Video KYC stalled in India as regulators fail to release guidelines
FinTech startups in India have finalized video-KYC (know your customer) solutions for customer identity verification to prevent money laundering, financing…
Aadhaar
Aadhaar is the 12-digit unique identification number issued by the Indian government to every individual resident of India. The Aadhaar project aims to provide a single, unique identifier which captures all the demographic and biometric details of every resident of India.
Aadhaar biometric services expand to ‘mobile ATMs’ as credentials could be unified
The digital census being undertaken for India’s National Population Registry (NPR), which link residents biometric and biographic details, could potentially…
Syntizen gets backing from Mastercard and ACPL for Aadhaar-based digital ID product
Digital identity provider Syntizen Technologies has received pre-Series A funding from Mastercard and ACPL to strengthen its Aadhaar-based product offering…
Gates Foundation identifies biometrics as one pillar of tech “trinity” for digital inclusion
Biometric identification is one-third of a trinity of technologies that can enable more efficient and equitable resource distribution in developing…
Authentication with Aadhaar biometrics or in person to be mandatory for GST refunds
India’s GST (Goods and Services Tax) Network has declared all new dealers must perform mandatory Aadhaar biometric authentication or physical…
Caribou Digital and ID2020 identify barriers to digital identity for women
Barriers of information, access, ownership, societal expectations, and intersectionality must be overcome by women who struggle to acquire ID in…
India Post rolls out Aadhaar biometric interbank services to boost financial inclusion
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is rolling out Aadhar Enabled Payment Services (AePS) to enable customers to use biometric authentication…
Biometric options expanding as KYC compliance cost reaches €50M a year
Digitizing identity verification with biometrics and other technologies could save a typical bank €10 million (US$11 million) a year according…
Aadhaar continues to evolve and grow as India issues biometric seafarers’ ID
Aadhaar adoption has not been slowed by its severance from private use by the Supreme Court, and the system is…
Researcher emphasizes biometrics process controls as financial services plan new deployments
Several banks and financial service companies have announced biometrics initiatives to enable secure and convenient transactions without using the traditional…
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