Over 28M Saudi Arabians now have digital ID for easy access to services
More than 28 million unified digital IDs have been issued through a Saudi Arabian digital government platform Absher to facilitate…
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Philippines pilots back-to-back birth and national ID registration for newborns
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has piloted back-to-back birth and National ID registration. The pilot strategy means the PSA is…
New ENBIC Center signals hope for stronger adoption of ECOWAS regional ID card
The recently inaugurated Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex (BATTIC) in Nigeria which comprises a facility for the production for…
UK digital ID companies raised $1B since 2015
The UK digital identity market has generated £2.05 billion (US$2.5 billion) annual revenue during the 2023-2024 fiscal year while the…
Vietnam reaches 70M enrolled in biometric national ID database
Vietnam has successfully enrolled 70 million citizens into its national ID database over the last two years thanks to a…
Cryptographers warn about EUDI Wallet privacy
The European digital identity project, which aims to give each EU resident a digital wallet by 2026, is seeing more…
West Virginia mDL now available in app from Idemia, more rollouts on the way
Residents of West Virginia can now download their mobile driver’s license to a new app on their Apple or Android…
UK pubs to accept digital ID for age assurance by Christmas 2025
By the end of 2025, UK pubgoers will never again have to fumble around in their wallets for a scratched…
UK govt backs down on immigration document reform
While the UK is busy with pushing digital ID initiatives it is also slowing down on other planned identification reforms. …
Tender open for project to advance Benin’s digital govt strategy
A contractor is being sought to build a new, high-performance development environment using a modern Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) architecture as part…
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