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The Trust Files launch with a vital question from Orchestrating Identity

Do we have a trust crisis? This is the central question of the inaugural episode of The Trust Files, a…

 

Iraq measures DPI progress: 90% digital ID uptake, 859 egov services

Fifteen years have passed since the U.S. occupation of Iraq and the country has been enjoying a period of sustained…

 

ID renting big problem for gig economy; the ‘right friction’ could curb rampant fraud

A TransUnion report indicates that weak identity verification processes are leaving gig platforms, workers and consumers exposed to fraud and…

 

DCI launches digital identity interoperability standards for social protection

In financial development initiatives, the aim is to ensure benefits reach the right people while reducing duplication and fraud. Authorities…

 

HID, Ory partner on FIDO-based, one-credential identity platform for unified access

Texas-headquartered biometrics and identity security vendor HID, a subsidiary of Assa Abloy, is partnering with Ory, a Scottsdale, Arizona firm…

 

Next Biometrics partners with Giantplus on full-screen fingerprint authentication

Next Biometrics has entered into a partnership with Taiwan-based Giantplus Technology Co., Ltd. to co-develop a prototype for full-screen fingerprint…

 

Biometric equipment failure, internet shutdown mars Uganda election

Biometric equipment failures and an internet shutdown have rocked Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday. Reports emerged early in…

 

Greece’s new digital ID card mandatory from August for EU travel

The issuance of Greece’s upgraded national ID card has been underway for several months now, but there’s a plan to…

 

Kenya announces more national ID reforms to facilitate service access

The Cabinet Secretary for Interior of Kenya, Kipchumba Murkomen, has disclosed that more reforms are on the way in the…

 

UK ETA, eVISA milestones position Entrust to expand citizen identity footprint

The UK’s Electronic Travel Authorization system and eVISA is backed of Entrust’s Citizen Identity Orchestration solution and scaling successfully, according…

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