African nations making digital ID gains in the face of common challenges
Several countries in Africa are on the right track with their national digital ID projects, but this is not coming…
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Digidentity enables remote onboarding registration for GMC doctors in UK
Healthcare continues to open up as a potentially major market for biometrics and reusable digital identity, as evidenced by the…
Explaining W3C Verifiable Credentials and biometrics a key mission for Dock Labs
All legitimate credentials can be verified – but not all credentials are Verifiable Credentials. It sounds a bit like a…
Ethiopia reveals strategy behind digital ID progress as ID4Africa 2025 opens
Ethiopia’s Fayda digital ID program successes were in the spotlight on the first day of ID4Africa 2025 in the country’s…
Digital Cooperation Organization wants Global South to join global digital policymaking
Pakistan has recently concluded the first Digital Foreign Direct Investment Forum 2025 (DFDI) in preparation for taking over the presidency…
Regula helps React cut onboarding time to under 30 seconds
Digital identification provider React has partnered with Regula to streamline digital onboarding and remote identity verification checks. React has integrated…
Idiap, PXL Vision introduce biometric document injection attack detection contest
The Biometrics Security and Privacy team at Idiap Research Institute and PXL Vision are hosting “the first competition that challenges…
Germany rolls out biometric kiosks to streamline digital ID issuance
As of May 1st, all German government and immigration offices are required to accept digital biometric photos for ID cards,…
Inclusive digital ID poised for leap forward with QR codes, similar credentials
QR codes have been around for decades, but they and other similar technologies have only recently emerged as digital identity…
Yoti welcomes age assurance direction in UK Strategic Priorities
Yoti has weighed in on the UK government’s publication of its final draft Strategic Priorities for online safety. Prepared by…
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