Volume 14
July 2017 Edition providing Syrian refugees financial inclusion on ATMs in the blink of the eye . Courtesy of BBC , IrisGuard and YouTube )
IrisGuard has achieved this milestone over four years of continued operations in concordant cohesion with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals .
The UNHCR has flawlessly enrolled over 2.3 million refugees ( over 75 nationalities ) from Jordan , Lebanon , Iraq , Egypt and Syria using IrisGuard ’ s state-of-the-art EyePay ® technology .
Instantaneous , around the clock , cross-country
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In so doing , the UNHCR has achieved financial inclusion for unbanked refugees and enabled them to efficiently receive international donor cash assistance directly on unattended bank ATM ’ s and food at checkout counters in supermarkets and nonfood items in camps , all while refugees are either unable or restricted from opening a bank account by law .
operational transactions are being reliably executed in under a few seconds , irregardless of where the refugee is located and irrespective of the harsh environmental conditions that the Iris- Guard platform has to operate in .
This is achieved uniquely with one ’ s own iris without a card , pin , username , password , ID or mobile phone as many refugees simply do not
The UNHCR has further deployed other operational real-time 24 / 7 / 365 use cases , such as refugee repatriation & resettlement with the International Organization for Migration ( IOM ).
Further use cases under development include :
• International remittance to refugees in camps and urban areas by family and friends abroad
• Healthcare services
• Microfinance , and
• Essential services for the betterment of refugees and displaced persons
According to IrisGuard , is evident that missioncritical performance cannot be guaranteed or attained through any other biometric technology except with IrisGuard ’ s pristine technology . own or carry or can afford such tokens .
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IrisGuard ’ s cutting-edge EyePay ® system has been tightly coupled with the novel “ Blockchain ” technology in one of the refugee camps in Jordan where more than 10,000 beneficiaries have benefited from EyePay ®/ Blockchain combina- 48