South Korea to mandate face biometrics for new mobile numbers by 2026
South Korea is joining a growing number of Asian countries that require face biometrics for new mobile phone numbers. The…
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youniqx Identity wins tender to build technical infrastructure for Germany’s EUDI Wallet
youniqx Identity, the digital subsidiary of the Austrian State Printing Company (OSD), has secured a Europe‑wide tender to develop the…
Maldives to launch smart ID in 2026
The Maldives are preparing to launch smart ID cards with an integrated digital identity next year, allowing citizens to identify…
Kids online safety hits a legal and political breaking point in the US
The effort to regulate children’s online safety in the United States has entered one of its most fractured and legally…
ID-Pal partners with MBS for compliance automation, IDV
ID‑Pal has entered a strategic partnership with digital transformation provider MBS. The tie-up will enable automated AML, KYC and KYB…
Build digital ID systems that address underlying causes of statelessness: Caribou
Digital identity systems that do not concretely address the legal and institutional causes of statelessness only risk reproducing or even…
Biometrics providers race to meet demand as ID, age verification expand
Biometric identity verification is evolving to serve an ever-wider range of interactions as they change to address fraud, online safety…
Soon we’ll know what agentic AI is best used for, as long as we can control it
The world expects a lot from AI, and agentic AI is its next frontier. A multitude of bots harnessed to…
Microblink upgrades IDV software suite to fight AI fraud
Microblink is adding new features to its anti-fraud and identity verification software in order to resist the stream of deepfakes,…
Yubico COO appointed acting CEO, ROC bolsters its BOD
Yubico announced this week that Mattias Danielsson will be stepping down from his role as CEO and that Chief Operating…
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