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Liquid has reached the 60 million digital identity verification milestone with its online KYC service, with a surge in verifications driven by the improving maturity of Japan’s digital ID ecosystem.
The Gov.uk digital wallet and app are intended for use not just with public sector services, but also the private sector use cases the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework was set up to address.
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To be effective in fraud prevention, government agencies should seek an identity solution that includes these five authentication factors.
Entrust has added AI-powered verification to its platform, including biometrics and passwordless multifactor authentication.
The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet app that will allow citizens to digitize official documents like driver’s licenses.
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.
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the Digital Development Concept of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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.
Entrust has unveiled PKI Hub, a new container-based virtual appliance designed to streamline the management of cryptographic assets across cloud and on-premises environments. The solution aims to address the growing complexity of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) management while providing enterprise-wide visibility and automation capabilities.
The digital version of driving licences will be available in a virtual wallet in a government app, instead of being added to existing Google or Apple wallets. It could be accepted as a form of ID when voting, purchasing alcohol or boarding domestic flights.
According to GamblingIQ report, TransUnion, Sumsub and GeoComply are the leading fraud prevention companies in the global gambling sector, according to a new report from Gambling IQ.
Microblink's flagship products, BlinkID and BlinkID Verify, became available on Google Cloud Marketplace.
