Ireland has revealed plans to launch a smartcard that citizens can use in place of passports for travel within the EU and the European Economic...

The analysts forecast the Global E-passport and E-visa market to grow at a CAGR of The data stored electronically on the chip is authenticated by...

Hong Kong will spend HK$3 billion (US$387 million) on improved citizen ID cards that store higher resolution images for facial recognition, according to the city’s...

Government can now identify genuine beneficiaries and transfer subsidies directly to their bank accounts. 100 million Indian residents can now receive payments from the government...

UnionPay International has joined forces with International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) and financial service provider MilliKart, enabling UnionPay card acceptance in Azerbaijan. Discover has filed...

More than 40,000 IDs have been delivered from the implementation of the new identity in Cuba, 89% of them live in the capital. In Havana...

Touchscreen kiosks are commonplace at airports for flight check-ins and even getting through customs in some locations but the use of these system is expanding...

Square and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has confirmed that Square has processed 1 billion payments since it was founded in 2009. Square also just recently...