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Bridging America’s digital identity gap with mobile driver’s licenses

By Neville Pattinson, Head of Federal Government Sales at Thales Group’s DIS Identity & Biometric Solutions The fraud problem that has…

 

Pakistan cracking down on fake ID cards

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in Pakistan has implemented a more rigorous biometric verification process as part of…

 

Indian police await gear to collect more biometrics for criminal identification

Indian police are nearly ready to expand their biometrics collection at more than a thousand build Measurement Collection Units (MCU)…

 

NZ’s ID verification program is inaccurate and skipped engagement with Māori — reports

New Zealand’s biometric Identity Check program is suffering from poor performance and a break in public trust, according to media…

 

Successful financial inclusion tool model to expand with digital KYC checks

A digital cash flow lending tool meant to facilitate access to loans for rural women in Nigeria is said to…

 

Sharp rise in facial recognition use by Scottish police, UK protest footage scanned

The police in Scotland have tripled the use of retrospective facial recognition over the last five years jumping from just…

 

Deutsche Telekom collaborating on digital ID wallets with 2 new customers

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has brought on two new customers for its digital identity wallet as it pushes its…

 

Amazon loses dismissal bid in BIPA case, could face many more plaintiffs

A 2019 biometric privacy lawsuit in the U.S. against Amazon has just gotten more significant. A U.S. district judge last…

 

US GSA requests info on ID proofing market to meet NIST standard

A market survey for ID proofing has been posted by the U.S. General Services Administration to set up future purchases….

 

Persona selfie biometrics to verify ID for LinkedIn users in Australia, Brazil

Users of professional networking platform LinkedIn in Australia and Brazil will henceforth have their identify verified using ID authentication software…

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