Rise of digital wallets integrating payments and digital identities across Asia
Digital wallets have grown from innovation to an essential financial instrument, easily integrating into billions of people’s daily activities. By…
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Belgians can apply for digital national ID cards in 2026
Belgian citizens will be able to apply for a digital version of the national identity card from November 2026. The…
Mastercard well positioned in soaring virtual card market
Among firms with the reach and resources to push payments wholly into the digital space, Mastercard ranks high on the…
Passkeys see continued pickup by major tech names including Microsoft, Amazon
The long, slow death of the password continues, as major firms standardize stronger authentication measures to become more cyber-resilient and…
AI agents bolstering security for biometric authentication
By Anshu Raj, Director of Operations at Chetu While biometric authentication has gone mainstream across countless industries, we have seen recent…
Aadhaar authentications surge as India’s digital transformation drive advances
February 2025 marked a 14 percent yearly growth for Aadhaar authentication and digital KYC transactions in India, says the Ministry…
Vendors make their case why biometrics and the healthcare sector go together
Companies such as Amazon have been introducing biometric authentication systems into the healthcare sector, adapting its Amazon One palm biometrics…
Philippines telcos want direct access to national ID database for SIM registration
In the wake of scam SMS proliferation in the Philippines, enabled largely by improperly identified phone numbers, a major telecoms…
NEC says biometric ‘fluctuation’ estimation preserves privacy and accuracy
Matching face biometrics with consistent accuracy but without stored facial information has long posed a challenge for hashing systems, but…
Breaches and legacy authentication methods inviting tax, business fraud risk
U.S. tax filers face an increased risk of fraud this year, in part because 640 million consumer records were breached…
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