After passports, Nigeria readies to unveil digital ID enrollment app for citizens in diaspora
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has restated plans for the rollout of a mobile application that will enable Nigerians…
Year: 2025
Adoption of biometric payment cards plateaus with niche applications
Biometric payment cards, once seen to be the belle of the biometric ball, are mired in a rut of stagnated…
South Korea’s age assurance policies built on years of systemic, political change
A new paper from two scholars examines South Korea’s approach to age assurance. Published in TechPolicy.press, the paper contrasts global…
Zambia obtains World Bank funding support to advance DPI implementation
Zambia has secured funding to the tune of $120 million from the World Bank’s Digital Development Partnership to carry on…
Aadhaar enables an ‘epidemic’ of IDs in India
The Aadhaar ecosystem continues to grow, but it’s not all good news. The proliferation of IDs like the “One Nation,…
EU AI Act’s impact on businesses inspires simplification efforts
The European Union’s AI Act is already having a wide-reaching impact on business both inside and outside the economic bloc….
Chinese biometrics firms settle in Hong Kong for international market access
Chinese biometric recognition companies are eyeing Hong Kong as a springboard for expanding to foreign markets, according to company executives….
Credence ID age assurance deployed at U Dayton for NCAA March Madness games
It’s March Madness time, and Credence ID is in the game. The company has deployed biometrics at the University of…
Clearview facial recognition service, web-scraping preserved with court approval
A U.S. district court judge has granted final approval to the settlement of Clearview AI’s multi-district litigation over alleged biometric…
Remote selfie verification challenges raise questions about US fraud reduction plans
Recent testing by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) exposed inconsistencies in the effectiveness of…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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