Brazil to trial biometric pension benefits app with 10,000 retired civil servants
Brazil is testing a new facial recognition program on 10,000 retired public servants to streamline periodic verification used to confirm…
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Trust in digital ID requires intensive collaboration, public education: Women in Identity panel
Moving beyond the distrust that prevented the Australia Card from being introduced a generation ago to provide effective digital ID…
Biometrics-backed digital ID in the spotlight as new laws and systems weighed around the world
The top news stories of the week on Biometric Update focus primarily on digital ID. Those stories cover government programs…
US needs national digital ID to compete with other world powers amid pandemic
Toomas Ilves addressed the German Marshall Fund (GMF) during a recent panel discussion on proposed tech policy reforms for the…
South Africa plans biometric database integration to boost digital ID for service delivery
South Africa’s government has approved the Official Identity Management Policy, which would integrate the national population register with the biometric…
Digital ID boosted by global organizations and biometrics providers, proposed legislation
Biometrics in support of digital ID, and the growing momentum towards digital credentials in general made up the main theme…
Acuant joins DIACC, Paiblock and Infineon launch digital ID solutions for government services
Digital government services continue to be a hot topic, with Acuant joining the group leading Canada’s digital ID efforts, a…
UNECA expert highlights importance of digital ID for Africa’s post COVID-19 economy
The Lead Advisor for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA’s) Digital Centre of Excellence, Tunde Fafunwa, has explained…
Digital identity for Nigerian internally displaced persons approved by government
The Nigerian Federal Government has approved two new initiatives fostering the growth of digital identity and the digital economy in…
Role of biometrics in national identity systems debated in Good ID Twitter chat
National digital ID systems should be focused on the individuals who use them, rather than driven by vendors, and should…
