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, […]

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 […]

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 […]