Indonesia issues call for World Bank-backed digital identification project
Indonesia is looking for a company providing consulting services as a part of its upcoming digital transformation project backed by…
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Affinidi data sharing framework leverages privacy-preserving open standards
Affinidi, a company specializing in data and identity management, unveiled the Affinidi Iota framework at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress. This…
Sri Lanka set for January biometric passport launch, plans airport upgrades
Sri Lanka is preparing to begin issuing biometric passports with electronic chips embedded as of January, 2025, according to a…
Vending machines with biometric age verification roll out in Germany, US
Vending machines are growing in popularity as a way to sell age-restricted products around the world, with Diebold Nixdorf algorithms…
San Francisco police hit with lawsuit over facial recognition use
In 2019, San Francisco became the first city in the U.S. to ban facial recognition technology, forcing the police and…
Pakistan’s aspiring journey to secure digital identity examined
Pakistan has achieved significant progress in digital public infrastructure (DPI), the World Economic Forum reports, which is important for promoting…
Knowledge-sharing crucial as the world looks to the future of DPI
As the global conversation about why DPI is important advances, so is that about how to implement them. A panel…
Nigerian fintech launches biometrics platform for merchant payments
Nigerian digital payment services provider Accelerex has rolled out a system to facilitate merchant payments across the country using fingerprint…
NEC trades in 20K employee ID cards for facial recognition system in Japan
NEC Corporation plans to implement a facial recognition identification access control system for its 20,000 employees in Japan, replacing traditional…
3 East Asian countries expand biometric border systems
Myanmar junta’s new smart card is trapping migrant workers inside the country and fueling a black market. Indonesia and Malaysia…
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