Gemalto announced the inauguration of a new production line for core electronic passport technology in its Tczew-based facility in Poland. This new line enables the company to expand the activities of this site the public sector. Poland is a key country for Gemalto with new markets developing in the public sector. This new production line […]

Biometric technology is seeing an increase in demand among Gulf-based companies for identification solutions, according to an article from The National. Biometric developers and providers such as Hong Kong-based biometric employee attendance tracking system developer RCG Holdings have said that their number of clients in the region has climbed from 50 to nearly 300 over […]

Cardlab, a Denmark-based developer of self-powered card technology, has announced that its Powered Biometric ID Card exceeds the requirements laid out in the proposed U.S. biometric Social Security card. The proposed program came from a legislative call for improved identification documentation for immigrants including biometric technology. One of the aspects of Cardlab’s Powered Biometric ID […]

SCM Microsystems Inc., a provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange, announced that its contactless smart card reader SCL011 has been certified by the Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, or “BSI”) to be used with the new electronic ID card (neuer Personalausweis, or “nPA”) in […]

There are varying reports on whether immigration reform will be discussed in Congress in 2010, but if it is addressed one aspect that will likely be included is a biometric Social Security card for employment verification. Dubbed Biometric Enrollment, Locally-stored Information, and Electronic Verification of Employment, or BELIEVE, the card would be required to verify […]

AssureTec Technology and Ctrue have announced a partnership to provide comprehensive electronic passports and e-ID authentication solutions. The partnership will combine AssureTec’s document authentication technology with Ctrue’s face recognition C-Pass solutions to produce complete automatic e-ID authentication. Ctrue successfully launched its C-Pass e-Gate at Passenger terminal expo in Brussels last month, which the company claims […]

Daon, a developer of identity assurance software, has announced that it has been chosen to provide software to help power the Government of Mexico’s National Service of Personal Identification program. Daon was choosen by biometrics developer Unisys who had been contracted for the program. The software Daon will be providing will be multimodal utilizing iris, […]

Mexico plans to start enrolling 110 million citizens into its national ID card program this summer. The program will be among the first to capture iris, fingerprint and facial biometrics for identification, says Terry Hartmann, vice president of identity solutions at Unisys. Unisys’ Mexican subsidiary was awarded a contract by the Mexican Ministry of Internal […]

Ali Arshad Hakeem, the chairman of Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), announced plans to issue smart ID cards that would double as contactless ATM and debit cards, according to geo-tv.com. The announcement to add payment capabilities via smart chip to Pakistan’s Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) came at the inaugural session of the […]