Parsons secures a ten-year, $392 million federal contract to deliver biometrics and network engineering services, extending its work in identity modernization across U.S. defense and law enforcement.

Apple has announced that digital passport support will be introduced in iOS 26, extending its digital wallet capabilities. The new feature, unveiled during WWDC 2025, will allow iPhone users to […]

ROC’s latest algorithm, ROC +0014, has achieved the top ranking for combined accuracy and efficiency in the NIST Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies (ELFT), representing a major step forward in […]

A recent UK government advertising campaign promoting digital IDs for age verification has drawn criticism from various quarters, particularly regarding its portrayal of individuals who prefer traditional physical identification methods. […]

[12/17/24 Editor’s note: This article has been altered to more clearly indicate the status of California’s digital driver’s license pilot.] Apple Wallet’s digital driver’s license and state ID support has […]

Commercial banks in South Korea are set to introduce digital identification cards on their mobile apps within this year to expand their services into non-banking sectors, reports The Korea Times. […]

Auckland-based MATTR has been selected as New South Wales’ tech partner for the Australian state’s Digital ID and Verifiable Credentials program. The news comes after NSW’s Minister for Customer Service […]

CNIL, the French data protection agency (“Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés”), has officially approved the use of facial recognition to verify users of the country’s forthcoming digital health card. As […]

Mobile IDs are starting to emerge in a big way around the world, and, naturally, they’re coming under increasing scrutiny. With respect to the latter development, the latest and most […]

Korean regtech company Argos KYC, in its quest to improve the speed and accuracy of its Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities, has partnered with AI-based document recognition specialist Smart Engines. […]