Philippines senator says biometric verification will address gambling payments fraud
Some senators in the Philippines have positively received a move by the country’s central bank to address the challenges faced…
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Kenya considers dedicated digital ID in digital trade policy reform
Kenya’s Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry (MITI) is leading an initiative that seeks to introduce a compulsory digital ID…
Australia proposes audit to digital ID system for fifth straight year
Australia’s digital ID system is once again facing an audit from government watchdogs, which could also target the Consumer Data…
GLEIF kicks off corporate digital identity hackathon
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has launched a hackathon aimed at developing new applications for its organizational digital…
Ethiopia gets accolades for leading digital transformation in Horn of Africa
At a recent meeting of Horn of Africa Finance Ministers in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Ethiopia’s digital transformation progress got thumps…
Laos begins integrating digital ID cards into public agencies
Government agencies in Laos have received the order to begin integrating the country’s chip-enabled identity cards and citizen databases. Ministries,…
5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people have already renewed their national…
New document reader from Regula reads cards on both sides simultaneously
Regula has released a new embedded document reader, the Regula 7223E. A release says the device, based on the desktop…
Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools
The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the latest in a series of…
Login.gov to accept passports soon, mDLs by next March
The U.S. federal government plans to accept mobile driver’s licenses for online access to government services by March of 2026,…
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