Signicat promotes ReadID NFC reads of Indian ePassports
The rise of the Indian ePassport ↗
What happened
- Signicat states its NFC-based ReadID product has been used to read and verify over 105,000+ Indian ePassport chips globally since September 2024.
- Signicat states ReadID can read and verify chipped identity documents from 181 countries using a smartphone's NFC capability.
- The UK Home Office uses ReadID as part of its GIDV programme for applicants including the UK Electronic Travel Authorisation.
Why it matters to Signicat
- ReadID NFC chip-reading is positioned as a document-verification capability for a large new passport population, relevant to the NFC document verification priority after the Inverid acquisition.
Evidence from the source (4 quotes)
- “Since Signicat began tracking the rollout in September 2024, our NFC-based passport verification product ReadID has been used to read and verify over 105,000+ Indian ePassport chips globally.” source ↗
- “Using Signicat’s ReadID, businesses and government authorities can remotely read and verify Indian ePassports and other chipped identity documents from 181 countries using a smartphone’s NFC capability.” source ↗
- “The UK Home Office uses ReadID as part of its Generic Identity and Document Verification (GIDV) programme.” source ↗
- “Using Signicat’s ReadID, businesses and government authorities can remotely read and verify Indian ePassports and other chipped identity documents from 181 countries using a smartphone’s NFC capability.” source ↗
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