Ghana delivers 190k digital IDs in six months amid illegal issuance concerns
Ghana’s National Identification Authority (NIA) has issued a total of 190,775 national digital IDs (Ghana Cards) in the first six…
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Hackers post verification and ID photos from women’s safety app Tea
Tens of thousands of photos from women’s dating safety app Tea have been exposed by hackers, including 13,000 verification photos…
Nigeria arrests suspects involved in digital ID theft for financial fraud
Nigeria’s anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has raised the alarm on an ongoing criminal activity in…
Indonesia proposes expansion of its digital migrant IDs to sailors
The Indonesian government is pushing for the free issuance of Electronic Indonesian Migrant Worker (E-PMI) IDs for seafarers already registered…
Belize cabinet approves national digital ID roll out
The Cabinet of Belize has given its greenlight for a countrywide rollout of a biometrics-based national digital ID system, which…
UK to allow voting with bank cards as ID proof
The UK government is introducing a set of measures to boost participation in elections, including reducing the voting age to…
5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people have already renewed their national…
New document reader from Regula reads cards on both sides simultaneously
Regula has released a new embedded document reader, the Regula 7223E. A release says the device, based on the desktop…
Login.gov to accept passports soon, mDLs by next March
The U.S. federal government plans to accept mobile driver’s licenses for online access to government services by March of 2026,…
NextG lands $10M ID cards, passport contracts extension with Malaysian govt
Malaysia’s Ministry of Home Affairs has extended four existing contracts it has with partner NextG, known formerly as Datasonic Group…
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