8 February 2008 – A ground-breaking programme from UKvisas. supported by VEGA Group PLC (VEGA), to biometrically enrol all visa applicants to the United Kingdom, has won an e-Government award for ‘innovation in strategy’.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is part of Biotesting Europe, a new Ђ358,000 biometrics project, part-funded by the European Union. The project will ensure that future testing procedures and facilities meet the needs of systems users and developers, building confidence in this growing industry.

Siemens IT Solutions and Services and Fujitsu Limited announced a business collaboration designed to expand the market for the PalmSecure palm vein authentication system developed by Fujitsu in combination with Siemens' biometric software "ID Center".

Trying to remember dozens of personal identification numbers (PIN), passwords and credit card numbers may not be necessary for much longer, thanks to a University of Houston professor and his team.

Russia may totally switch over to documents of a new generation called "biometric passports" by 2010 that contains an electronic chip carrying all information about a person.