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ID Tech Digest – June 4, 2025

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: PayPal, Visa Back…

June 4, 2025

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New Prism Report Tackles Deepfake Threat

A new report from Acuity Market Intelligence warns that deepfakes and synthetic identities represent a growing threat to online trust and digital business. The…

June 4, 2025

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GLEIF Launches Global Partner Program to Boost Legal Entity ID Adoption

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has launched its new Partners Program, a global initiative aimed at accelerating adoption of Legal Entity…

June 4, 2025

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Manila Airport to Roll Out Facial Recognition Across All Terminals

The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and Department of Transportation (DOTr) have announced plans to introduce facial recognition technology…

June 4, 2025

NZ Privacy Chief Clears Supermarket Facial Recognition Trial Despite Concerns

New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner, Michael Webster, has determined that the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by Foodstuffs North Island (FSNI)…

June 4, 2025

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PayPal, Visa Back PopID’s Biometric Payment Network in Major Funding Round

PopID has secured new equity financing with backing from major financial and technology players, including Verifone, PayPal, Commerce Ventures, Visa Ventures,…

June 4, 2025

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Finland and Bahrain Partner to Develop Cross-Border Digital ID Systems

Finland and Bahrain are exploring a potential partnership to develop interoperable digital identity solutions, according to an announcement from Bahrain’s…

June 4, 2025

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Half of European E-commerce Now Uses Mastercard’s Tokenized Payments

Mastercard has announced that 49 percent of all e-commerce transactions in Europe now use tokenization technology, just one year after the company committed to…

June 4, 2025

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ID Tech Digest – June 3, 2025

Welcome to ID Tech’s digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: Veriff Launches…

June 3, 2025

Veriff Launches AI-Powered Address Verification for Enhanced KYC Compliance

Veriff has launched an AI-powered Proof of Address (PoA) solution aimed at improving how regulated industries verify user addresses for Know Your Customer…

June 3, 2025

Partners

FaceTec’s patented, industry-leading 3D Face Verification and Reverification software anchors digital identity, creating a chain of trust from user onboarding to ongoing authentication on all modern smart devices and webcams. FaceTec’s 3D FaceMaps™ finally make trusted, remote identity verification possible. As the only technology backed by a persistent spoof bounty program and NIST/iBeta Certified Liveness Detection, FaceTec is the global standard for 3D Liveness and Face Matching with millions of users on six continents in financial services, border security, transportation, blockchain, e-voting, social networks, online dating and more. www.facetec.com

Unico is a global identity network that forges trust between people & companies. We identify people globally so they can have safe, efficient and private digital access to services around the world. Unico is present in over 20 countries, and serves 165 million users with over 1.5 billion identity verifications every year. We are the leading global identity network. www.unico.io

Innovatrics is an EU-based provider of trusted biometric solutions for governments and enterprises. Our algorithms consistently rank among the fastest and most accurate in fingerprint, face, and iris recognition. Since 2004, we have partnered with all types of organisations to build trusted and flexible biometric identification solutions. Our solutions are used in more than 80 countries, benefiting over a billion people worldwide. www.innovatrics.com

Identity Week aims to be a significant identity industry catalyst. It’s our mission is to help accelerate the move towards a world where trusted identity solutions enable governments and commercial organisations to provide citizens, employees, customers and consumers with a multitude of opportunities to transact in a seamless, yet secure manner. All the while preventing the efforts of those intent on doing harm. identityweek.net

The Biometric Digital Identity Prism is a market landscape framework designed to help influencers and decision makers understand, innovate, and implement digital identity technologies and solutions. This innovative framework for understanding and evaluating the rapidly evolving biometric digital identity marketplace is the only market model that is truly biometric-centric based on the foundational conviction that in the age of digital transformation the only true, reliable link between humans and their digital data is biometrics. www.the-prism-project.com