Articles tagged with financial inclusion
The Dominican Republic is running a pilot program introducing verifiable credentials for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises while the broader Latin…
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School has launched a multi-year program to help governments in low- and…
The World Bank has published a white paper outlining a conceptual model for integrating national digital identity into fast payment systems through a portable…
A guest essay by Raphaël Guilley, SVP Consulting at Consult Hyperion, consulting by Fime Stablecoins combine the speed and flexibility of cryptocurrency with…
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has successfully rolled out a facial recognition-based banking system to serve leprosy-affected individuals and others who are…
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: Kyrgyzstan…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has authorized the use of the government-issued Visitor ID to open bank accounts, expanding access to financial services for…
Djibouti has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Visa to co-develop a national “Smart Wallet” that will serve as both a digital payments channel…
Somalia’s Central Bank has announced that beginning September 1, 2025, all residents in the Benadir region – including the capital Mogadishu – must present a…
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is evaluating new biometric authentication methods that could allow users to authorize Unified Payments…