Biometric authentication app for national ID soon to launch in Philippines
According to the Philippine News Agency, on Tuesday, the Philippine Statistics Authority in Negros Oriental (PSA-Negros Oriental), began piloting its…
Civil / National ID
Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.
Indian central bank to pilot open banking platform using Aadhaar KYC
India’s central bank is planning a pilot program for a digital platform intended to extend the country’s digital public infrastructure…
Tanzania president demands faster digital ID harmonization, online service delivery
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan told the ministries of Home Affairs and Information, Communications and IT to fast-track digitizing government…
Kenya signs digital ID support deal with UNDP, introduces a new Namba
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Kenya and the United Nation’s Development Programme to support the country’s digital…
Rate of foreigners acquiring Ugandan national ID is alarming, govt official warns
A spokesman for Uganda’s Internal Affairs Ministry, Simon Peter Mundeyi, says the rate at which foreign nationals bribe their way…
Filipino lawmakers deplore missed target for biometric ID card production
The House Committee on Appropriations of the Philippines parliament has been told that only 36 million physical ID cards (PhilID)…
Biometrics talk gets real
Biometrics support digital identity in various forms that stakeholders are trying to make clearer in the most-read articles on Biometric…
Japan trying to get it right with national digital ID, public losing faith
After a series of high-profile data leaks and registration errors in Japan’s digital IDs, the program is undergoing a government…
Biometrics enrollment partners of Nigeria’s digital ID project claim payment backlog
Some private partners licensed by the National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) to enroll citizens for the country’s national…
Arizona nonprofit, DoT work to provide homeless with state IDs
U.S. states are continuing their piecemeal introduction of state-issued identity cards with a new project in the state of Arizona…
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