Philippines aims for 92M biometric PhilID target in 2022
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) says it is looking forward to swelling the number to 92 million registrants for the…
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India to sign MoU to bring Sri Lanka its own digital identity system
Sri Lanka and India are to sign a memorandum of understanding where India will provide a grant to fund the…
India allays privacy fears as bill to link Aadhaar with voter IDs passed by parliament
There will be no interference with or access to citizens’ data either by government authorities or any third parties when…
NanoB&K, LoginID partner for FIDO biometrics in Africa financial inclusion program
Subsidiary entities of NanoB&K have integrated LoginID’s FIDO-certified passwordless identity authentication platform with the goal of slashing costs for the…
Nigeria continues push to introduce digital tokens, digital ID verification temporarily halted
Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is going ahead with its plan of introducing tokens for the national identification number…
Humanizing exclusion in digital identity technology
One of the challenges of building successful digital identity products is understanding the many use cases of the people using…
Kenyan telco requires face biometrics for SIM card re-registration
Safaricom, one of the leading mobile telephone network providers in Kenya, is reportedly asking users to visit the nearest Safaricom…
Linking biometric databases is good, say India officials. Skeptics abound
Trust in biometrics systems used by the government is in short supply in some parts of India. The Indian state…
Contactless biometrics app to play key role in Pakistan’s digital wallet rollout
Pakistan is claiming a world’s first for using contactless biometrics on mobile devices to enroll individuals to its national ID…
ID4D report: 2022 to see significant progress towards ‘paradigm shift’ in digital ID
The World Bank Group’s ID4D (Identity for Development) division continued to work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic on projects and research across…
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