Checkout.com launches selfie biometrics solution for seamless customer onboarding
UK-based fintech startup Checkout.com has announced the launch of a selfie biometrics solution dubbed Identity Verification to enable easy customer…
Articles By Ayang Macdonald
Ayang Macdonald is a freelance journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He boasts 10 years of professional experience in journalism in which he has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Buea in South western Cameroon. He is a versatile reporter with interest in ICTs, innovation, digital entrepreneurship, defense and military, politics, economy, health and environment, humanitarian issues and sports.
Ethiopia to make digital ID obligatory for banking operations
The use of Ethiopia’s national digital ID, Fayda, for all transactions with financial institutions will soon be mandatory. According to…
Cameroon to set up over 500 new ID card enrollment centers in push to cut issuance delays
Overwhelmed with complaints of national ID card issuance delays in Cameroon, the government is multiplying measures to reduce the swelling…
Human rights organizations say EU’s biometric border controls negatively impact migrants
The continuous and expansive use of digital technologies such as biometrics in the implementation of digital border control policies known…
Nigerians raise eyebrows as CBN tells banks to require social media accounts for KYC
There have been mixed reactions by concerned parties in Nigeria following a directive by the country’s Central Bank (CBN) for…
PhilSys shares notes with WURI officials on digital ID best practices
Delegations form six West African countries participating in a regional identification project dubbed WURI recently had a working session with…
Battle on to choose contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID scheme
The race to pick a contractor for Kenya’s new digital ID project is said to be hotting up with the…
Calls for stronger data protection as breach incidents rock Bangladesh, Indonesia
Calls have intensified in the last couple of days on the need to put in place a body that will…
South Africa to add biometrics to new driving license cards, maintains plan for mDLs
The government of South Africa is planning the launch of new driver’s license cards that will have enhanced security features…
New page opens for birth registration in Ghana as instruction manual validated
A guiding document which outlines a number of novelties in Ghana’s birth and death registration system was recently validated by…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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