Red Cross highlights opportunities for digital ID in humanitarian sector
Humanitarian aid organizations are starting to digitize services and adapt to new developments in the digital identity and decentralized identification…
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PhilSys digital ID enables 2.4M new financial inclusion accounts
More than 2.4 million unbanked registrants to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) national digital ID have signed up for LandBank…
PhilSys digital identity registration system to be fast-tracked
The National Economic Development Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua has praised the new Philippine Identification System (PhilSys)…
Report weights transparency and privacy of biometrics for Yemen humanitarian aid
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is in a critical state, and further deteriorating says PRIO in a new Policy Brief….
GSMA recommends careful digital identity use for more effective subsidy programs
Programs where subsidies for utilities or other essentials can be delivered via a direct link to a digital identity or…
India’s Supreme Court demands answers on Aadhaar biometrics and canceled rations cards
India’s national biometric identity system Aadhaar has been steadily increasing links with a number of public services across India in…
Iran unveils new e-government components as digital ID importance grows
Iran’s Executive Council of Information Technology unveiled the newest platforms in its ongoing e-government initiative, writes CITNA. Among these new…
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…
Aadhaar biometric authentication expands to good governance measures as state plans welfare fraud crackdown
India’s government continues to expand the role of biometric authentication through the Aadhaar system, issuing rules in the lower chamber…
Face and iris biometrics considered to replace fingerprints for Aadhaar authentication of government beneficiaries
Fingerprint scans for Aadhaar authentication to access Indian government benefits could soon be replaced by facial recognition and iris biometrics,…
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