Beginning January 21, 2020, Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) will implement a 45-day pilot of biometric screening technologies at three international gates to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) process departing passengers.

Romania is to start issuing electronic ID cards in August 2021 to align with the standards set at the European Union level. Romania’s current ID card was introduced in 1997.

Sweden's governmentally quality-marked Freja eID + becomes a new identification method for logging into the AFA Försäkring R&D portal that researchers use to apply for funding.

Signicat, a leader in verified digital identity solutions, is bringing in new expertise and capabilities to help accelerate its international expansion

Socure has published a new whitepaper on the growing issue of synthetic identity fraud,

Neustar, a global information services company, has expanded its digital identity risk portfolio to address the needs of companies looking for a more flexible customer identity authentication solution

The number of Tanzanians applying for electronic passports has drastically increased to an average of 1,200 applications from between 300 and 400 per day.

Pepper & Ink Technologies has successfully generated over 100 million Enhanced QR Codes on PAN Cards for the Indian Ministry of Finance with zero error precision. 

Distribution of the Bangladeshi ePassport (electronic passport) is set to start from January 22 as the authorities have completed preparation and formalities in this regard, reports local media.

Thales has signed a contract to partner with Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) in Australia and local Queensland SMEs, Code Heroes and Aliva, to design, develop and deliver the State’s first Digital Licence App.

 Access-IS, a market leader in the passport and ID reading industry, is delighted to announce the strengthening of its Identity & Security division with the appointment of José Dáger as Business Development Manager; Americas.

A comprehensive study to establish a user centric National Digital Identity (ID) framework for Malaysians has commenced on 21 November 2019.  

The Estonian Information System Authority (RIA's) director general has appointed Margus Arm, head of the department for electronic identity at RIA, as his deputy responsible for the state information system, reports local media.

ArcBlock, a blockchain platform for production-ready decentralized applications and enterprise blockchains, announced today that they are releasing a new version of their decentralized identity wallet. 

VFS Global has launched the mobile biometrics (Visa at your doorstep) service for Italian visa customers across India

An expert’s guide to using the paper elements of a passport.

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.

The organisers of leading industry event Identity Week 2020 plan to introduce new initatives next year as the show aims to deliver more content and insights to attendees.

The organisers of  Identity Week have put out a call for speakers.