Fingerprint Cards has received an order worth SEK 20 M from its distributor in China and Taiwan, Hardware & Software Technologies Co. Ltd (HST). 
The order encompasses the FPC1011F3 area sensor. Delivery of the entire order is scheduled for 2013, partly in the first quarter and partly in the second quarter. As a result of […]

The number of Taiwanese nationals applying for electronic passports has grown 25 percent in October from a year earlier, getting a boost from Taiwan’s inclusion in the United States’ visa waiver program, a foreign ministry official said Sunday. Bureau of Consular Affairs Director-General Thomas Chen said the bureau issued 96,047 e-passports between Oct. 1 and […]

The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) has awarded two contracts for the covers of the U.S. passport, which includes an embedded, secure electronic chip and antenna, following a competitive procurement process. The contracts have been awarded to Gemalto, Inc., and Infineon Technologies North America Corp. As part of the process, companies had to meet the […]

Cross Match Technologies, Inc., a global provider of biometric identity solutions, announced that Claus Hünting has joined the business to lead the company’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales team. A former director of sales with LaserCard Corporation with extensive experience in the ID document industry, Hünting joins Cross Match as vice president, EMEA sales. […]

Legislation to protect the integrity of Canada’s immigration system was introduced today by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. The proposed measures include further reforms to the asylum system to make it faster and fairer, measures to address human smuggling, and the authority to make it mandatory to provide biometric data with a temporary […]

Government agencies and businesses in the U.S. now have a dedicated identity solutions provider in MorphoTrust USA – a Morpho company part of the Safran group – and the only company dedicated to simplifying, protecting and securing the lives of the American people. MorphoTrust was formed from the integration of three former L-1 Identity Solutions […]