
Eurostar Keynote at Identity Week Europe ⭐
Announcing our latest keynote speaker representing Eurostar at Identity Week Europe 2023… Speaker: Renauld Thillay, Head of Public Affairs, Eurostar Renaud Thillaye has been Head of public affairs at Eurostar since 2019. He is responsible for government and...

AU10TIX collaborates with Microsoft on decentralised verifiable credentials
AU10TIX, a global technology leader in identity verification and identity management, today announced it is working with Microsoft, a global technology company with a commitment to be carbon negative by 2030, on Reusable ID - a breakthrough in verifiable credentials...

CISA and NSA drive identity and access management framework
The CISA and NSA are pushing to advance identity and access management frameworks to match and support the rate of digital transformation. While digitalisation continues to be revolutionary, opening up more commercial opportunity and upgrading security, society's...

Mastercard gains certification as digital ID service provider
Mastercard has been officially certified as a digital identity service provider under the UK government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF). The certification enables Mastercard to expand its revenue opportunities offering its digital ID service,...

MOSIP Country Conversations 2023 roundup
MOSIP Country Conversations, a forum comprised of MOSIP-adopting partners, took place on 13th and 14th March, 2023 which shared key learnings and feedback on MOSIP's roadmap for the future. MOSIP builds foundational open-source modular ID platforms helping third...

Dutch Consortium provider IDEMIA deploying a European digital travel credential pilot between Canada and the Netherlands
IDEMIA, the global leader in identity technology, is partnering with a Dutch Consortium consisting of the Ministry of Justice & Security, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence/Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and KLM Royal Dutch...

NatWest offers digital ID services
Amid banks being urged to stake out an active role in digital trust economy, NatWest Group has partnered with ID provider OneID to offer its new Customer Attribute Sharing service as a digital ID solution. OneID will provide verification and authentication services to...

Entrust survey: More than half of population consider passwords a thing of the past, in favour of digital IDs for convenience
Some insights can be gleaned from Entrust's report on the 'Future of Identity' which reveals that customers are the native decision makers reshaping digital identity trends of the future, corroborating Finextra's findings into customers spearheading innovation in...

Launch of Web3 ID Coalition
Image: Cointelegraph The Web3 ID Coalition has officially formed as a nonprofit organisation advocating identity ownership for all to inform government policy. The member-based alliance operates several functions to promote, advocate, program and research Web3 to...

Kingdom of Bahrain awarded HID e-passport solution
Kingdom of Bahrain is to receive HID Global's end-to-end ePassport solution which will grant them access to join the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Public Key Directory that enables mutual access and sharing of passport data between 180 member companies....

Digital Nomad Visa: Exploring functional IDs available in a remote working world
What Is a Digital Nomad Visa? What Is a Digital Nomad Visa? Digital Nomad Visas are a functional ID that aligns with the world's new norm of remote working from any location which arose during the pandemic and now complements a preferred lifestyle that many aspire to...

New AU10TIX CEO discusses demand of digital transformation still driving provider to win the market
https://youtu.be/Ov9U7RxR-gw With experience leading large organisations, Dan Yerushalmi is a suitable fit to be AU10TIX's new CEO. We caught up with him since his takeover to take the reins of the business to discuss what a future-forward direction would look like....

HID and iPassport to bring new identity verification solution to the transportation sector
HID, a pioneering innovator in trusted identity and physical security solutions, and iPassport, a cloud-based quality management suite to integrate digital identity technologies, have mutually signed a memorandum of understanding to foreground an AI-enabled passenger...

Somalia reinstates national ID registration after 30 years
After 30 years of unnoticeable change to Somalia's digital identity ecosystem, the country is finally breaking a standstill as digitalisation sweeps the rest of the globe. Legislation was endorsed on Saturday for the return of civil registration and the issuance of...

Digital verification services framework to be passed before parliament in data bill
Being passed before Parliament members this week is the government’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill which will include a drafted framework governing consumer-permissioned digital identity verification services used by firms. Nfcw.com reported the...

London Stock Exchange firm and Mastercard share tools to unlock digital transformation
GIACT - a London Stock Exchange Group business - is looking at forming a collaborative partnership with Mastercard to mutually share its digital identity verification solutions with Mastercard’s open banking capabilities. The partnership will pursue faster and more...

3 months to go until Identity Week Europe!
There are exactly 3 months until the opening of Identity Week Europe 2023 in Amsterdam - the first upscaled edition to reflect the size and magnitude of this industry's innovation. Our exciting move to Amsterdam is to primarily upgrade a suitable venue to house the...

The future of Digital Banking will be open, North America lagging behind European regulation
Finextra’s report summarises the certain future of digital banking for North America which the banking sector is hurtling towards due to growing customer demands. In the report, young generations and millennials are described as the native consumers of digitalisation...

Lloyds bank invests in Yoti’s reusable digital identity proposition
Lloyds Banking Group has heavily invested £10 million in digital identity to create safer customer experiences onboarding, authenticating and making transactions where fraud remains a top challenge. Digital identity company Yoti received the tender and this latest...

Myanmar deactivates incorrectly registered SIM cards
The junta Department of Communications have set about deactivating accounts of SIM card holders in Myanmar whose registrations mismatch databases provided by the Ministry of Immigration and Population. A cut off deadline was set for 31 January 2023, encouraging...