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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking for feedback on a new international draft report that will help the U.S. and European Union find common ground in digital identity practices. Jointly authored by a subgroup within the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, the draft version of the Digital Identity Mapping Exercise Report aims…

When it comes to a government and public service selling big ideas about change to the public, the clincher or the reveal in ad campaigns is that something happens. With the NSW Opal public transit card, now more than a decade old, we all changed from paper to tapping a plastic credential like a credit…

Significant headway has been made in making digital financial services available to Pakistanis, with 60 percent of adults now benefiting from them under State Bank of Pakistan (SBP’s) National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS). Despite this, large obstacles still persist, such as Pakistan’s vast financial exclusion gap. In navigating these difficulties the integration of innovative solutions…

A national, government-regulated digital ID scheme will undoubtedly have its benefits. It will make it easier for us to verify our identities online, and we will need to share our personal information with fewer organisations. Michelle Falstein, a lawyer and an executive member of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL), has some concerns. “By…

MicroStrategy, the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder, has unveiled MicroStrategy Orange, a decentralized identity protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain. Announced at the Bitcoin for Conference by the company’s CEO Michael Saylor on Wednesday, the platform aims to provide secure, tamper-proof digital identities without relying on additional blockchain layers, processing thousands of identifiers within a…

Apple announced plans to turn the iPhone into your driver’s license all the way back in 2021. Plane tickets, movie passes, and credit cards were already digital. Now it was time to digitize government-issued identification cards. So far, very few U.S. states actually let you add your driver’s license or state ID to Apple Wallet.…

Imagine a Metaverse where you design your avatar to represent your gender, ethnicity, and even your unique abilities (perhaps a gymnastic avatar!). You will also want to dress as you would likely do in the real world, wearing the same black T-shirt and pair of sneakers you wear to meet your friends in real life,…

Hubbard Radio Washington DC, LLC. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. The supplement to NIST’s digital identity guidelines could pave the way for agencies to adopt stronger multi-factor authentication methods. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, in a new update to its digital identity…

Researchers say expanding Australia’s digital identity system could strengthen privacy by reducing vulnerability to cyber breaches, hacks, scams and identity fraud. Professor Jeannie Paterson, director of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Ethics at Melbourne Law School, says “digital identity schemes that are properly set up and accredited may be far more privacy-enhancing than…

Worldcoin continues to take its iris biometrics and digital identity scheme into new territories – and, like clockwork, trigger alarms among governments who remain unclear on exactly what the company is doing with the biometric data it collects. Latin America is the latest hot zone, as Argentinian legislators push to regulate Worldcoin’s activities, and Mexican…

Home » News » Fintech » Prove Identity Saving Americans Nearly 30 Million Minutes Yearly Through Frictionless Digital Identity Customer Experiences Prove Identity, Inc. (“Prove”), the global leader in digital identity, today announced consumer impact metrics that illustrate Prove’s ability to empower enterprise customers to drive incremental revenue, while mitigating fraud, improving the consumer experience,…

White House senior advisor Gene Sperling speaks at a conference in Washington, D.C. in February 2023. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Two years after the White House teased an executive order on identity theft in public benefits during the 2022 State of the Union, such an order hasn’t materialized, leaving stakeholders frustrated at…

The European Union (EU) and Japan have expanded their collaborative efforts in digital technologies following their second Digital Partnership Council held in Brussels. Co-chaired by EU Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton and Japanese Minister for Digital Transformation Taro Kono, along with other officials, the council reaffirmed the strategic importance of their partnership. LtoR –…