| Daily Biometrics News : May 27, 2025 |
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| Malawi nears full scale digital ID rollout to streamline access to services |
| A new public and private sector services delivery experience awaits Namibian citizens from next year when the country rolls out…Read More |
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| Korea’s Winning.i looking to bring its dual authentication tool to global markets |
| Seoul-based biometric authentication startup Winning.i has been selected for Korea’s Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project.… |
| ICE is at the center of a vast and growing US biometric surveillance capability |
| U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly emerged as the operational nucleus of a… |
| Researcher finds 184M unique login credentials in unsecured database |
| In the digital age, credentials are the new gold bars. Representing the intangible but infinitely… |
| Samsung palm biometrics system could be more secure successor to fingerprint |
| Samsung has filed for a European Patent covering a palm biometrics system that could be… |
| Vietnam urges corporate banking customers to complete biometric verification as deadline looms |
| Vietnam is making biometric verification integral to corporate banking. From July 1 corporate bank customers… |
| Obtaining consent to collect facial recognition data ‘impractical,’ says Bunnings |
| One of Australia’s most high profile court cases over facial recognition in retail continues to… |
| China approves Cyberspace IDs as part of federated identity scheme |
| China has approved measures to issue national ID numbers that citizens can use to register… |
| The next five years of DPI in Indonesia will reshape lives: IFIS 2025 panel |
| Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s biggest country geographically, economically and by population. It is a developing… |
| Civic joins Solana Attestation Service for ‘solid foundation for verifiable credentials’ |
| Civic Technologies has joined the newly launched Solana Attestation Service (SAS), an open, permissionless protocol… |
| Regula makes privacy compliance easier for border control, law enforcement |
| Regula has rolled out a feature that allows for greater privacy protection. The personal data… |
| Ghana prints 31k new chip-embedded biometric passports in one month |
| Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has commended the passport production team for… |
| Kenya to harmonize education sector data through Maisha Namba ID integration |
| Kenya will begin a pilot in July for a new system that will streamline education… |
| Uganda unveils national ID pre-enrollment portal as campaign kicks off today |
| The National Identification and Registration Authority of Uganda (NIRA) has launched a dedicated portal to… |
| NexG invests in identity document production facility to meet international demand |
| NexG Bhd is investing $15.38M (RM250 million) in a plant to develop high-security identity document… |
| Hacks cause Login.gov to advance digital ID verification through remote proofing |
| In response to more than a few serious breaches of Login.gov, the General Services Administration… |
| IOM releases Digital Identity Toolkit for policymakers, practitioners |
| The International Organization for Migration has released the IOM Digital Identity Toolkit so that decision-makers… |
| Sri Lanka on track to roll out e-NIC, Thales delivering final 400k cards |
| The final 400,000 polycarbonate cards procured from Thales by Sri Lanka’s Department of Registration of… |
| Social media age verification trends globally as lawmakers on 4 continents push policy |
| Texas is readying a bill to ban social media for minors in a global trend… |
| Thailand pauses digital wallet cash handout as US tariffs bite |
| Thailand kicked off a $13 billion stimulus handout via digital wallets late last year, but… |
