Banks at risk of losing digital ID window of opportunity to tech giants, Mobey Forum warns
A comparative overview of digital ID schemes from Europe and North America warns that banks might soon fall behind large…
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Digital identity predictions for 2020: biometrics, deepfakes, cybersecurity and decentralized ID
Many companies in the biometrics, digital identity, and cybersecurity space have shared predictions for 2020 with Biometric Update, touching on…
UN commission exec calls for African nations to focus on civil registration for development gains
The importance of civil registration systems to economic and social development in African nations was emphasized in a speech by…
Self-sovereign identity could present major revenue opportunity for financial institutions
Self-sovereign identity (SSI) presents financial institutions with a major revenue opportunity, according to a new report from Mercator Advisory Group,…
Principles for self-sovereign biometrics planned at Internet Identity Workshop
A group of decentralized identity and biometrics stakeholders at the Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) XXIX have agreed on the framework…
Nuggets deploys Onfido biometrics for private payment and identity solution
Blockchain payments platform Nuggets has teamed up with Onfido to deliver a private payment and identity solution with facial biometrics…
New GenKey BioHASH SDK supports advanced biometric key and signature creation
GenKey has released a new version of its Biometric BioHASH SDK to enhance the user privacy and information security of…
Governments digital identity credentials to reach 5 billion by 2024 backed by mobile biometrics
The number of people using government-issued digital identity credentials is expected to grow by 150 percent from 1.7 billion this…
Odyssey hackathon to explore place of biometrics in new digital ecosystems
When the 2019 Odyssey blockchain hackathon takes place, 100 teams supported by partners and experts from a variety of stakeholder…
Distilled Identity and Emerge developing biometric self-sovereign identity system for refugees
Distilled Identity and Emerge have partnered to collaborate on the development of the biometric identity profile layer of an Identity…
