The latest countries to update their identity documents to support biometric authentication: Sierra Leona: their identity cards are now being issued supporting biometric authentication, following ECOWAS regulations.Mali: new biometric identity cards.Guyana: new biometric identity cards for the issuance of work…
A third of the countries in the world lack any kind of identity documents with biometric identification (i.e., biometric passports OR biometric identity cards): as of 2023 this proportion may seen to be very high, but they only comprise 6.7%…
The following countries have adopted biometric authentication on their identification documents: Portugal: their identity cards are finally contactless, in line with the rest of European countriesIraq: biometric passports are being issued to the populationHonduras: new biometric passports after many years…
The latest country to update its passports to the biometric version is Saint Lucia. Since the announcement of our Testnet, a number of additional countries have announced that they are issuing new identity documents (i.e., biometric identity cards and/or biometric…
The list of countries with biometric IDs keeps getting larger: Jamaica: new biometric ID cardSuriname: new biometric passports have been approvedNational Identity Cards: Iraq, Lebanon, and Peru
More countries supporting biometric IDs supported on our blockchain: Biometric passports: RwandaBiometric identity cards: Albania, Ghana, Maldives, Monaco, San Marino, and Turkey
The new year brings more countries with biometric IDs: Ghana will start the issuance of biometric passportsSeychelles will issue biometric passports by the end of this year Additionally, the Austrian Financial Market Authority will only allow to use NFC and…
More countries are issuing biometric IDs compatible with our blockchain: In the next months, Saudi Arabia will issue biometric passports: note that their national identity card was already compliant to use our blockchain.Armenia will start issuing biometric passports next yearNepal…
Still more countries issue biometric IDs compatible with our blockchain: Biometric identity cards got standardized all over Europe from 2 August, in line with regulations: for example, the Netherlands, Czech, and Croatia.Vietnam has been issuing biometric identity cards since February…
Another round of countries increase the security of their identity documents, making them compatible with our blockchain: Kyrgyzstan launched their new e-Passport in May 2021Togo is tendering their biometric civil identity card. As Togo is part of Economic Community of…