Aadhaar program surpasses one billion people registered
NEC Corporation announced that the number of people registered for India’s Aadhaar Program operated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has passed one billion this past April. NEC...
View ArticleUjjivan to use biometric-enabled ATMs to serve unbanked customers
Indian financial services firm Ujjivan Financial Services announced plans last week to use biometric-enabled ATMs to serve unbanked and underbanked customers, according to a report by The Times of...
View ArticleAutomated test track for driver accreditation uses biometrics for identity...
Safran Identity & Security subsidiary Smart Chip has provided technical guidance to the world’s first fully automated test track for driver accreditation in Punjab, India. Under Smart Chip’s...
View ArticleBengaluru airport to incorporate Aadhaar for biometric screening at entry
Bangalore International Airport will soon enable biometrics screening at entry for Indian citizens with an Aadhaar digital identity number in an effort to increase security and efficiency, according to...
View ArticleStudents develop SMS-based biometric authentication system for rural areas
Four students from Birla Institute of Technology and Science have developed an SMS-based biometric authentication system, which can be used in rural areas with lower internet connectivity, according to...
View ArticleVendors for iris recognition Aadhaar devices to be enrolled soon
India’s ministry of electronics and information technology has started enrolling vendors for providing iris-based Aadhaar authentication devices to facilitate the government’s e-governance promise and...
View ArticleInFocus to launch smartphone with IriTech iris scanner
InFocus will soon release a new Aadhaar authentication-enabled smartphone equipped with an IriTech iris scanner, in India, according to a report by Business Standard. Priced at under Rs 12,000...
View ArticleIndia airports piloting Aadhaar-based entry authentication
Taking the lead from a successful pilot phase at a Hyderabad, India airport where security officials processed travellers using Aadhaar-based airport entry authentication technology, Mumbai and...
View ArticleIDFC Bank launches Aadhaar Pay for fingerprint-based digital payments
IDFC Bank has launched an app called Aadhaar Pay that is designed to help the millions of Indian citizens without a smartphone to make digital purchases using only their fingerprint, according to a...
View ArticleMumbai Police fingerprint database to be operational this month
The Mumbai Police announced that its fingerprint database, which is used by several law enforcement agencies in multiple countries, will be operational in late January, according to a report by The...
View ArticleIndian government calls on vendors to make affordable biometric smartphones
In an effort to more quickly move towards digital cashless economy, the Indian government is calling on local smartphone vendors to develop sub-Rs 2,000 (US$29.36) smartphones with capabilities to...
View ArticleSpice Money launches Aadhaar-enabled payment system
Spice Money, the domestic remittance service from Spice Digital, is now processing payments through the Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), according to a report by Medianama. The move follows Spice...
View ArticleBiometric workforce tracking startup SecurAX raises funding
Bangalore-based biometric workforce tracking startup SecurAX has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Axilor, Parampara Early Stage Opportunities Fund and an undisclosed group of angel...
View ArticleBharti Airtel launches Aadhar-based digital banking service in India
Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel officially launched Airtel Payments Bank last week in India, following a series of successful pilot programs in Rajasthan, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,...
View ArticleIndia working to replace cash with biometric e-payment
The chief executive of India’s leading economic development agency told attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the country could introduce biometric payments within three years, thereby...
View ArticleIndia to make UIDAI registration mandatory for all Aadhaar authentication...
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the government agency in charge of Aadhaar, is expected to make it mandatory for manufacturers to embed the Aadhaar encryption key into biometric...
View ArticleIndian government may allow citizens to use Aadhaar ID for income tax return
The Indian government is considering introducing a new option that would allow individuals who do not have a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card to use an Aadhaar card, according to Economic Times. The...
View ArticleDCB Bank to introduce iris scans for Aadhaar authentication
Indian financial institution DCB Bank will soon introduce a new feature at all its branches which enables Aadhaar-registered customers to perform transactions by scanning their iris,, according to a...
View ArticleMastercard to leverage the Digital India initiative
Mastercard said it is considering integrating facial recognition technology, Masterpass and other online payment methods with other services it currently offers in India, according to a report by The...
View ArticleMaharashtra to deploy multi-biometric criminal ID solution, Aadhaar POS machines
The Maharashtra, India government is expected to choose a technology vendor this month to equip fingerprint, iris and face scanners to police stations throughout the state to record biometric data of...
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