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Ego vs synergy: the problems and potential for digital identity and open banking in Africa
Barriers to interoperability, the need for standardization and the role of the private sector were discussed by a panel of identity and open banking specialists for the webinar Digital Identity Matters 4.0 – Why digital identity is crucial to open finance in Africa .. keep reading this report here

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How will digital wallet pilots in Europe affect the world?
The fourth ID4Africa livecast in the ‘Mobile for Identity Management & Inclusive ID4D’ series turns to mobile ID in advanced...
 
Worldcoin adds layer of privacy to biometric cryptocurrency after disapproval
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency company that assigns the eponymous digital currency with an iris biometrics scan and promised to play a...
Financial gains for Thales, Aware, Mitek, FacePhi demonstrate sustained biometrics growth
Thales, Aware, Zwipe, and Mitek unveiled and summarized the financial results or the changes to their business made in the...
 
Everyone wants online IDs strictly controlled — their way
European politicians are nearing a deal to push accountability on online posters through digital ID verification, while in China, executives...
New biometrics deployments at US, Greek, German airports
Updates and new data show steady growth in biometric applications for air travel, with a new survey from Ipsos revealing...
 
Synthetic AI startup raises $17M to train facial recognition with digitally-rendered people
Startup Synthesis AI has raised $17 million in Series A funding from a number of funders to back its synthetic AI...
Europol finds urgent actions needed to counter criminals using deepfakes
Convinced that deepfakes already pose an unprecedented criminal threat, the European Union’s law enforcement agency says lawmakers and regulators need...
 
Nigeria government, telecom bodies collaborate on rapid digital ID issuance to unblock SIMs
Nigeria’s National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) will work with the country’s telecom authority and main industry body to unblock SIMs...
Sri Lanka ready to launch biometrics registration for digital identity scheme
The capture of biometrics for the issuance of digital ID cards in Sri Lanka is likely to begin soon, according...
 
Winning.I showcases fingerprint and palmprint biometric software at Korean IT exhibition
Winning.I displayed its line-up of touchless fingerprint and palmprint biometric software at the World IT Show 2022 held in South Korea....
France announces user-controlled mobile digital identity app for use with national ID
France announces a new system for proving digital identity via a smartphone, while formally discontinuing the ill-fated Alicem app of 2019....
 
NEC enrolls biometrics of 50M Vietnamese for ID authentication
Around 50 million Vietnamese have had their biometrics captured for ID authentication as the country is modernizing its digital ID...
Create trusted, seamless access control experiences with visual AI: a how-to guide
Incorporating biometric technology into your access control system can solve some of these challenges, and it’s likely that you’ve done...
 
ID document verification impact report
In this new report, Aite-Novarica Group has rated Socure the #1 solution and market leader, with its Predictive DocV solution...
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events and Webinars
Adaptive biometric systems in the deep learning era
  May 3, 2022 - May 3, 2022
Adaptive biometric systems in the deep learning era EAB virtual lunch talk May 3, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm CEST The European...
IFSEC International
  May 17, 2022 - May 19, 2022
IFSEC International ExCel London May 17 – 19, 2022 IFSEC International, Europe’s leading integrated security event, is getting ready to...
Secure ID Forum
  May 24, 2022 - May 26, 2022
Secure Identification 2021 Riga, Latvia May 24 – 26, 2022 SECURE ID FORUM will gather in Riga decision makers and...
Showcase Australia 2022
  May 25, 2022 - May 25, 2022
Showcase Australia 2022 Canberra May 25, 2022 Showcase Australia provides a unique and effective platform to connect biometric users from...
Africa Pay & ID Expo
  May 26, 2022 - May 28, 2022
Africa Pay & ID Expo Marrakesh, Morocco May 26 – 28, 2022 The COVID-19 Crisis has clearly demonstrated the need...