certified single-chip USB token reference design supporting the FIDO Alliance Universal 2nd Factor authentication standard; Gemalto holds on to its number one position for the second consecutive year in ABI Research’s Payment & Banking Card Technologies competitive assessment; Olcsan CAD and EyeVerify announced a multi-year licensing and marketing agreement; Hotel security provider VingCard Elsafe has changed its name to ASSA ABLOY Hospitality.

Goode Intelligence issued a new report forecasting that by 2017 there will be more than one billion users accessing banking services through biometric systems. In its latest report, Biometrics for Banking; Market and Technology Analysis, Adoption Strategies and Forecasts 2015-2020, Goode Intelligence also predicts that by 2020, bank customers will use biometrics as the predominant method of identifying themselves to access bank services.

NTT DOCOMO is implementing the Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform and Nok Nok Labs S3 Authentication Suite to deliver strong authentication to the mobile carrier’s customers and devices.

RightPatient and HealthCast Inc. have partnered to combine a biometric patient identification and patient safety platform with a single sign-on solution to secure access to personal health information; Winfrasoft announced the launch of its Remote Desktop Agent that takes advantage of its PINgrid solution to deliver two-factor authentication; GlobalSign announced the launch of an Enterprise Reseller Program to broaden its distribution channels.

A Catholic high school in St. Louis has taken the plunge into biometrics for security. The private, all-male St. Mary’s High School now uses facial recognition software to enable entry for staff, students and others. The school claims to be the first in the country to install the technology.

When is comes to identification on a national level, the landscape is changing at an incredible rate. At the tip of the spear are electronic identity credentials that are being used to do far more than just prove an identity. In an attempt to better understand the macro-level trends and underlying dynamics, throughout 2015 re:ID will explore eID initiatives on a region-by-region basis. First stop, Europe.