The Ivory Coast is looking to overhaul its national identity program through a new partnership with GenKey. To that end, the biometrics specialist will be supporting the development and distribution […]

South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is hoping to use biometric data registration to prevent identity theft within the country. To that end, the agency has released a draft […]

Jumio’s Dean Nicolls has a helpful new breakdown of the advantages of biometric e-passports on the company’s blog. As Nicolls explains, e-passports are distinguished from traditional passports by their use […]

Yoti is now an approved form of age verification for age-restricted sites in Germany. The news comes courtesy of the German Association for Voluntary Self-Regulation of Digital Media service providers (FSM), […]

Mastercard has joined the ID2020 Alliance, the financial services giant has announced. The latter group is a public-private partnership aimed at promoting user-managed digital identity solutions. The organization has worked […]

The United Nations is once again celebrating the benefits of biometrics in providing assistance to refugees. In a newly-published interim report for January to March of 2020, The UNHCR touts […]

Estonia-based SK ID Solutions, the provider of the Smart-ID service available in Baltic countries, has announced a new biometric registration process for Smart-ID, allowing individuals to create a Smart-ID account […]

A new nation-wide biometric identification program in Kenya was suspended by the country’s high court until new laws are enacted that protect the data collected and prevent discrimination against minorities. […]

“…IDEMIA suggested that the biometric national ID cards ‘will accelerate rollout of Morocco’s online services and will ramp up development of the digital economy.’” IDEMIA has won a contract to […]

Veridos will be upgrading Cyprus’ biometric registration and e-document capabilities after landing a contract with the country’s Civil Registry and Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior. The contract will […]