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Malysia's MYEG Partners with MyDigital ID Solutions to Establish Digital Identity Ecosystem

2025-01-26 Ian Fleming

South Korea Launches Blockchain-Based Digital ID Pilot

2025-01-24 Per Henrikson

Cyprus to Launch EU-Compliant Digital ID System with Early Adoption Incentives

2025-01-23 Per Henrikson

French Rail Operator SNCF Trials Digital ID for Passengers

2025-01-23 Per Henrikson

French railway operator SNCF has launched a digital ID trial allowing passengers to verify their identity using QR codes generated through the France Identité mobile application. The program began this week, and is currently available on InOui high-speed TGV trains, with plans to expand to additional SNCF services later in the year.

UK government wades into private sector territory with mDL, digital wallet

2025-01-22 Per Henrikson

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.

Spanish PM Calls to End Social Media Anonymity, Force Digital ID

2025-01-22 Ian Fleming

At the WEF, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls for the end of anonymity on social media by forcing them to link all user accounts with the European digital identity wallet.

Driving licences and veteran cards to be first digital IDs in UK Government app

2025-01-22 Ian Fleming

Digital driving licences stored in a government smartphone “wallet” that can be used to prove a person’s age are to be made available this year.

Zambia issues general procurement notice for digital ID, trust services project

2025-01-21 Ian Fleming

The framework would establish a secure and reliable platform for the identification of citizens to help them get access to public and private sector services.

The UK government is launching a digital ID mobile app (Wallet) in summer 2025

2025-01-21 Per Henrikson

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet app that will allow citizens to digitize official documents like driver’s licenses.

John Lewis rolls out AI age checks to sell knives online

2025-01-21 Ian Fleming

John Lewis has become the first UK retailer to implement AI-powered age checks for online knife sales. The technology, developed by British company Yoti, uses facial age estimation to verify the buyer’s age.

Turkey upgrades digital ID; AI projected to stifle breaches

2025-01-21 Per Henrikson

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.

Azerbaijan president approves 2025-2027 digital ID

2025-01-20 Per Henrikson

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has issued a decree activating the Digital Development Concept of the Republic of Azerbaijan.