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French Rail Operator SNCF Trials Digital ID for Passengers

2025-01-23 Per Henrikson

UK government wades into private sector territory with mDL, digital wallet

2025-01-22 Per Henrikson

Spanish PM Calls to End Social Media Anonymity, Force Digital ID

2025-01-22 Ian Fleming

Driving licences and veteran cards to be first digital IDs in UK Government app

2025-01-22 Ian Fleming

Digital driving licences stored in a government smartphone “wallet” that can be used to prove a person’s age are to be made available this year.

Zambia issues general procurement notice for digital ID, trust services project

2025-01-21 Ian Fleming

The framework would establish a secure and reliable platform for the identification of citizens to help them get access to public and private sector services.

The UK government is launching a digital ID mobile app (Wallet) in summer 2025

2025-01-21 Per Henrikson

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet app that will allow citizens to digitize official documents like driver’s licenses.

John Lewis rolls out AI age checks to sell knives online

2025-01-21 Ian Fleming

John Lewis has become the first UK retailer to implement AI-powered age checks for online knife sales. The technology, developed by British company Yoti, uses facial age estimation to verify the buyer’s age.

Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

2025-01-21 Per Henrikson

Turkey ramps up its national ID program by integrating blockchain and linking it to several services. Elsewhere, AI is being seen as a critical tool in curbing security breaches in the DeFi ecosystem.

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID

2025-01-20 Per Henrikson

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the Digital Development Concept of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Guyana national digital ID project gets $4.8M in 2025 budget

2025-01-20 Per Henrikson

The government of Guyana has allocated $1 billion for national e-ID cards, as part of a budget presented last week by the finance minister.

Sri Lanka procures 350 biometric devices for national digital ID

2025-01-20 Ian Fleming

The government has procured 350 units of high-resolution cameras and fingerprint scanners for its Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity project.

Australia's Commonwealth Bank Pilots Medicare Digital ID Verification via Australia’s Trust Exchange

2025-01-19 Ian Fleming

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is launching a pilot program in Canberra that will allow customers to share their Medicare credentials digitally for identity verification purposes, marking one of the first tests of the federal government’s Trust Exchange (TEx) scheme.