A Ugandan ministry has demanded that the government allocate significant funding towards the start of an ePassport issuance programme.

Gemalto receives Élan Award for Card Manufacturing Excellence for new Maryland driver's license and identification card

Wallet and identity provider Netki has launched a digital identity solution that it says will improve compliance for blockchain use across business, finance and healthcare.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has revealed that more than 750,000 travellers over-stayed their visas in the last fiscal year.

Eurosmart forecasts 'close to 10 billion' secure elements will be shipped globally in 2017.

Island state Singapore plans to pilot a new voting registration system that linked pollers' identity to their smart identity cards.

Woodforest National Bank joins MULTOS as a Partner Member. 

Biometrics firm Iris ID has revealed that its iris recognition tech is helping passengers at Qatar’s Hamad International Airport to pass through self-service security e-gates in as little as 10 seconds.

The African nation Liberia has taken steps towards the launch of a biometric eID card issuance, with  the relevant equipment deployed in a central office.

ITW Security Division plans to display highly secure laminate solutions for passports at SDW 2017 at the QEII Centre, London on 26-28th June.

Digital identity solutions provider Trulioo has has launched an ID document verification solution with facial comparison technology. 

OPTAGLIO establishes research centre focused on the forensic aspects of anti-counterfeit protection technologies for documents.

Imprimerie Nationale Group deploys eGates for border control at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport, France.

Gemalto partners with Veridos to supply contactless eID cards to the Macao SAR Government.

Intercede wins MyID contract from major US aerospace and defence contractor.

The Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX)  has called for a hold on any electronics ban expansion to Europe, calling instead for a “green-list” of passengers validated by biometrics

Empowering e-government by shifting to smart cards is accelerating the arrival of a new era of mobile identity and electronic documents.

In this white paper, Hewlett Packard details an enterprise approach to mobile eID based on hardware tokens in microSD cards.

Citizen ID documents such as national IDs and driver licenses will ultimately follow the trend toward mobility.

To enable public administrations, companies and citizens to freely interact while retaining their formal relationships of liability, there needs to be a progressive development in the use of "digital trust" services.

Next-generation government and citizen identity event SDW 2017 has revealed that speaker proposals are now being accepted for its 11th edition.

secunet Security Networks has published the final set of test results from the SDW InterOp 2016 event held in London in May 2016.

More than 100 companies have already reserved stands for next-generation government identity solutions event SDW 2017, which will be held on 26-28 June, 2017 in the QEII Centre in London.

The organisers of SDW InterOp 2016 would like to, in the strongest terms, clarify that any vendor claims being made surrounding the reading speed of ePassports is not in any way an official result of the tests.