ID Tech Digest – October 23, 2026
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: PayPay to Replace…
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PayPay to Replace Photo-Based eKYC With Chip Reading
PayPay will stop accepting identity-verification applications that require users to photograph their documents, and will instead require methods that read the…
ID Tech Digest – October 15, 2026
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: Dutch Government…
Kyoto Bank Drops Selfie Checks for Chip-Based ID as Japanese Banks Speed Up eKYC Shift
Kyoto Bank will stop accepting photographed ID documents and face matching for new accounts opened through its mobile app, and will instead require customers…
Liquid Supplies Chip-and-Face Verification to NTT Docomo Shops
Liquid is supplying chip-and-face identity verification to NTT Docomo shops and authorized retailers across Japan. The gradually deployed service reads…
FOMO Pay Adds Sumsub Verification and Transaction Monitoring
Singapore-headquartered payment institution FOMO Pay is using Sumsub’s identity-verification and transaction-monitoring technology to expand its compliance…
Egypt Sets Rules for Digital Financial Identity Platform
The Central Bank of Egypt has approved the regulations governing its Digital Financial Identity platform, the system through which banks will identify…
India Makes Biometric Identification Mandatory for Mobile SIM Connections
India’s Department of Telecommunications has notified rules requiring biometric identification before a person can obtain, change or disconnect a mobile…
NTT Docomo Adds IC Chip Identity Checks Across Japanese Stores
NTT Docomo will begin introducing IC chip-based identity verification at Docomo Shops and authorized retailers across Japan on August 20, adding electronic…
GoTyme Bank Connects Account Opening to Philippine National ID Authentication
GoTyme Bank has connected its account-opening process directly to the Philippine National ID Authentication Services, allowing customers to verify their…