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Digital sovereignty, infrastructure and credential formats colliding

By Chris Burt

- Digital credential formats are on the verge of being sucked into a global debate over the nature of sovereignty with…

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Accredited testing lab options grow as IAD providers seek edge in burgeoning market

By Chris Burt

- Biometrics providers have responded to the surge of fraud attacks bypassing liveness checks altogether with a flood of injection attack…

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DHS launches $440M government-wide biometric capture procurement

By Anthony Kimery

- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a government-wide procurement that could standardize how federal agencies capture fingerprints,…

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SIA defends regulated ALPR use as Flock backlash drives calls for bans

By Anthony Kimery

- The Security Industry Association (SIA) is defending the continued use of automated license plate readers while calling for tighter privacy…

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Unico acquires biometrics provider Valida, gaining entry into Argentina market

By Joel R. McConvey

- Unico has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Valida, “an Argentine biometric identity verification platform with an established…

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Digital ID for alcohol sales is coming to the UK: hear what it means for the identity sector

By Joel R. McConvey

- For about two years now, leaders in the UK have been promising that, soon, people will be able to use…

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From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control

By Ashok Singal

- A government can require its sensitive data to stay within national borders. It can require that data to be encrypted.…

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A biometric system can be accurate and still fail an accessibility test

By Joshua W.J. Brown

- By Joshua W.J. Brown Biometric authentication has mature ways to talk about comparison error. That is exactly why accessibility failures…

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KPMG investment in Reality Defender backs hiring spree to fight deepfakes

By Chris Burt

- U.S.-based KPMG LLP has taken a minority stake in deepfake detection developer Reality Defender and plans to integrate its fraud-protecting…

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Australia expands eSafety powers, doubles penalties in platform accountability push

By Joel R. McConvey

- Australia’s parliament has formally passed the Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026, granting…

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Ant International, Visa, Mastercard work to make agentic protocols interoperable 

By Joel R. McConvey

- Ant International, Mastercard and Visa are collaborating on a Know-Your-Agent (KYA) interoperability framework, which a release says is “designed to…

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Public sector joins digital identity export market as countries package DPI capacity

By Ayang Macdonald

- Countries across the Global South are no longer just building digital public infrastructure (DPI). They are beginning to export it.…

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Digital sovereignty, infrastructure and credential formats colliding
Chris Burt |
Digital ID for alcohol sales is coming to the UK: hear what it means for the identity sector
Joel R. McConvey |
Ant International, Visa, Mastercard work to make agentic protocols interoperable 
Joel R. McConvey |
Unico acquires biometrics provider Valida, gaining entry into Argentina market
Joel R. McConvey |
KPMG investment in Reality Defender backs hiring spree to fight deepfakes
Chris Burt |
Australia expands eSafety powers, doubles penalties in platform accountability push
Joel R. McConvey |
Accredited testing lab options grow as IAD providers seek edge in burgeoning market
Chris Burt |
Public sector joins digital identity export market as countries package DPI capacity
Ayang Macdonald |
SIA defends regulated ALPR use as Flock backlash drives calls for bans
Anthony Kimery |
DHS launches $440M government-wide biometric capture procurement
Anthony Kimery |
US Labor department explores digital worker identity platform for employment compliance
Anthony Kimery |
FARx announces new chairman, new seed funding in push for global growth
Joel R. McConvey |
Instructure adds Veriff biometric ID checks to Parchment transcript requests
Abhishek Jadhav |
Gabon ramping up digital ID, interoperability infrastructure implementation
Ayang Macdonald |
Malawi to launch digital ID wallet as national ID coverage reaches 99%
Ayang Macdonald |
Sri Lanka GovTech sandbox puts DPI into practice
Duruthu Edirimuni Chandrasekera |
Clearview AI prototype points to next phase of facial recognition: identity intelligence
Anthony Kimery |
AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer
Chris Burt |
The next bottleneck for African digital identity is infrastructure, not software
Ashok Singal |
TrustED tests whether Europe’s digital identity model can preserve privacy in the real world
Ashok Singal |

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Digital ID for alcohol sales is coming to the UK: hear what it means for the identity sector

By Joel R. McConvey

- For about two years now, leaders in the UK have been promising that, soon, people will be able to use…

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From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control
Ashok Singal |
Listen: How age assurance platforms earn trust
Joel R. McConvey |
Listen: From passkeys to digital trust with FIDO’s Andrew Shikiar
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Online channels without verification face open season from agentic fraud: Incode CEO
Chris Burt |
HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space
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From verifying humans to AI agents: Socure prepares for the next identity challenge
Ashok Singal |
Podcast: Deepfake fraud goes industrial as identity defenses evolve
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Prove plans launch of privacy-preserving biometric binding with new IP
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Biometric Update Industry Insights feature biometrics and digital ID industry experts discussing their unique perspectives.

A biometric system can be accurate and still fail an accessibility test

By Joshua W.J. Brown

- By Joshua W.J. Brown Biometric authentication has mature ways to talk about comparison error. That is exactly why accessibility failures…

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Age verification brings the privacy debate to vaping
Thomas Chen |
Why a strong credential is only the start of the trust chain
Henry Patishman |
The future of driver license security: Advanced identity technologies and trusted credentialing
Steve Yonkers |
The death of the pixel: Why cryptographic provenance is the next identity frontier
Udi Abram |
Account renting exposes the limits of current gig worker screening
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Mexico’s new banking rules signal a new era for biometric identity verification
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Digital Identity in Developing Nations

With UN SDG 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries.

The next bottleneck for African digital identity is infrastructure, not software

By Ashok Singal

- Africa’s next wave of digital identity investment may have surprisingly little to do with biometrics, wallets or credentials. In early…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
From physical infrastructure to digital rails: India’s blueprint for Sri Lanka
Ashok Singal |
MOSIP broadens Inji beyond digital ID into open credentialing platform
Ayang Macdonald |
Syria advances digital public infrastructure with civil service app, biometric IDs
Lu-Hai Liang |
ASEAN’s DEFA sets stage for regional digital identity interoperability
Lu-Hai Liang |
Peru gives digital ID equal legal status to physical credential
Lu-Hai Liang |
When biometrics meet PKI: Nigeria’s next digital identity challenge
Ashok Singal |

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