NXP’s MIFARE Ultralight Nano used for 29th Summer Universiade in Taipei.

Bureau of Indian Standards certifies Identiv desktop smart card reader solutions.

Philippine officials from its central bank have said that the country is considering a biometrics-based digital ID system similar to India's.

Kenya's government has confirmed that it will introduce electronic passport from September as part of efforts to improve security in the country.

Biometric identity firm VerifyMe has appointed new senior staff and leadership. 

AuthenticID plans to offer a cryptocurrency token as part of a larger "Smart Identity" effort to more options to people and businesses who have requirements to authenticate the identity of a person, usually initially with a government ID.

Fredrik Clementson appointed as R&D director and member of Precise Biometrics management team.  

Aruba Airport Authority, and identity solutions firm Vision-Box have agreed a new partnership for the further evolution of the Aruba Happy Flow biometric boarding system.

Ivory Coast officials have said that foreign nationals can replace their current cards with new biometric cards versions.

CUA has announced that it will be the first bank to trial Australia Post’s Digital ID system.

An important witness in a biometric eID corruption investigation in Indonesia died from a gunshot would last week in the US.

ID verification software firm Biometric Signature ID plans to work with National Fingerprint (NFp) on virtual ID proofing and verification services.

Maryland MDOT MVA and MorphoTrust USA announce partnership to include IdentoGO centres at six MDOT MVA locations.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has officially launched the Liberian ePassport booklet,.

Biometric technologies are fundamentally changing the way governments approach security, according to a new report by Accenture.

IDEX receives initial order to deliver off-chip fingerprint sensors for cards to major Asian customer. 

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.