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Pakistan’s BISP Expands Registration Van Fleet and Facial Recognition Fallback

Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Programme has expanded its Mobile Registration Van fleet from 25 to 32 vehicles, adding seven units with support from…

June 5, 2026

Brazil Phases In Biometric Requirement for BPC Social Assistance Beneficiaries

Brazil’s federal government has established a phased biometric registration requirement for recipients and applicants of the BPC, the country’s continuous cash…

March 13, 2026

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DCI Publishes v1.0.0 Interoperability Standards for ID Systems and Social Protection Platforms

The Digital Convergence Initiative has published Version 1.0.0 of its ID systems and Social Protection systems interoperability standards, a framework intended…

January 16, 2026

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UN Pension Fund and UNDP Deploy Biometric Proof-of-Life Kiosks in 18 Countries

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have rolled out biometric Digital Certificate of…

November 20, 2025

WEF Highlights Transformative Impact of Digital ID in Pakistan

According to a recent report published to the World Economic Forum (WEF) blog, digital identity is now a fundamental part of everyday life for adults in…

July 18, 2024

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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