Gemalto has enabled Belgian mobile ID scheme itsme® to enroll 350,000 users and securely process one million transactions per month for both private and public online services – making it one of the most successful mobile ID applications in Europe within one year of launch. As well as bringing greater convenience to consumers, itsme® provides…
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Zetes begins personalising Belgian electronic passports
After winning the tender launched by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (SPF) in August 2013, Zetes announces it is beginning the process of personalising the new Belgian electronic passports. The project launch was inaugurated today at the Group’s high-security production and personalisation site, by a visit from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…
Latecomer Belgium announces ePassport, Gemalto & Zetes ink contracts
Belgium was the last of the EU Member States to issue biometric passports and had been reprimanded by the EU Court of Justice for being more than three years late to comply with the EU requirements. Nearly a year after being taken to court, Belgium has chosen its suppliers and announcements state that it will…
Zetes inks Senegalese biometric visa contract
The SNEDAI (Société nationale d’édition de documents administratifs et d’identification du Sénégal) has awarded Zetes with a contract to produce the Senegalese biometric visa. This project will see Zetes deliver 66 fixed enrolment stations to embassies, consulates and Senegalese border posts. It also makes Zetes responsible for data consolidation and AFIS deduplication (Automated Fingerprint Identification…
e-Government: the 2 paradoxes of on-line tax
By Gemalto The collection of taxes and duties is, by its very nature, the area in which the State has the most trouble in getting citizens onboard. The State must therefore pay particular care in order to get citizens to buy into the process and to maximize tax revenues and reduce fraud. Rather paradoxically therefore,…