The next bottleneck for African digital identity is infrastructure, not software
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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TrustED tests whether Europe’s digital identity model can preserve privacy in the real world
Europe’s digital identity ambitions are approaching an important deadline. By the end of 2026, EU Member States are expected to…
A biometric system can be accurate and still fail an accessibility test
By Joshua W.J. Brown Biometric authentication has mature ways to talk about comparison error. That is exactly why accessibility failures…
Philippines pushes platform accountability, seeks ASEAN backing for tougher social media rules
The Philippines is getting tougher on social media platforms and called attention to the backlash that Meta in particular has…
For EU consumers, trust in EUDI Wallet will need to be earned over time: IDnow
The deadline for EU member states to offer a digital wallet under the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) scheme…
JV including Toppan wins subsidy for PoC to use vLEIs for exporter KYB
Osaka Prefecture has thrown its support behind a proof-of-concept for a KYB system using blockchain technology and verifiable Legal Entity…
Feedzai to help secure Canada’s real-time payments launch
Peoples Group has announced a partnership with fraud‑prevention firm Feedzai to strengthen defenses ahead of Canada’s Real‑Time Rail (RTR) rollout…
UIDAI expands Aadhaar face authentication with native SDK, developer sandbox
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched new tools to simplify Aadhaar face authentication, which has continued to…
Singapore expands Singpass passkeys to Android users
Singapore’s digital identity system Singpass has added passkey login to Android devices, the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) announced Wednesday. Android…
South Africa rejects blanket social media age verification for under-16s
South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has told parliament that the government is not pursuing any…
