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Enterprise IAM could provide needed critical mass for reusable digital identity

2 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Chris Burt

There are 2.6 billion people around the world who make up the addressable population for user-held digital identity, according to the number-crunchers at KuppingerCole. A blog post from Anne Bailey on the eve of the European Identity and Cloud conference (EIC) 2025 notes that for user-held reusable digital identity to work, it must have critical masses of holders, issuers and verifiers.
Entrust delves into APAC digital government opportunity from DPI

2 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Chris Burt

Digital service delivery powered by national digital identity programs are sweeping across the Asia-Pacific region, enabling more efficient government operations and easing citizen access. A pair of experts in digital government service delivery from Entrust will join the next Biometric Update webinar to discuss the technological architecture necessary to scale such systems effectively while also maintaining flexibility and interoperability.
Biometrics has been drafted into the battle between AI fraud and AI defenses

4 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Chris Burt

Biometrics implementations for public services are expanding in countries around the world, even as AI-enabled fraud and deepfakes threaten online trust. Businesses and governments are grappling with a rash of fraud enabled, supercharged and scaled by AI, from biometric spoof attacks and scaled fake IDs to phishing bots. The treatment for this global pandemic, by consensus amongst the professionals, is more AI, as part or parts in a layered defense.
G20 TechSprint seeks digital identity solutions to address trust in finance

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Lu-Hai Liang

The sixth edition of the G20 TechSprint challenge is inviting solutions to address trust and integrity in scalable and open finance. The global competition is calling for developments and innovations in verifiable digital identity, consumer-consented credit data portability, fraud and cyber risk mitigation. Solutions must be scalable, adaptable, and inclusive, without being undermined by security concerns.
Ireland to introduce retrospective facial recognition for police by summer

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Lu-Hai Liang

Categories Biometrics News | Facial Recognition | Law Enforcement Ireland will introduce facial recognition legislation soon meaning the controversial technology could be on Irish streets by the summer.
Chad issues biometric IDs to thousands of refugees with Idemia tech, UNHCR’s help

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Chris Burt

Refugees in Chad can now apply for a legal identity to bring them an important step closer to social and economic inclusion. Chad’s government, the country’s National Commission for the Reception and Reintegration of Refugees (CNARR) and National Agency for Secure Documents (ANATS), the UNHCR and the World Bank are all partners in the ID document-issuance project.
DNA used to recreate 3D face images in groundbreaking new investigative technique

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Lu-Hai Liang

A new technique could use a person’s DNA to reconstruct a 3D model of their face. Researchers have devised a computational tool, called Difface, that uses the differences between single letters of the genetic alphabet (SNPs) to create so-called “3D facial point clouds.” These are sets of data points that represent the exterior of a face.
Laos readies national digital ID card rollout

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Lu-Hai Liang

Categories Biometrics News | Civil / National ID | ID for All Laos is ready to take its nationwide digital ID card system to the next stage. The Southeast Asian country’s Department of Mass Media announced that it is moving forward with the initiative via its official Facebook page, reportes The Laotian Times. An exact timeline has not been disclosed.
AuthID: quarterlies, annuals, regulatory actions

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Chris Burt

May 9, 2025 – authID has raised $2.1 million less agent fees and offering expenses with a registered direct offering to continue building its biometric identity verification and authentication business. The agreement is a follow-on to authID’s $8.15 million direct offering announced just weeks ago, with new partner Dominari Holdings’ CEO Kyle Wool leading investors in the latest transaction. The 373,060 shares of authID’s common stock in the offering are priced at $5.60 each.
Daon announces digital IDV partnerships with DigitalFI and CallMiner

5 days ago | biometricupdate.com | Lu-Hai Liang

Daon is forming a strategic partnership with DigitalFI to build tailored identity verification solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, and another with CallMiner to combine IDV with AI-powered conversation analytics. Digital.FI provides digital transformation solutions for financial institutions, with the collaboration with Daon bringing enterprise-level identity continuity to small and mid-sized financial institutions.