Identity Digital, LinkedIn partner to empower online identity | Switzerland names future e-ID 'SWIYU'
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LinkedIn partners with Identity Digital to enhance online professional identities
Another way LinkedIn is inspiring trust on the platform as brands stake out growth and ownership of digital spaces.
In September, Julie Madhusoodanan, Head of Cybersecurity at LinkedIn, said the company was “always looking for new methods of verification” provided by their third-party services, Persona and CLEAR. LinkedIn has made ID verification available to over 700 million users and aims to grow verified professionals who tend to socially verify their peers. …
Switzerland’s future e-ID will be named "SWIYU"
Switzerland’s future e-ID has a name, SWIYU, as revealed during a technical meeting to plan how it can be integrated most seamlessly into citizens’ lives in 2026.
The Federal Council was informed of the name given to the trust infrastructure when it goes live. At the same time, principles of the e-ID design and its technical implementation were discussed during the meeting. …
Digital ID accepted for alcohol sales
UK ministers are preparing to change the law on digital IDs to confirm customers are over the minimum age to buy alcohol in bars or stores.
A proposal that the former prime minister, Tony Blair, tried to bring to fruition, this time digital IDs are planned to keep up with the digital age rather than to curb "immigration", which was widely criticised as the wrong approach. …
Face-swiping payment market set for significant growth by 2029
A new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com projects that the global face-swiping payment market will grow from USD 5.36 billion dollars in 2023 to 12.04 billion by 2029.
The market includes technologies that use facial recognition for secure and seamless payment transactions, enhancing customer experiences with quick, contactless solutions. The rising demand for contactless payments, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has boosted …
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Growing threat to UK security from ID fraud
Identity fraud continues to grow and now costs the UK an estimated ￡1.8 billion each year.
It is one of the most common case types filed to the Cifas National Fraud Database by its 750-plus industry members – accounting for 64% of all filings in 2023 with more than 237,000 identity fraud cases recorded. Findings from a cross-industry working group …