Students at the University of Alabama are pushing forward the cause of mobile ID authentication via a project that involves the school’s massive football stadium.

The country, already a world leader in facial recognition, is requiring the technology for new mobile phone accounts, and seeking to take the lead on global standards that help govern the technology.

As Australia speeds up efforts to bring more digital ID to its citizens, outside players such as Mastercard and Thales are helping with data and mobile driver’s license programs in that country.

Described as the first true mobile national ID effort, the Mi Argentina mobile app is taking its place alongside the country’s traditional and mandatory national ID documentation program.

Amazon is a company powerful enough to cause major shifts in any industry in which it operates. And now Amazon seems to be making new and bigger moves when it comes to biometrics and digital ID.

These days, the push toward better, more secure digital ID involves not just government but the global financial services sector. And a new paper promises to increase the pace of those efforts.

Australia is trying to get more from its national digital ID effort — and that could include age verification checks for porn. It’s part of a broader ID trend.