Veridos, a leading provider of integrated identity solutions, is taking part in EU-funded research projects to enable the next generation of on-the-fly identity verification, investigating new biometric modalities.

South Africa's opposition has told the government to open online applications for IDs and passports in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mvine and iProov announce today their design for a simple, secure and widely recognised Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passport will now move into live testing. 

Taiwan has released a new passport  that enlarges the word “Taiwan” in English and removes “Republic of China”.

 Atos today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire In Fidem, a Canada-based specialized cybersecurity consulting firm. 

Saudi Arabia has launched the digital versions of the national identity cards.

Over 800, 000 Belarusians will receive a new ID card in 2021, confirmed officials.

Exostar, a leader in trusted, secure business collaboration in aerospace and defense (A&D), life sciences, and healthcare, today announced it has been named a full service credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative

MoneyMatrix has announced the release of its new Identity Monitoring Application. 

Central Asian country Uzbekistan has started issuing new eID cards, with officials saying they will by 2023 replace documents know as "internal passports".

KABN Systems, a North American Fintech solutions company specializing in  biometrically-verified Self Sovereign Identity, will launch its KABN prepaid Visa Card and digital banking platform 

GenKey, a trusted provider of biometric identification solutions, is delivering secured  and protected biometric national ID cards to all the citizens in Ivory Coast, supporting the country’s efforts to effectively digitize the identification systems of its citizens.

Sectigo has released new advancements its IoT Manager, the company’s IoT Security and Identity Management Platform. The advancements include PKI Client software development kit (SDK) and the Secure Boot SDK.

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., has announced that the Passport Service issued more than 400,000 Irish passports in 2020.

Why do kiosks play a key role in the launch of the European Entry/Exit System? A new whitepaper summarises the key advantages and long-term benefits that arise for border control and the authorities tasked with border control operations through the use of kiosks.

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.