Five new ePassport gates at Birmingham Airport were officially opened on the 29th August 2018.

Australian Home Affairs seek to ease concerns about the proposed intorduction of biometric and facial recognition technologies.

Secure credentials firm Get Group has announced the appointment of Scott Vien as Director of Business Development.  

A new Apple patent reveals plans that could let you store your passport on your mobile phone.

Acuant, a provider of identity verification solutions, has announced that the second quarter of 2018 was the most profitable in company history.

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has selected global IT provider SITA to support the modernisation of the country’s biggest airports.

Senior UK officials have said European travellers can no longer use its eGates following the exit from Europe.

Oslo Airport deploys MorphoFace for its new Automated Border Control gates.

Heathrow’s chief executive has said US visitors should be able to use e-gates reserved for UK and EU passengers as immigration queues for non-European passengers reach ‘completely unacceptable levels’.

Malaysian ID firm Datasonic Group plans to aggressively expand its business overseas this year. 

Vancouver International Airport’s (YVR) Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) announced the installation of 74 BORDERXPRESS kiosks at Pafos International Airport (Pafos) and Larnaka International Airport (Larnaka) in Cyprus. 

Qantas passengers on selected international flights are taking part in a groundbreaking trial of facial recognition programming at Sydney Airport. 

Anti-counterfeiting and security specialist firm De La Rue has launched its first new security feature as part of its partnership with Opalux, a producer of premium first level security features.

Government officials and identity industry experts are putting the final touches to conference presentations and exhibition plans ahead of next week’s industry leading identity security event, SDW 2018.

Dr Mark Deakes, general secretary of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), considers current developments in security holography in the face of continuing worries about fake identity documents.

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

In this webinar follow-up interview, we quiz Steve Warne, director of solutions marketing at Government ID Solutions, HID Global, on the topic of mobile ID.  

 Working together, solution providers access each other’s resources and create synergy.

Xavier Larduinat, Marketing & Communication manager for Innovation at Gemalto, explores the future of digital identity, the Thales acquisition and other trends in an exclusive interview with Security Document World.

Ahead of connect:ID 2017, Security Document World took time-out to speak to Gerald Hubbard, director of business development  at Get Group

In this follow-up interview to the webinar “The future of government-issued mobile identities" Neil Akass, digital driving licence service designer at the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency, for his thoughts on the evolution of driving licences.