Biometrics enrollment and Big Brother fears loom: is the post office the answer?
Biometrics hold stunning potential for establishing trust and enabling inclusion for people living outside of bureaucratic systems, but these goals…
digital identity
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The promise in palm biometrics: BU Podcast talks with Handwave CEO Janis Stirna
The digital wallet revolution assumes a credential on your phone is harder to lose. But if that’s the primary metric,…
New funding for Descope brings total seed financing to $88 million
Identity and access management (IAM) platform Descope, which integrates biometrics and liveness detection from Incode, has announced an extension and…
Biometrics, identity services caught in crossfire of Washington funding stalemate
The U.S. government’s lapse in congressional funding has produced a patchwork of stoppages and slowdowns across federal systems that hinge…
UN panel on digital ID and AI coasts on assumptions about role of AI agents
At an event held during the 80th UN General Assembly, a discussion addressed the question of “Trusted Digital Identity for…
‘Hold your horses and don’t call it a card’: UK govt to digital ID petitioners
The UK government has responded to a petition calling for a commitment to not launch a national digital ID with…
Encompass selected for corporate digital identity, financing by BNP Paribas
European banking giant BNP Paribas is leading a financing round for corporate identity validation and verification provider Encompass and will…
In Bahrain and beyond, digital identity enters the post office
The postman’s motto says that neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the mail from being delivered….
Sri Lanka streamlining state digital services with super app
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the development of a ‘Government Super App‘ to facilitate seamless access to government services…
Trump administration accused of creating illegal citizenship database
A coalition led by the League of Women Voters filed a class action lawsuit this week in the U.S. District…
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