UK’s Government Digital Service gains funding for biometrics, SSO in Autumn budget
The first public prototype of the UK government’s digital identity system One Login is due to be available in April…
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VerifyMe Nigeria’s VeriFind surpasses 200K address verifications for KYC, AML in 2021
VerifyMe Nigeria says it has conducted over 200,000 Tier III digital address verifications this year using its real-time digital ID…
Japanese government selects SAFR face biometrics for in-person service access
SAFR from RealNetworks has recently been selected by the Japanese government to provide its face biometrics technology to support the…
Identity expert dissects biometric authentication failures and how to overcome them
Development economist, biometrics expert and ID4Africa Advisory Board member Dr. Alan Gelb has explained the various ways through which biometric…
UK government offering multimillion-pound contracts for digital voter ID services
The British government’s Electoral Integrity Programme has launched procurement exercises for developing digital services for identity verification and issuance of…
How old are you? Asking for a service provider
People are sensitive about revealing their age to people they know in conversation, let alone to faceless service providers online,…
Kenyans’ efforts to improve digital ID prominent among Good ID Awards
The Good ID Awards for 2021 have been announced, with four winners in each Accountability, Inclusion, Privacy and Security. The…
Philippines seeks financial inclusion, digital ID expected to reach 50M this year
Filipino authorities have projected that up to 50 million citizens will be registered for the biometrics-embedded PhilID card by the…
Patent published for digital footprint approach to identify COVID super-spreaders
A patent has been published for a process which would collate vast swathes of personal information harvested from digital activity,…
Standalone universal ID document liveness detector launched by ID R&D
ID R&D launches what it says is the world’s first standalone document liveness detector compatible with any identity document and which…
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