Biometric identity documents going digital, national, and eventually maybe away
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Next digital ID in US: Maryland tests Android app
Google’s first public step into digital U.S. state IDs will fall in Maryland, which was implied by the company in…
EU pilot funded to test biometric payments from digital wallets
The European Commission has announced that it will fund a multi-national and multi-company consortium as part of a larger pilot…
Blockchain pushes healthcare digital ID applications further in India, South Korea
India’s National Health Authority has selected Life Clips’ subsidiary Belfrics to issue roughly one million Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA)…
Scytáles wins EU Digital Identity Wallet contract, Council reaches consensus on rules
Scytáles AB has won the contract to build the European Digital Identity Wallet, together with its partner Netcompany-Intrasoft. The contract…
Beta for Google mobile driver’s license app is out
A beta test of Google’s wallet app supporting some mobile U.S. driver’s licenses is out. The beta was announced by…
Australia launches myGov digital identity mobile app, ‘at long last’
After long delays, the Australian government’s myGov mobile app has launched, with integrated biometric facial recognition log-in capabilities and a…
Sentry launches dedicated business for biometric crypto cold storage
Sentry Enterprises has launched Sentinel Wallet as a company dedicated to selling its Sentinel Cold Storage Crypto Wallet, which is…
Trust at center of digital ID for financial services in Southeast Asia, UK still struggle
Southeast Asian countries increasingly rely on the public perception of service providers’ integrity when considering the deployment of digital IDs…
Belgium plans rollout of digital ID wallet next year to compete with itsme
Belgium is carrying out test operations in line with the government’s plan of introducing an application from 2023 to contain…
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