India must leverage its digital verification architecture to evolve into a trust-based economyIndia faces a low-trust economy with high friction, exemplified by complex KYC norms. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted this ...
07 May, 2026, 11.36 PM IST
Kazakhstan’s digital leap: How Central Asia’s tech hub is shaping the future of AI and GovTechKazakhstan is emerging as a key digital hub in Central Asia, backed by a broad national push in artificial intelligence, digital governance...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.35 AM IST
Public sector banks told to take quantum leap in encryption for added securityIndian banks are preparing for a quantum computing future. The finance ministry has asked public sector banks to explore quantum-resistant ...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.00 AM IST
VFS Global expands Singapore visa services in India, opens new centres in Chandigarh and ChennaiVFS Global has expanded Singapore visa services in India by opening new Visa Application Centres in Chandigarh and Chennai. The centres wil...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
HDFC Bank, Precision Biometric to test applications under RBI's sandbox schemeRegulatory sandbox (RS) refers to live testing of new products or services in a controlled/test regulatory environment for which regulators...
05 Sep, 2022, 09.54 PM IST
Biometric-based PoS maker Mantra Softech bets big on govt projectsFor the next phase of growth, the company is developing solutions for airports and metro rail.
24 Dec, 2019, 03.03 PM IST
WikiLeaks hints at CIA access to Aadhaar data, officials deny itCross Match Technologies also provides biometric solutions to the Unique Identification Authority of India, the statutory body for Aadhaar,...
26 Aug, 2017, 12.18 PM IST
Service providers experiment with voice biometrics as an additional layer of security for remote transactionsIn India, a large number of solution providers utilising speech recognition and authentication are startups and growth-stage companies focu...
22 Nov, 2014, 03.20 AM IST
- IT vendors including Accenture-NEC, L1 ID and MSatyam-Morpho lock horns with Unique ID Authority
Biometric vendors de-duplicating Aadhaar numbers have refused to work with Unique ID Authority of India after finishing their contract next...
06 Mar, 2012, 06.05 AM IST
- Accenture, Satyam, L1 win UID deal
The programme is designed to confirm identity of 1.2 bn Indian residents, making it the largest identity mgmt programme in the world. What'...
30 Jul, 2010, 01.21 AM IST
- Accenture to provide biometric solution to UIDAI's Aadhaar
IT major Accenture has bagged a contract from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide multimodal biometric identifi...
28 Jul, 2010, 09.03 PM IST
- Unisys to partner local IT companies to bid for UID project
Unisys, one of the biggest government solution providers in the US, is in talks with top tech firms including TCS, Wipro & Tech Mahindra. T...
21 Nov, 2009, 06.15 AM IST
- Biometrics: The changing face of public services
Biometrics relies on physical characteristics that are unique to each person to ascertain the individual's identification. Unique identific...
04 Dec, 2007, 10.44 AM IST
- Govt to introduce biometric PAN cards
The government is likely to introduce biometric PAN cards soon to address the problem of duplicate cards.
25 Aug, 2007, 04.56 AM IST
- IBM to reduce transaction cost of Biometric cards
Leading IT solutions provider IBM is working on a technology which would largely reduce the cost of transaction carried out through biometr...
24 Jun, 2007, 04.30 PM IST
- Zicom Electronic to unveil bio-metric locks
Mumbai-based Zicom Electronic Security Systems Ltd (ZESSL) has decided to unveil bio-metric locks that will work on an individual's thumb i...
03 Jan, 2007, 10.50 PM IST
- Datastrip to set up India operations
UK-based Datastrip, a biometric mobile verification and identity solutions company, will soon offer its software solutions in India in coll...
08 Jun, 2006, 05.12 PM IST