eIDAS update sets up harmonized remote ID verification, privacy protection
European stakeholders are finalizing the details of how the EU Digital Identity Wallet will work under eIDAS 2.0, and showed…
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Travel industry adoption of facial recognition grows
Travelers are likely to be among the first to experience the mass worldwide commercial deployment of facial recognition, with a…
$10M TSA identity verification contract goes to Agile
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has awarded at $10.2 million, 60-month ID verification contract to the sole bidder, Agile Decision…
Nigeria’s former digital ID chief says more funding needed to push expansion efforts
The outgoing director general of Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, says there is need for…
Entersekt announces authentication integrations for financial institutions
South Africa-based biometric authentication provider Entersekt has announced integrations with ebankIT’s omnichannel banking platform and Plata’s recently released credit card….
RecFaces deploys biometric access system for El Salvadoran government building
Dubai-based RecFaces has moved from the pilot stage to permanent installation of its biometric Id-Guard software in the Legislative Assembly…
OneID to provide IDV for more digital signatures as their availability, scope grows
Digital signatures backed by identity verification with bank data or face biometrics are gaining ground in the UK and the…
UK launches facial recognition drive against shoplifters
The UK is launching a wide-ranging initiative against shoplifting that includes introducing facial recognition technology to capture offenders. On Monday,…
itsme acquires nextAuth and plans passwordless MFA product with device biometrics
Belgium’s digital identity industry is consolidating, with the acquisition of Leuven-based nextAuth by itsme. NextAuth is a spinoff from prominent…
AI Act exemptions, cut-outs and broad mandates top issues late in bill’s negotiations
As the fifth round of trilogue negotiations on the European Union’s proposed AI Act began this week in the EU…
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