India Launches Biometric E-Passports and Upgrades Passport Service Infrastructure
India’s Ministry of External Affairs has begun issuing a new generation of e-passports featuring embedded RFID chips and stored biometric data, alongside a…
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UN Pension Fund and UNDP Deploy Biometric Proof-of-Life Kiosks in 18 Countries
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have rolled out biometric Digital Certificate of…
Germany Signs EUDI Wallet MOU with Bitkom
Germany is formalizing industry support for the planned rollout of the European Digital Identity Wallet through a new memorandum of understanding between the…
ID Tech Digest – November 19, 2025
Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Biometrics…
Biometrics Intelligence Hub Launches as Analytics Layer for Biometric Algorithm Benchmarks
Demystify Biometrics founder Ashok Singal has launched the Biometrics Intelligence Hub, a data-analytics platform designed to aggregate and normalize biometric…
Indonesia Deploys Biometric “Seamless Corridors” At Scale For Airport Immigration
Indonesia’s Directorate General of Immigration has begun operating biometric “Seamless Corridors” at Jakarta and Surabaya airports, in what is being described…
EU Proposes European Business Wallets As Part Of Digital Omnibus Package
The European Commission has unveiled a new digital package that includes proposals for “European Business Wallets,” positioning digital identity as a central…
Illinois Launches Mobile Driver’s Licenses And State IDs In Apple Wallet
Illinois has gone live with mobile driver’s licenses and state IDs that can be stored in Apple Wallet, adding the state to the growing list of US jurisdictions…
G-Knot Opens Presale For Finger Vein Biometric Crypto Wallet
Biometric technology firm G-Knot has launched a limited presale for what it describes as the first commercially available crypto hardware wallet secured by…
D-AI And Saudi PIF Agree On National AI And Digital Identity Infrastructure Partnership
European AI infrastructure provider D-AI has signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to develop sovereign…