Everest Foundation unveils ambitious biometrics-powered digital ID token project
The Everest Foundation (EF) has announced a new biometric-based digital ID and wallet project based on a tokenomics model. Available…
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Pakistan launches digital wallet for financial inclusion on back of biometric SIM registry
Pakistan’s government has unveiled a plan to bring 50 million people into the financial system by leveraging the country’s biometric…
Committee urges UK gov to halt voter ID bill as requirement could reduce turnout
The Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC), a group of cross-party MPs, has urged the government to stop…
Hundreds of millions worldwide become eligible for biometric passports
Zimbabwe and Pakistan launch biometric passports while nations push for better service and support for their citizens overseas. Malawi terminates…
US government leans into airport biometrics, providers envision automation options
An executive order signed this week by U.S. President Joe Biden could boost funding for the Transportation Security Administration’s biometric…
Smart Engines provides identity document scanning to fintech
For many people around the world, COVID-19 health passes and remote banking have become a part of life, but they…
Philippines digital ID scheme to get boost with $600M World Bank loan
The government of the Philippines recently secured a World Bank loan to the tune of $600 million to help push…
WHO, IATA, CommonCheck, EU jostle for digital health passes, guidance to get world moving
Representatives from travel, intergovernmental organizations and a non-profit discuss the issues facing the standardization and interoperability of health passes around…
Liquid Avatar digital ID, metaverse applications begin bringing in real revenue
The last quarter of 2021 has been an eventful one for Liquid Avatar, with the company revealing a sudden leap…
#GoodID is going to Harvard, but can an Ivy League setting push the movement forward?
A stalwart backer of digital ID to benefit consumers, Omidyar Network, is handing off its #GoodID project to Harvard University….
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