Japan formally completes digitizing health insurance card, following EU nations
Japan has completed the integration of its national health insurance program into the My Number ID system, as it moves…
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ROC brings American facial recognition expertise to Nasdaq trading with $23M IPO
Denver, Colorado-headquartered ROC filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday to list on the Nasdaq exchange…
Brussels endorses Digital Travel Credentials, EU MEPs push for faster rollout
EU lawmakers have endorsed plans for a digital pre‑authorization system aimed at cutting long queues at the bloc’s external borders…
Congress moves to confront the rise of deepfake fraud
The newly introduced AI Fraud Deterrence Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Ted Lieu and Neal Dunn, seeks to…
Trulioo becomes part of Google protocol for agentic AI payments
Trulioo has joined Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), which aims to establish an open, standardized language for secure payment transactions…
Idemia PS and Tsuzuki Denki sign MoU to advance biometric access solutions in Japan
Idemia Public Security has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tsuzuki Denki Co. to jointly develop biometric‑based access management…
OCR Studio unveils software for faster, secure on-device KYC verification
Dubai-headquartered OCR Studio says it has rolled out a new identity verification software package that makes it possible for banks,…
Nect brings biometric identification to German healthcare system
Patients in Germany will soon be able to identify themselves through their biometrics, allowing them to use digital healthcare services….
OECD suggests measures to strengthen Chile’s digital ID rollout strategy
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says Chile has already recorded substantial progress in the implementation of its…
UK gov’t clarifies benefits from digital ID prioritized above particular form or issuer
The UK government and its domestic digital identity industry attempted to rise above the overheated rhetoric based on assumptions that…
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