Irish Bill Would Allow Voluntary ID Use of Public Services Card
Irish lawmakers have debated a bill that would let Public Services Card holders voluntarily present the card as identity information to organizations beyond…
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Ghana Withholds 22,269 Service PINs Pending Identity Checks
Ghana’s National Service Authority has withheld 22,269 registration PIN codes after running identity checks on prospective participants in the country’s…
Ghana Makes Biometric Verification Mandatory for Ghana Card Checks
Ghana has made biometric verification the required method for organizations checking a Ghana Card, replacing routine visual inspection and the collection of…
Italy Ends Travel Validity of Paper Identity Cards
Italy’s paper identity cards will lose international travel validity on August 3, regardless of the expiration date printed on the document under a new rule.
Papua New Guinea Begins Drafting Digital ID and Verifiable Credentials Bill
Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications Technology has begun drafting legislation to underpin the country’s national digital identity…
South Africa Publishes Draft Regulations for Smartphone-Based Digital ID
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, led by Minister Dr Leon Schreiber, has published draft regulations under the Identification Act of 1997 introducing…
Emptech Gains Dual MOSIP Accreditation as Commercial and Technology Partner
Shenzhen Emperor Technology Company Limited (Emptech) has secured dual accreditation in the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) Partner Programme,…
Mexico Opens Tender for Biometric CURP Platform Ahead of 2026 Nationwide Rollout
Mexico has opened a public tender to operate and migrate the cloud and IT platform that will power its new biometric Unique Population Registry Code (CURP), a…
Somalia to Require National Digital ID for Banking in Benadir Starting September
Somalia’s Central Bank has announced that beginning September 1, 2025, all residents in the Benadir region – including the capital Mogadishu – must present a…
Kuwait Mandates DNA Testing for All Citizenship Applications
Kuwait has enacted sweeping new rules requiring mandatory genetic and biometric data collection for all individuals undergoing review in citizenship cases. The…