According to coverage of the Budget, the digital ID card scheme is grouped with a set of "unfunded" measures, meaning the OBR has scored the spending without matching tax rises or offsetting cuts ...

Members of the European Parliament have thrown their weight behind a tougher age bar for social platforms and AI companions, backing a non-binding report that calls for a default minimum age of 16 to ...

Digital credentialing specialist Intercede has reported a strong third fiscal quarter, securing more than $4.2 million in combined new licence sales and renewals as government programmes double down ...

Sources: Sumsub – Bhutan to Anchor National Digital ID on Ethereum by Early 2026, Decrypt via CoinStats, CryptoRank – Bhutan staking ETH, The Coin Republic, PANews, AInvest – adoption of Ethereum for ...

New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is preparing a new Digital Identity Services channel on the all-of-government Pae Hokohoko Marketplace, creating a formal catalogue for agencies to ...

Previously, Papua New Guinea introduced SevisPass in the security sector in March 2025 and has been working to clear backlogs in its National Identification system. TECH5, for its part, has been ...

Australia initially introduced the Immi App for Pacific Island visa applicants in September 2024. The country has been updating its identity infrastructure more broadly, including rebranding its ...

Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation has signed a new five-year memorandum of understanding with Mastercard that makes digital identity and payments a shared priority. The agreement builds on ...

The UK government has rolled out a set of enhancements to the GOV.UK register of digital identity and attribute services, aiming to make it easier for organizations to find and assess certified ...

Officials have not yet published a detailed architecture for the digital ID system or confirmed which providers will be involved. They have said only that information will sit in UK-based data centres ...

On the commercial side, Sumsub will act as an integration layer for businesses that want to authenticate customers through Singpass rather than collecting identity documents directly. Eligible firms — ...

According to Malwarebytes, customers who buy access to the kit receive obfuscated code that they can deploy on phishing sites. When a victim visits such a site, it can display a fake login window that ...