Keesing Technologies, the global identity verification provider, has announced that its Documentchecker database now contains reference data on more than 6,000 ID documents.

IDnow, a provider of Identity Verification-as-a-Service solutions serving over 250 customers will support Lottoland with the digital transformation of its identification processes.

Canadian Bank Note Company Limited has been awarded a US$12.4M contract for the procurement of new ‘Border Management Systems and ePassports in Guyana, Director-General of the Ministry of Presidency, Joseph Harmon has told local media.

Two thirds of adults across 26 countries support the use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition by their government to maintain order in the country, but only under certain circumstances and subject to strict regulations. 

As part of its major project to modernize the country’s security infrastructure, the Government of the Republic of Fiji decided to evolve its next generation of passports to ePassports.

The organisers of Identity Week Asia have revealed that the full programme is now online and available for download.

Thales’s Board of Directors met on 3 September 2019 to review the financial statements for the first half of 2019.

Regula has released a new version of Document Reader SDK – 4.15.1. This version contains a number of changes and fixes, along with the updated database of document templates.

The airport operator Lithuanian Airports has installed ten secunet easygates at Vilnius Airport which provide its passengers with a convenient, secure and fast border crossing experience.

Governments across Asia-Pacific are investing heavily in biometrics for national identification projects such as national ID cards and ePassports, according to  Frost & Sullivan.

San Francisco-based non-profit organization Kiva has announced the launch of Sierra Leone’s  blockchain-based and decentralized identity platform.

The number of ePassports closed in on approximately 263,966 thousand units in 2018, and will record 19% Y-o-Y growth in 2019, according to a study by Market Insights.

 CEN/TS 17262:2018 is one many initiatives tat have been taken in recent years to improve checks in airports.

The Netherlands says all Kenyan passports – except the new East African Community biometric e-Passport – will be rendered invalid from 1st of March 2020.

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.

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