Frontex Updates Digital Image Standards for ID Authentication
Frontex, the European border and coast guard service, recently announced that it is developing a next-generation system to make checking travel and identity documents more...
Achievement for IDEMIA: Latest Gen ID-One PIV® Smart Cards
IDEMIA Public Security published the following press release on July 29, 2025.
IDEMIA Public Security, the leading provider of secure and trusted biometric-based solutions and...
How Digital IDs Could Help and Harm People with Disabilities
More than 4.5 million people in the United States now have mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) alongside millions more enrolled in state-specific digital identity programs. While the...
New U.S. mDL Guidelines to Support Online ID Verification
As online privacy and safety threats continue to grow, so do the measures to safeguard online users. AAMVA is committed to ensuring the safety...
Bots Overtake Fraudsters as Digital Identity’s Main Threat
Digital identity has always been a thorny challenge.
However, in today’s world, the enigma of who is who when it comes to security-critical operations like commerce, banking and payments, has grown...
International Organization for Migration Digital ID Toolkit
Designing and implementing secure and effective digital identity systems is no easy feat. This is borne out by the false starts, security breaches, and...
Hong Kong to Phase Out Old Smart ID Cards in 2025
Hong Kong is implementing a significant update to its identification system, with plans to invalidate older smart identity cards in a phased approach throughout...
Fly’IN: IN Groupe’s Biometric Airport Innovation
Marseille Provence Airport is taking a significant step forward in digitizing the traveler experience with Fly’IN, the biometric solution developed by IN Groupe. This innovation allows...
Biometric Technology in Action: Palm-Vein Recognition
When it comes to biometrics, we often hear about technologies like fingerprints, iris recognition, and facial recognition. Yet other, newer biometric technologies are gradually...
Pqc4emrtd Enhances Security of e-Passports in The Quantum Era
Thales published the following press release on February 28, 2025.
A significant European initiative, the PQC4eMRTD (Post-Quantum Cryptography for electronic Machine-Readable Travel Documents) project,...
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New UK Passport Features King Charles III’s Coat of Arms
On December 2, 2025, the United Kingdom began issuing the first British passports to feature the Coat of Arms of His Majesty King Charles...
