Japan opens My Number Card to private app integration by Toshiba in digital ID shift
Japan is expanding its national digital identity system, authorizing Toshiba Digital Engineering Corporation to install applications in the unused space…
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Lesotho, UNICEF partner to develop MOSIP-based integrated national ID
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will support the government of Lesotho in the development of an integrated national digital…
IriTech provides iris biometrics for Uganda’s upgraded registration kits
The next-generation biometric registration kits rolled out across Uganda as the country attempts to reach 33 million people registered for…
Peru obtains $80M to boost access to civil registration, identity services
Peru has secured an $80 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to strengthen the operations of its National…
World Bank proposes conceptual model for VC-based reusable digital payment IDs
In most countries, digital ID plays only a bit part in the payments story. You show your credentials to open…
Pakistan embeds QR codes, expands biometrics in national ID system
The Pakistan government has approved amendments to the National Identity Card Rules 2002 and the Pakistan Origin Card Rules 2002…
Audit finds spending and governance failures in Malaysia’s MyDigital ID
Security, trust and transparency are often cited as benchmark standards for a national digital identity system. An audit report of…
Pakistan opens alternative national ID registration path to reach remaining 1.7%
Pakistan has introduced a temporary facility enabling citizens to obtain computerized national identity cards (CNICs) without presenting a computerized birth…
IDMerit disputes report of 1B records exposed in unsecured ID verification database
A massive database containing deeply sensitive personal information from individuals around the world was allegedly recently discovered exposed online without…
Iran marries surveillance infrastructure, national ID to control population: report
The Iranian regime has been leveraging tools from its digital public infrastructure (DPI), combining them with its limited network of…
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