China’s ‘Super’ SIM cards to serve as digital ID hard wallets
“Super” SIM cards that provide hardware digital wallet functions supporting central bank digital currency transactions and digital ID have been…
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Idemia biometrics to bolster India’s growing offline payments market
India is now the world’s most populous nation, but according to executives at Idemia, mobile phone penetration stands at 46…
UK financial authorities work with industry on digital ID, US regulator signals support
UK payments and self-sovereign identity firm Nuggets has worked on developing a digital wallet solution for a retail use case…
ECB calls for digital ID, authentication experts to develop rules for digital euro
The European Central Bank is inviting experts in identification and authentication to contribute to the development of rules for the…
What do Europeans want from digital wallets? ECB report has answers
Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments and budget management are some of the most important features that a European digital wallet should have,…
Bluestone signs Bahamian digital ID agreement with biometric payment option
Bahamas-based digital ID firm Bluestone Labs has entered a six-year contract with the country’s Unified Public Transportation Co. (UPTC) to…
Turkey, Japan pilot digital currency with national ID, Idemia cards
The Turkish government is planning the deployment of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure to be integrated with the…
EU, US central banks see national digital currencies only if privacy balanced by security
The digital identity and privacy communities got some confirmation about the near future that they do not often get —…
Digital ID, KYC infrastructure critical for digital currency rollout, says IMF
An international agency is urging central banks to help strengthen national digital ID systems and make KYC requirements easier to…
Sun, sand and digital dollars: PopID brings face biometrics to Bahamas CBDC
PopID is bringing its PopPay face biometric verification platform to a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the first time….
