Visa have announced a partnership with five of India’s leading banks to provide Adhaar holders, the Indian national identity system, access to a Visa account. The system will provide tens of millions of Indians with access to financial services and electronic payments for the first time. The new account, called “Saral Money” uses biometric information, […]

Giesecke & Devrient India, subsidiary of leading international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), opened a new personalization facility for EMV smart cards in Chennai, which, when fully staffed, will employ around 85 people. This high-tech investment is to solidify G&D’s success in India. The Chennai branch will offer Indian banks and financial institutions a […]

This video is a real find: It is 47 minutes long and the most comprehensive account of the UID program we have come across to date. In an April 23rd, 2012 plenary to the NYU Stern UC Class of 2015, Professor Arun Sundararajan describes India’s fascinating digital identity initiative, shares video clips of his conversations […]

The 2012 CARTES Exhibition & Conference (formerly “CARTES et IDentification”) will take place at Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition centre between 6 and 8 November 2012. This year, 2 major themes explored at the show will be mobile payment and security in the Cloud, and the special guest country will be India. The SESAMES Awards Ceremony will […]

Suprema, Inc., a global leader in biometrics and ID solutions, announced today that the company’s ‘RealScan-G10’ and ‘RealScan-10’  fingerprint live scanners tested in full compliance and received final certification from the Government of India’s STQC (Standardization Testing & Quality Certification) for the country’s UID (Unique ID, India’s next generation national ID) project. The STQC certification is an essential requirement for […]

The NPR would include photographs, 10 fingerprints and 2 iris prints of all usual residents who are of age 5 years and above. As per the approved procedure, the NPR database would be sent to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for de-duplication and generation of an Aadhaar Number. Financial proposals for issuance of […]