Sumsub stats show more biometric ID verification needed as crypto regulations increase
Cryptocurrencies could soon be subject to strict anti-money laundering checks in the European Union, with a provisional agreement between the…
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Deloitte believes the future of government rests on a vision it calls ‘agile identity’
Deloitte has unveiled a vision called “agile identity” which it believes is the future of government, soon after being awarded…
Digitalization of air travel ramps up, driven by biometrics, amid continuing airport chaos
Pent-up demand for both business and leisure travel emerging from the pandemic is seeing passengers embracing mobile and touchless technologies…
Giesecke+Devrient acquires Valid USA to increase payment, digital ID security
Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security (G+D) has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for the acquisition of Brazil-based firm Valid’s payment and…
‘Consent is not almighty’: tracking facial recognition in Europe and why it gets blocked
How facial recognition is used for authorization purposes is the topic of the third of MAPFRE’s six-part ‘Mapping the Use…
Trinsic takes $8.5M in Seed round to add headcount, speed decentralized digital ID expansion
Digital identity vendor Trinsic has closed an $8.5 million Seed round led by venture fund Georgian with participation from Kickstart…
Engineer writes biometric code to ID anonymous faces in Holocaust photos
Google engineer Daniel Patt claims to have created facial recognition software that can identify unidentified faces in photos from prewar…
Sovrin wants feedback on third version of its framework for digital identity systems
The Sovrin Foundation has released a draft of its third ecosystem governance framework. Sovrin Ecosystem Governance Framework V3 comes a…
Civil registries are important – but how do you persuade the people?
How do civil registries enroll more people? Should they twist people’s arms by making birth certificates compulsory? These were among…
Problems with audits for bias in AI systems highlighted in research paper
Sasha Costanza-Chock, co-author of a research paper which looks into algorithmic audits, says there are many areas that require improvement…
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