Expanding digital ID, credit system positions Mastercard as commodity broker to the poor
Mastercard is expanding its Community Pass scheme to India where it plans to enroll agricultural workers with digital ID via…
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Is Kenya’s ‘big Huduma Namba thing’ being adapted to digital-only ID or dropped for a UPI?
“It is not the work of government to issue IDs; it is the work of government to identify Kenyans,” said…
Digital ID investments are active; Blackrock boosts allocation in OneSpan
In a daisy-chain of corporate finance, the world’s biggest asset manager, Blackrock, has increased its ownership of digital agreements security…
NIST pushes framework to foster trusted AI
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published new guidance to aid organizations in…
Face biometrics dropped by Verkada in 4 US locales as data protection gains momentum
Legal restrictions on the use of facial recognition have prompted security camera vendor Verkada to shut down the capability in…
Biometric partnerships boost KYC in SE Asia, Ukraine as Nigeria and India see gains
KYC providers are targeting businesses in underserved areas to improve access to financial services with technologies like selfie biometrics and…
MOSIP to push into Latin America, Caribbean with identity council collaboration
MOSIP looks set to supply its identity platform to countries across the Caribbean and Latin America with the signing of…
NordPass to offer biometric passwordless authentication, Yubico expands program
Password manager firm NordPass has confirmed it will start storing passkeys and offer biometric passwordless authentication to access them. The…
Welcome to high-class Manhattan, facial recognition. This will be interesting
Anyone who thought the story about a major New York City venue owner using facial recognition to nettle attorneys would…
US privacy law catches insurer and Amazon; settlement nears in another case
The biometric privacy protection law in the U.S. state of Illinois continues to churn though challenges. A United States district…
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