e-passports

Biometric Passports at Forefront of Dominica’s $13M Border Security Upgrades

August 27, 2020

“The most important aspect in our border security improvement is our migration from the machine-readable passport to our e-passport or biometric passport, which is almost counterfeit-proof.” – Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore, Minister […]

Jumio Makes Case for Biometric e-Passports

August 20, 2020

Jumio’s Dean Nicolls has a helpful new breakdown of the advantages of biometric e-passports on the company’s blog. As Nicolls explains, e-passports are distinguished from traditional passports by their use […]

Thales Formally Delivers Thailand’s New Biometric Passport

August 11, 2020

Thales has formally delivered a new e-passport for Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). The company first announced that it was developing the document last August, when the Ministry placed […]

Cyprus Turns to Veridos to Overhaul its Biometric Document Capabilities

November 29, 2019

Veridos will be upgrading Cyprus’ biometric registration and e-document capabilities after landing a contract with the country’s Civil Registry and Migration Department of the Ministry of Interior. The contract will […]

Lufthansa Launches Biometric Boarding at JFK Airport

October 9, 2019

Biometrics News – Facial Recognition Lufthansa Airlines has launched a biometric self-boarding gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 1. This comes almost 11 months after JetBlue debuted a […]

New Thai Immigration System Catches Eight Fake Passports in First Three Days

September 16, 2019

Thailand’s Immigration Police have arrested eight people in just three days after activating a new biometric system at the country’s 16 international airports. Authorities also handed out more than 81 […]

WebAuth, FinTech, the Apple Watch, and More in This Week’s Top Stories

August 30, 2019

There’s always plenty of variety in the world of biometrics news, but this week’s crop of FindBiometrics’ most popular articles really runs the gamut across a number of fields. First […]

Thailand Orders 15 Million Biometric e-Passports from Thales and Gemalto

August 28, 2019

Thales will be delivering 15 million e-passports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Thailand, which has placed the order through a contract with the DGM Consortium. The Consortium […]

Nigeria Entrusts Mint with e-Passport Production

July 15, 2019

“Once the country’s current production contracts expire, the printing of Nigerian e-passports (and any related documents) will be handed over exclusively to the Nigerian Security Printing & Minting Company…” Nigerian […]

Biometrics Fuel Booming e-Passports Market: Technavio

June 25, 2019

The global market for e-passports is going to surge over the next few years, according to a new report from Technavio. The market research firm forecasts a CAGR of 21 […]

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