Banks can capitalize on digital ID schemes – like Norway’s BankID or Belgium’s itsme – by first proving they can solve a compelling problem like addressing money laundering, Know Your Customer regulations or remote account enrollment. So says Howard Berg, MD Gemalto UK, in a recent International Banker article. Once the financial institution has ‘eaten […]

The most prolific in the market, the Gemalto eSIM, has been deployed worldwide by mobile operators and OEMs. Many high-end modern phones and devices rely on eSIMs rather than tradition SIM cards to secure data and connectivity. With this 100-deployment milestone, Gemalto’s goal of “eSIM around the world” is becoming a reality. Millions of consumers […]

HID Global has extended its HID goID Gateway to enable governments to offer mobile identities to citizens via a cloud service or as a new, in-country offering. It allows provisioning of fully encrypted mobile IDs from a central issuance system to citizens’ smartphones. “We are delighted to announce the expanded capabilities of our market-leading goID […]

Facial recognition will be an integral part of the Singapore national ID, called the National Digital Identity (NDI) program, set to be completed in 2020. It will be the centralized biometric authenticator that will be used across both government and private sector applications. In the future other biometrics may be used as well. The Signapore […]

This week, students at the University of Alabama, Duke University and the University of Oklahoma began using an iPhone student ID as their official campus card. The new credential is stored in the Wallet app on the iPhones and Apple Watches students are already carrying on campus. The system was created jointly by Apple and […]

The Supreme Court in India ruled on the case involving AADHAR, the controversial national biometric identity program. The ruling was a mixed bag, with both proponents and opponents winning some and losing some. First, the ruling states that AADHAR does not fundamentally violate the privacy rights of the 1.3 billion Indians and thus can continue, […]

The primary Australian digital ID initiative known as “Digital iD” may be in question, according to an article in InnovationAus. Funding has apparently been reduced and key team leaders have left the project. Digital iD rolled out early in 2018, and it has been piloted at 13 organizations – including Queensland Police, CUA and Airtasker […]