Wahda bank to introduce ‘‘Edei’’ - the first palm-scan payment service in Libya
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

Wahda bank to introduce ‘‘Edei’’ - the first palm-scan payment service in Libya

Wahda Bank announced yesterday that it will be introducing soon "Edei", the first palm-scan payment service in Libya. It said this comes as part of i...

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New machine-readable biometric e-passports and e-ID cards to be issued
Dec 21 Michel Cousins

New machine-readable biometric e-passports and e-ID cards to be issued

Libya is to issue new biometric, machine readable passports and e-ID cards.The news was revealed on Sunday after the Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minist...

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Acting Interior Minister Trabelsi taking steps to counter forged ID numbers and passports
May 19 Sami Zaptia

Acting Interior Minister Trabelsi taking steps to counter forged ID numbers and passports

Commenting on news that there are a large number of forged National ID Numbers and Libyan passports, Libya’s Tripoli-based Acting Minister of the Inte...

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Italian Embassy in Tripoli to use new Italian visa processing company operating advanced security checks
Mar 16 Sami Zaptia

Italian Embassy in Tripoli to use new Italian visa processing company operating advanced security checks

The Italian embassy in Tripoli announced Tuesday that it is to start using a new Italian visa processing company, Almaviva. There will be visa process...

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Tadawul introduces first fingerprint biometric cards into Libyan market
Sep 2 Sami Zaptia

Tadawul introduces first fingerprint biometric cards into Libyan market

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 September 2021:Libya’s Tadawul Group has introduced to the Libyan market the first F CODE biometric cards.It says it is the f...

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Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

Libya begins issuing new, safer versions of diplomatic and private e-passports

By Sami Zaptia.Libya is to start issuing new e-passports in January (Photo: Tripoli Foreign Ministry).London, 14 December 2020: Libya will begin to is...

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Half a million new e-passports arriving by early March
Feb 23 Sami Zaptia

Half a million new e-passports arriving by early March

By Sami Zaptia.London, 23 February 2016:The Ministry of Interior has today announced that a shipment of 571,000 new blue e-passports will start arrivi...

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INTERPOL database passport checks start at Tripoli airport
Mar 7 Nigel Ash

INTERPOL database passport checks start at Tripoli airport

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 7 March 2013:The first part of an EU-funded border security package has gone live with a new passport control system at Tripo...

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