IDnow earns early certification for eIDAS 2.0 biometric identity verification
IDnow has earned certification to the European Commission’s standard for digital identity verification for several of its flagship biometric IDV…
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Industry wants flexibility, extensibility for EU Business Wallet, fears fragmentation
The European Business Wallet (EBW) should test new pilots, fight financial fraud, integrate international entities, and potentially even allow payments…
UK to hold market engagement for remote biometrics enrollment app next week
The UK Home Office is thinking about holding a biometric remote enrollment trial, and will hold a market engagement session…
UK rolls out more live facial recognition, safeguards and oversight framework to follow
More deployments of live facial recognition in public spaces in England and Wales will be made possible by the rollout…
UIDAI signs 5-year R&D pact to strengthen Aadhaar
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has entered into a five-year agreement with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) aimed…
Next in NZ’s digital ID plan speed round: business engagement, 2 new DINZ execs
New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is planning to develop a Reference Architecture for the country’s digital identity system…
Intellicheck: quarterlies, annuals, SEC actions
August 13, 2025 – Intellicheck reports strong growth for its physical and digital identity validation technology in the second quarter of…
Prove introduces new authentication platform, demoting one time passwords
One time passwords have become unintentionally self-descriptive: at one time, they were useful. But no longer, says New York-based Prove,…
Signicat expands European digital ID platform with Czech Bank iD
Signicat has added another European digital identity to its unified electronic ID platform, as it pursues its plans to become…
Social Security Admin eases phone ID verification rules, but confusion persists
Through this past spring and summer, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) rules for changing direct deposit information by phone have…
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