Smart Card Alliance announces 2008 board

The Smart Card Alliance has announced its 2007-2008 board and seven-member executive committee, following elections earlier this month.

Bell ID agrees partnership with Zetes

Bell ID has agreed a partnership with Belgium-based Zetes to implement Bell ID’s ANDiS system worldwide.

Phase two of German health card begins

G&D personalises cards for second test phase of the German eHealth card in the Heilbronn trial region

Country Profile: Georgia

A profile of Georgia’s passport project

Cross Match IPO back on track

Cross Match Technologies has confirmed that it will proceed with its initial public offering

Oberthur reorganization to boost identity business

Oberthur Card Systems (OCS) and Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire (FCOF) regroup

Update: 18K fingerprint readers for Germany

18,000 fingerprint scanners have been installed across Germany to register ePassport applicants

Multiple biometrics for Norway

Norway has rolled out 21 BioEnrol biometric capture kiosks as part of its biometric ePassport and visa pilot scheme.

IPS announces ID card shortlist

UK IPS selects eight companies to participate in Competitive Dialogue prior to seeking final tenders for the National Identity Scheme Strategic Supplier Framework.

RAPID boost to travellers in Algarve

Faro Airport’s RAPID system ’a sign of things to come’, UK Home Office Minister Meg Hillier tells Biometrics 2007 conference

Middle East deal for Bell ID

Bell ID has inked a deal to deliver its ANDiS card and application management system for an ePassport project in the Middle East.

Q3 revenue boost for Xiring

Xiring has announced revenue growth for the first nine months of this year, with total revenue hitting 16.8 million euros, compared with 8.6 million for the same period last year.

Vietnam moves to 10 year passports

Vietnamese citizens can now apply for ordinary passports with a duration of 10 years instead of the normal five years.

TWIC programme begins in earnest

Workers apply for port security credential

UK ePassport wins praise from MPs

Edward Leigh, chairman of the UK’s Committee of Public Accounts, has praised the country’s introduction of the first generation of ePassports as “an excellent example of successful project management and procurement by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS)”.

Muehlbauer launches new-look products

Muehlbauer Technology Group has launched its redesigned data capturing kiosk ID TOWER and a new self-service border crossing terminal known as eGATE at this week’s inter airport Europe in Munich.

iDcentrix launches hacker-proof card

US-based iDcentrix has launched a high security ID card aimed at fighting fake driver’s licenses.

GRO to become part of UK IPS in 2008

The GRO in England and Wales will become part of the UK’s Identity and Passport Service from 1 April 2008, following a move to make the Office of National Statistics independent of ministers.

BioDev II trial gets underway in UK

Passengers from Sierra Leone get fingerprints recorded in a new trial underway at London’s Gatwick airport

Qatar eID cards go live

Qatar’s move towards eID cards has taken another step forward, with the first citizens being enrolled for the biometric-based cards.