Administrators in the Nigerian state of Abia are rolling out a new biometric registration scheme for commercial drivers. The announcement comes courtesy of the state’s Commissioner for Transport, who indicated […]

India is moving forward with the launch of a face-based biometric passenger screening system at the country’s airports. The Digi Yatra system will be live at seven airports as of […]

More than 66 million Filipinos have been registered in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). The exact number is 66,432,398 (and counting), a tally that represents 72.3 percent of the 92 […]

The Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) is advocating for the creation of a federated digital identity scheme in Canada. The organization is trying to answer the call of the World Economic […]

BIO-key is sending tens of thousands of biometric scanners to Nigeria to help agents enroll citizens in the country’s new national identity program. Nigeria first announced its national ID registry […]

Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched a new mobile app that will allow people to register in the country’s National ID program through their smartphones. The Pak-ID […]

The government of Estonia will soon be collecting fingerprints before issuing ID cards. Each person’s biometric information will then be stored on a chip on that card in much the […]

With September coming to a close, it’s time to take a look back at some of FindBiometrics’ featured coverage of Government Biometrics Month. The government sector is one of the […]