First Person Credentials next solution in line to solve proof-of-personhood
An announcement from Ayra Association says that Customer Commons has provided funding to develop “a framework for governing interoperability of…
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.
Digital identity frameworks and their choices reflect different worldviews
At a talk for KuppingerCole’s European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC), Markus Sabadello, CEO of Danube Tech, looks at the…
Need for speed in removing barriers to birth registration, ID integration in Africa
Speakers on two panels dedicated to birth registration early on Day 3 of the ongoing ID4Africa 2025 AGM in Addis…
Ethiopia unveils FaydaPass digital wallet to boost financial inclusion
Ethiopia has launched what it calls the FaydaPass wallet, the latest move in its digital public infrastructure (DPI) program aimed…
Overcoming key challenges in APAC digital government
In a recent webinar hosted by Biometric Update, leading figures from Entrust spoke on “Unlocking digital government in APAC: The…
GLEIF to integrate its vLEI into Finternet Lab’s tools
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is planning to integrate its verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) credentials into Finternet…
Suriname launches OSD-produced biometric passport
Suriname has officially launched its new biometric passport for all Surinamese citizens. The Austrian State Printing House (OSD) was selected…
EU calls for public feedback on European Business Wallet
The European Commission has issued a call for feedback on the EU Business Wallet, a digital identity wallet intended for…
Microblink aces IDNet identity document verification evaluation
Put to the test against the IDNet dataset, Microblink’s identity verification platform detected 100 percent of fake documents and had…
African nations making digital ID gains in the face of common challenges
Several countries in Africa are on the right track with their national digital ID projects, but this is not coming…
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