1. System for providing global biometric identification services to a plurality of remote parties, the system comprising: a template receiver, comprising a) a registration input configured to receive from at least one remote registering party at least one respective registration template of a biometric sample of an end user of said remote registering party, associated with a tag relating said template to said end user; and b) an enquiry input, configured to receive from a remote inquiring party at least one test template of a biometric sample of a person; and a verifier, associated with said template receiver, configured to determine a degree of match between said registration template and said test template thereby to verify said person as an end user, using said determined degree of match.