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EU countries offer different age verification models amid different suggested frameworks

2025-01-14 Per Henrikson

Turkey’s Expanding Digital Identity System Bolsters Innovation

2025-01-11 Ian Fleming

Estonia greenlights Smart-ID app for voter IDV

2025-01-10 Ian Fleming

$315 Billion Revenue Opportunity in Biometric Digital Identity Projected by The Prism Project 2024 Flagship Report

2025-01-10 Ian Fleming

The Prism Project's highly anticipated Biometric Digital Identity Flagship Report evaluates more than 2 250 industry players and identifies the key market dynamics driving extraordinary growth in the emerging global digital identity ecosystem.

S. Korea launches digital ID cards for foreign residents

2025-01-10 Per Henrikson

Foreign nationals aged 14 and above are eligible to use their smartphone to have their mobile identification cards issued. The digital ID carries the same legal validity as a physical card.

Serbia to launch digital identity wallet by end-2025

2025-01-08 Ian Fleming

Serbia is preparing to launch a digital wallet service by the end of 2025, with an initial focus on driver's licenses and health insurance cards.

New York DMV Launches Mobile Driver's License Program with Apple Wallet Support

2025-01-08 Per Henrikson

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has implemented a mobile ID program enabling residents to store their driver’s licenses and identification documents digitally. The program, launched in June 2023, is supplied by IDEMIA, a digital identity solutions provider that has successfully deployed similar mobile driver’s license programs across multiple U.S. states.

Youniqx builds vehicle data sharing feature to Austrian digital ID wallet

2025-01-08 Per Henrikson

Austria will enable its citizens to share their digital vehicle registration with family members and friends through the country’s digital ID wallet app.

Chile launches digital identity cards and passports

2025-01-07 Ian Fleming

The new, fully-integrated National Identification System begins to operate today throughout Chile and in our consulates abroad, with a new digital identity card and passport.

Texas Lottery Add Age Verification To Self-Service Vending Machines

2025-01-07 Ian Fleming

As part of its ongoing commitment to responsible gambling and consumer protection, the Texas Lottery Commission has introduced a new step for players purchasing games at self-service vending machines.

Sri Lanka advised to build necessary safeguards as digital ID project begins this month

2025-01-06 Ian Fleming

The Indian government is working alongside the Ministry of Digital Economic Affairs, and the Agency for Information and Communication Technology on the project. The Sri Lankan government has been told that it must put in place certain safeguards in order to guarantee full sovereign control over its Unique Digital Identity project (SL-UID) ID which is expected to hit the ground running this month.

Nigeria wants to add iris biometrics to digital ID for more inclusion

2025-01-06 Ian Fleming

The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) says it is looking at ways of streamlining and expanding the rollout of digital ID in Nigeria and one of the options on the table is adding iris biometrics to its digital ID enrollment.