1Kosmos launches passwordless enterprise suite for biometric platform
1Kosmos has developed a suite of frictionless authentication tools based on its private blockchain and advanced biometrics it calls the…
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Shufti Pro, OneSpan, BioID biometrics selected for remote authentication
Several biometric services providers have announced new partnerships this week. Shufti Pro has partnered with development company Rockers Technology to…
Onfido partners with FaceTec to extend biometrics further into identity lifecycle
Onfido is launching a new platform extending the company’s flagship biometric identity verification to authentication and enterprise-grade security to provide…
Are refugee responses enabling the future of digital ID and currencies?
Technology to issue refugees with an ID could form the basis of new digital identity systems for everyone, but this…
Precise Biometrics, BIO-key, Beyond Identity each sign distribution partnerships
Precise Biometrics has agreed to a distribution deal with Swedish wholesaler Elektroscandia Sverige AB, which will resell the YOUNiQ biometric…
Pakistan blocks 3M refugees from COVID-19 jabs for lack of digital ID
A requirement to have the national digital ID in order to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Pakistan could block as…
PhilSys surpasses 10M biometric enrollments, online milestone
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has announced that over 10 million individuals have completed Step 2 registration for the Philippine…
The first major digital health pass could begin rolling out in the EU within days
Legislation is being prepared that would bind all EU member nations in accepting a digital health pass for COVID status….
Biometrics come to verifiable credentials with Applied Recognition and Sovrin Foundation
The Sovrin Foundation is best known in the digital identity community for the MainNet Hyperledger Indy identity ledger, which it…
Trust lacking as African digital ID systems expand
A pair of editorials suggest that government digital ID initiatives in West Africa and East Africa are facing a shortfall…
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