Corsair Capital Gets Majority Stake in IDnow via $295M Digital Identity Verification Deal
Corsair Capital has announced a significant strategic investment in IDnow, acquiring a majority stake in the Munich-based digital identity verification…
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EU Approves 6-Month Rollout Plan for Digital Border Entry System
The European Union has approved a phased implementation of its Entry/Exit System (EES), marking a significant shift in how the bloc manages its borders for…
Balancing Privacy and Protection: ICMEC Australia’s Colm Gannon Discusses Tech, Governance, and Child Safety
On the latest episode of ID Talk, Colm Gannon, CEO of ICMEC Australia, joins the pod to explore how technology and governance intersect in the fight against…
Meta Expands Facial Recognition Tools to UK and EU for Fraud Prevention
Meta announced today it is expanding its facial recognition technology for account recovery and scam prevention to the United Kingdom, European Union, and…
NYU Langone Adopts Amazon’s Palm-Scanning Tech for Patient Check-ins
Amazon is expanding its palm-scanning technology, Amazon One, into the healthcare sector through a landmark partnership with NYU Langone Health, marking the…
Fiji Unveils 5-Year Strategy for National Digital ID and E-Commerce System
Fiji has taken a major step forward in its digital transformation journey with the release of its National E-Commerce Strategy (NECS) for 2025-2029, which…
Arkansas Launches Digital Driver’s Licenses and State IDs for Smartphones
Arkansas has officially launched digital driver’s licenses and state IDs for smartphones, becoming the latest state to embrace mobile identification…
New UR Encoder Software Empowers Organizations with Irrefutable Identity Issuance
FaceTec has officially launched the UR Encoder Software that will enable organizations to issue their own UR Codes, empowering them with a toolkit for printing…
UK’s Blair Institute Proposes National Digital ID System Linked to Public Data
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has unveiled an ambitious proposal for a digital ID-linked National Data Library (NDL) in the United Kingdom,…
Innovative Magnetic Skin Combines Biometric Security with Tactile Interaction
Researchers at Zhejiang University and the Beijing Institute of Technology have introduced a novel application of flexible magnetic films for biometric…