Digital ID in Africa this week: Nigeria’s expanding biometric web, pros and cons of national ID
Developments this week highlight the divide between African nations in terms of the level of maturity of their digital ID…
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Nigeria to receive $433M from World Bank for biometric national ID registration
The World Bank is pouring $433 million (N1.5 trillion) in support into the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) of Nigeria’s…
Airside Mobile introduces digital ID for seamless travel
Airside Mobile has launched a new digital identity service for the travel industry that leverages ‘private’ biometric authentication to authorize…
Panasonic to supply biometric ABC gates for Japan airports as FTE Global 2019 kicks off
Panasonic Corporation is providing more of its biometric facial recognition gates to new airports in Japan for use in new…
Biometric options expanding as KYC compliance cost reaches €50M a year
Digitizing identity verification with biometrics and other technologies could save a typical bank €10 million (US$11 million) a year according…
Yoti announces digital identity Fellowship winners as researchers warn of discrimination risks
The winners of the Yoti Fellowship Programme have been selected, and will spend a year working on digital identity and…
Business and development opportunities top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
During a week of mostly good news for the biometrics industry, top stories on Biometric Update broadly follow themes of…
Digital ID in Africa this week: Nigeria extends biometric registration, Kenyan groups call for scrutiny
With the biggest digital ID job to do in Africa in terms of population size, Nigeria dominates the identity agenda…
Biometrics stocks corporate updates: Fingerprint Cards, Zwipe, OneSpan, Idex and CyberLink
A number of publicly traded biometric companies have made recent announcements, reporting new sales, executive appointments, activities and share transactions….
Malaysia introduces national biometric digital ID to reduce fraud, identity theft
Following in the footsteps of Singapore and Thailand, Malaysia has launched a national biometric digital identification platform (National Digital ID)…
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