Vietnam integrates national digital ID and tax system
Vietnam wants to enable all of its taxpayers to log into the country’s online taxation platforms with their electronic identification…
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Uganda financial institutions sign on for digital KYC through national ID
Uganda’s central bank, known officially as the Bank of Uganda (BoU), says up to 74 financial institutions now have access…
Mastercard launches identity, attribute verification based on payment card data
Mastercard has unveiled an Identity Attribute Verification service for online interactions based on new industry specifications from EMVCo. The service…
DOD, Army looking to streamline, fast-track AI acquisition; but it’s slow
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) hopes that its new Open Data and Applications Government-Owned Interoperable Repositories (Open DAGIR) Challenge…
Badge lands new integrations with Thales, CyberArk
Enterprise identity authentication company Badge has announced integrations with products from Thales and CyberArk. Thales plans to improve its shared…
Idex sees the near future consolidated on a biometric smart card
Digital wallet technology is arriving, but physical cards are durable things. According to Catharina Eklof, CEO of Idex Biometrics, the…
Reflections on the Global Digital Public Infrastructure summit 2024
The Global Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) summit 2024 has drawn attention to the transformative power of DPI in driving digital…
Binding physical and digital worlds with biometrics key to decentralized ID
Stakeholders in New Zealand’s digital identity ecosystem addressed the evolution of identity systems, particularly focusing on decentralized identity and biometrics…
Swedish police want to fight crime with live facial recognition
The Swedish police want to use facial recognition in real time to crack down on serious crimes. Government investigators have…
Biometrics cycle from innovations to scale-up opportunities
Biometrics integrations range from the experimental to the everyday in the most-read articles of the week on Biometric Update. Yesterday’s…
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