Japan opens My Number Card to private app integration by Toshiba in digital ID shift
Japan is expanding its national digital identity system, authorizing Toshiba Digital Engineering Corporation to install applications in the unused space…
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St. Lucia launches authentication framework to ease access to digital public services
Eastern Caribbean nation St. Lucia has launched a centralized national identity management system which it calls the National Authentication Framework…
Next steps in Papua New Guinea’s DPI rollout include digital ID for KYC, AI adoption
Papua New Guinea’s accelerating march through digital government transformation now includes an AI adoption framework, a workshop on implementing the…
Lesotho, UNICEF partner to develop MOSIP-based integrated national ID
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will support the government of Lesotho in the development of an integrated national digital…
Sri Lanka digital ID project in final stage: Digital Economy Deputy Minister
Sri Lanka will roll out its biometric digital ID by the end of this year, a top minister told a…
Biometrics adoption for identity fraud protection depends on regulatory balance
Biometrics use at borders, in age assurance and law enforcement run quickly into concerns around data privacy and proportionate use,…
World Bank proposes conceptual model for VC-based reusable digital payment IDs
In most countries, digital ID plays only a bit part in the payments story. You show your credentials to open…
UK guidance on digital ID for AML compliance answers and raises questions
Money laundering is one of the social ills digital identity can potentially help with, and new guidance from the UK’s…
Czechia’s EUDI Wallet to go live in early 2027
Czechia is planning to make the full production version of its national digital identity available by early 2027, falling behind…
Bangladesh plans to issue 22M farmer IDs by 2028, pilot imminent
The Bangladeshi government has announced that it will soon launch a pilot to test a farmer ID system it intends…
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