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Norway reveals plans to contract 21 biometric border control gates

Norway is planning to tender a contract for automatic biometric border control gates for installation at the main airport in…

 

Samoa obtains $21M World Bank funding for digital ID, financial inclusion project

The island nation of Samoa in the central South Pacific Ocean is receiving a $21 million grant from the World…

 

Vietnam upgrades VNeID with digital signatures, health records

Vietnam has announced the capability for its citizens to create digital signatures in the national digital ID app. The Southeast…

 

Ernst & Young acquires Dignari and its US govt contracts

A release from the global financial giant says that in acquiring Dignari, a woman-owned consulting firm focused on digital identity…

 

World Bank urged to include underserved, multinationals in DPI planning

As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings unfolded over the weekend, global policymakers addressed the widening…

 

Nigeria’s IMO State launches biometric registration catch-up campaign

Nigeria’s Imo State has the lowest proportion of citizens registered for the country’s national digital ID among Eastern states, and…

 

Togo trains personnel for WURI digital ID project enrollment, supervision

A training program for supervisory personnel as well as those who’ll be deployed to the field for a mass biometric…

 

Under-display IR biometrics could be coming to Pixel 11, leak suggests

The image signal processing chip Google is building into its forthcoming flagship smartphone will support an under-display infrared camera, suggesting…

 

mDL verification moving from theoretical to practical questions

An opportunity is emerging for relying parties to onboard users more easily and securely through mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs). But…

 

Deepfakes and synthetic IDs are already a problem; just wait for the next upgrade

Deepfake fraud has proven its potential to cost businesses millions of dollars. But the deepfake dread reverberating through tech circles…

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