National digital identity is ‘extremely urgent,’ says Swedish government inquiry
A Swedish government inquiry into the digitalization of payments issued a report, recommending that the state launches its own digital…
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World Economic Forum panel pushes for blockchain-based decentralized digital ID
The Digital Identity Initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been discussing the possibilities of agreeing on an international…
Yoti improves accuracy and skin tone balance for age estimation
Yoti has released a new white paper detailing improvements in its age and skin tone recognition capabilities for its facial…
Linux Foundation Janssen Project earns digital public good status
The Linux Foundation Janssen Project, a low-code digital ID software platform developed in partnership with Gluu, has been adjudged as…
Nigeria re-commits to ease biometric passport issuance hassles
The difficulties currently faced by people seeking to secure biometric passports in Nigeria would soon be a thing of the…
Sole requirement of Ghana Card for voter registration rejected by parliament
A proposal from Ghana’s Electoral Commission to make the national digital ID card the sole document acceptable for voter registration…
Convenient identity, the real accelerator for digital transformation
(Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash) By Mike Vesey, CEO, IdRamp Digital identity is the lifeline of modern businesses, bridging the connection between…
Biometrics buoys the big fish’s valuation, and an industry looks on with bated breath
A blockbuster biometrics deal appears to have reached the bidding phase, and Idemia’s prospective sale made the most-read article of…
Fake documents and synthetic identities led to higher fraud in financial services in 2022
Sapio Research and partner Regula have revealed that the impact of identity fraud varies for organizations in the Financial Services industry,…
UK High Court rejects delisting Synesis without considering corporate changes
The first challenge to sanctions by the United Kingdom on Russia-related grounds has failed. A report paid for by the…
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