Nepal reverses mandatory national ID requirement for social security benefits
The government of Nepal has reversed its decision to mandate the use of national identity cards for citizens to receive…
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Malaysia’s MyDigital ID nearing half million registrations
Malaysia’s MyDigital ID initiative has reached a significant milestone, recording 465,924 registered users, including civil servants, as of July 10….
Study shows optimism for digital IDs in reducing fraud despite security concerns
Regula’s recent study finds that the majority of organizations worldwide anticipate a substantial decrease in identity fraud following the adoption…
EU residency permits to exempt Brits from biometric checks at UK border
The UK government has confirmed its intention to implement the changes necessary to accommodate the European Union’s new digital Entry/Exit…
Badge and Cisco Duo launch hardware-independent MFA tool
Badge Inc., a digital privacy firm founded by MIT cryptographers, is teaming up with Cisco Duo to introduce a hardware-independent…
EU4Digital cross-border digital ID interoperability pilot successful
Public agencies in Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova have successfully tested connecting to foreign digital services using their national digital IDs…
OneID digital identity verification extended across the Nordics by NatWest
NatWest has adopted identity verification from DIATF-recertified OneID for its Structured Finance business in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. This new…
Australian govt removes data localization rules for digital identity scheme
The federal government has acquiesced to sustained lobbying from the technology and banking sectors, leading to the removal of regulations…
Singapore AML law responds to high concern over bank fraud, biometrics theft
Consumers are feeling increasing anxiety about the effectiveness of banks’ fraud-protection measures, a recent study by Jumio highlights. This is…
Strategies to secure passkeys against authentication vulnerability proposed
A recent blog post from eSentire discussed new strategies to secure passkeys and prevent authentication method redaction attacks, a technique…
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