Buenos Aires planning ambitious decentralized digital identity system with biometrics
The Argentinian capital Buenos Aires is planning to establish a decentralized digital identity platform including biometrics for public and private…
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Canadians weigh in on national digital ID with urgency, trust, fear
Opinion writers and industry figures in Canada offered a range of thoughts on the country’s inclusion of a national digital…
Future Identity Finance
Future Identity Finance London, UK April 26th, 2022 The Future Identity festival was an overwhelming success back in November. Future…
Implanted digital ID will push digital payment revenue higher
An analyst firm this week predicted global digital payment revenue of $204.1 billion by 2028. The same day, a digital-payments…
Philippines launches authentication platform for national ID
The Philippines opened a web-based offline authentication platform for its national digital ID named PhilSys Check, allowing users to perform…
Digital ID providers form association to improve verification services in Nigeria
Some Nigerian companies operating in the digital ID domain, including prominent market players VerifyMe Nigeria and Youverify, have put in…
European Central Bank explores payment preferences, including biometrics
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published the findings of the report it commissioned on citizens’ payment habits and their…
Australia recommits to national digital ID push, UK to introduce One Login from April
Australia’s digital and data ministers have made what appears to be a much stronger commitment than has previously been the…
EU-AU partnership to foster development of digital ID ecosystems in Africa
An Africa-Europe Digital for Development (D4D) Hub Multi-Stakeholder Forum, which took place recently, has underlined the need for partnerships that…
UK ecommerce MFA rules take effect as biometrics providers win fintech clients
The rules around online transactions continue to tighten, with the UK requiring stronger authentication through factors including face and fingerprint…
