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Articles By Joel R. McConvey

Joel McConvey is a creative content producer and digital specialist who helps people and organizations tell their story across platforms, and meet the challenges of a digital culture that changes quickly and often. Reach him on Twitter @jrmcconvey.

 

In 2025, payments tech will bring to thee, a wallet and a passkey

‘Tis the season for trend forecasting. As 2024 draws to a close, payments firms are lobbing out predictions for what…

 

Persona’s selfie biometrics power more real-time ID verification for Dashers

DoorDash is beefing up its identity verification measures, integrating machine learning and selfie biometrics from Persona for ID re-verification of…

 

Ofcom releases online safety rules, sets compliance deadline of March 16, 2025

Ofcom has published the first major policy statement outlining final guidelines for online platforms under the Online Safety Act. The…

 

Passkeys build momentum, enabling access to 15 billion online accounts

Passkeys are a biometric security trend to watch in 2025. The FIDO Alliance themed its 11th annual FIDO Tokyo Seminar…

 

Digital ID for age verification in alcohol sales gets varied guises in Delhi, Istanbul, UK

On whether to allow digital ID for age assurance when buying alcohol, some countries say yes, some say no, and…

 

Hikvision cancels 5 biometric surveillance contracts in Xinjiang

While some are steeling themselves for the second term of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump in fear of potential human…

 

Firm using cryptography to keep AI accountable joins World via TFH acquisition

Tools for Humanity (TFH), which calls itself a “contributor” to the World ID iris biometrics and digital identity project, has…

 

Liminal, Microblink forecast 2025 trends in identity document verification

Synthetic identities, deepfakes and other AI-driven attacks are prompting a surge in interest in custom fraud protection tools. In a…

 

New year will see mobile driver’s licenses come of age: Trinsic CEO

A recent webinar from Trinsic takes stock of the eID sector in 2024 and looks ahead to upcoming launches and…

 

Puerto Rico latest government in U.S. to launch its mDL for Apple Wallet

Contrary to certain recent public opinions about Puerto Rico, the island is among U.S. leaders in adopting mobile driver’s licenses…

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