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…
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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…
Starmer ‘shifts position’ on Australian-style social media legislation for UK
As the UK government appears to pare down its national digital ID plan, it is simultaneously warming to the idea…
MagicCube secures $10m to expand into biometrics and IDV
Californian company MagicCube has raised $10 million in new funding to accelerate its push beyond tap-to-phone payments and into biometrics,…
Incognia cites incumbents’ fraud failures as driver of 300% growth spike
Revenues are up 300 percent for Incognia on a year-over-year basis, the company says in an announcement suggesting the surge…
