1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (946+ words) The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is exploring a digital workforce identity system that could link a worker’s verified identity and employment authorization to credentials, wages, training, housing, transportation, and worksite records, using data analytics and potentially AI to identify fraud…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (390+ words) The deadline for EU member states to offer a digital wallet under the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) scheme is fast approaching. Efforts continue to publicize the rollout and promote the benefits of digital ID. But, according to new research…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (948+ words) Africa’s next wave of digital identity investment may have surprisingly little to do with biometrics, wallets or credentials. The projects are different, but together they point toward a broader shift. Private capital is moving deeper into the physical infrastructure on…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (429+ words) Peoples Group has announced a partnership with fraud‑prevention firm Feedzai to strengthen defenses ahead of Canada’s Real‑Time Rail (RTR) rollout later this year. RTR will enable payments to clear and settle within seconds, operating continuously around the clock....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (936+ words) Banks and credit unions can use state-issued mobile driver’s licenses and other government-issued verifiable digital credentials to verify the identities of customers opening accounts, federal financial regulators said Tuesday, offering long-sought regulatory clarity on the use of digital identity in…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (410+ words) Hopae and Saudi Arabia’s Technology Control Company (TCC) have partnered to bring cross-border electronic identity verification to the Kingdom, allowing government agencies and enterprises to verify users with more than 70 government-issued digital identities and wallets through Hopae Connect. Officials say…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (285+ words) New Orleans-based ID verification provider IDScan.net has acknowledged the major breach of one of its databases, that exposed more than 170 million scanned identity documents, including 153 million driver’s licenses. IDScan, widely known for its VeriScan age and identity check software,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (383+ words) The IAD evaluation earlier this year was based on CEN/TS 18099. The European standard acts as a de facto global standard while the ISO/IEC standard, which uses CEN/TS 18099 as a base document, is in development. The successful evaluation…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (364+ words) Being able to pay just with your face is steadily becoming mainstream reality. In Japan, NEC and SoftBank Payment Service (SBPS) have teamed up to launch a face biometrics payment system, testing whether customers can authenticate purchases simply by looking…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (565+ words) According to the bank’s leadership, these initiatives are intended not only to facilitate digital payment transactions among member states, but also to accelerate the push towards a regional financial inclusion target of 60 percent by 2029 and 75 percent by 2032. In July, the…...