Digital Identification
UK makes progress on digital verification for alcohol sales
U.K. is set to implement digital verification for age checks on alcohol sales, but the timeline was pushed beyond 2025...
UK scraps mandatory digital ID for right to work
The UK government has dropped plans to require workers to sign up to a digital ID scheme to prove their...
Japanese minister lays out digitalization plans for 2026
Japan’s digital transformation minister outlined 2025 gains in digital ID adoption and plans to expand ID services and government AI...
World Bank issues $50M grant for Sri Lanka’s digital transformation
The grant will be used to develop a government data sharing service, a cloud platform, and a digital portal where...
Afghanistan issues 10 million digital IDs
Afghanistan accelerates digital ID rollout as South Korea clears hurdles for FIDO biometrics, signaling adoption in national ID and authentication...
Trust in AI age: How the Philippines is fighting digital fraud
At the WFIS in Manila, regulators, bankers, and tech leaders gathered to address an urgent question: how can trust be...
