IN Groupe backs blockchain ID project Archipels to fuel expansion
Archipels, a French digital identity consortium and project based on blockchain technology, has raised an unknown amount of capital from…
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Groups creates ‘survival’ digital wallets for those in US recovering from disaster
A mission-specific blockchain wallet – for people who have survived a disaster — has been launched with funding from the…
Deloitte integrates blockchain-based digital credentials from KILT for KYC, KYB
Deloitte’s Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) certificates are getting a blockchain twist with the integration of…
Hard Yaka leads Universal Ledger’s $10M round for ID-first digital wallet
South Carolina-based Universal Ledger, which has emerged from stealth mode, has closed a $10 million round to launch a digital…
Utah mandates blockchain pilot for digital ID issuance
Utah’s Division of Technology Services has been tasked with piloting a blockchain system for Verifiable Credentials that can be used…
World Economic Forum panel pushes for blockchain-based decentralized digital ID
The Digital Identity Initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF) has been discussing the possibilities of agreeing on an international…
Thailand’s blockchain digital ID infrastructure – an ecosystem in an ID ecosystem
Thailand is progressing rapidly with enrollment into its blockchain-based biometric digital identity infrastructure operated by the National Digital ID Company Limited (NDID),…
SITA enters deal to improve management of passengers’ biometric data
SITA has signed a partnership deal with travel ID verification and data sharing company Zamna, which will enhance the former’s…
FIDO offers guidance for government service use as countries deploy blockchain, biometrics
Governments around the world continue to develop digital identity capabilities to give residents easier access to public services, and the…
South Korea’s digital identity blockchain prepares to add new credentials, go international
South Korea’s blockchain-based national mobile digital identity system is not due to be fully operational until 2024, but it is…
