Editor-in chief. Market intelligence and strategy expert, and long-year speaker, moderator. More than 15 years in global identity verification, age verification, and RegTech markets.
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![Philippines issues $22M tender for national ID program management consultant]()
The estimated project cost is Php 1.28 billion. The PSA is the implementing agency and the private proponent is the Unisys Public Sector Services Corporation.
The Cabinet of Belize has given its greenlight for a countrywide rollout of a biometrics-based national digital ID system, which the government says will happen within the next three years.
A NEW AGE verification system which seeks to prevent children from accessing “adult-only” video content on sites such as Instagram and TikTok has come into place.
Global payment platform Stripe has announced the acquisition of Orum, a U.S.-based financial technology company specializing in payment orchestration and bank account verification.
Scotland’s digital identity service, ScotAccount, has launched its public beta, allowing a larger group of users to test the government service.
Roblox is starting age-estimation technology for users who want to chat more freely on the social-gaming platform as part of its new “trusted connections” feature.
Regula released a new embedded document reader, the Regula 7223E, built specifically for ID-1 format documents such as driver’s licenses and national ID cards.
In a first step towards making secure travelling and protection of privacy the new standard across Europe, Greece will introduce the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) by no later than November 2026.
The social media platform is bringing in the measures to comply with new rules under the UK's Online Safety Act which require sites that show adult material to introduce "robust" age checking techniques.
The acquisition strengthens Signicat’s offering with Inverid’s flagship solution, ReadID, which has set the global standard for NFC-based identity document verification. Similarly, this integration supports Signicat’s commitment to remain at the forefront of innovation. Signicat and Inverid have immediate synergies at both technological and commercial levels, as well as a strong cultural fit.
Ecuador’s border control authorities have deployed a suite of document examination devices from Regula to increase border security and fight document fraud.
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has proposed a new system of privacy-focused digital IDs. This system aims to enhance user privacy while ensuring that individuals can still be identified when necessary.
