Digital Identity Newsletter, May 2019 (#03)
Gigi Hadid’s recent visit to a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
During her visit with Unicef, the refugees expressed how having an identity and being able to speak up for themselves were their greatest desires.
This article was originally published by Independent.co.uk.
Mastercard disclose consumer-oriented and interoperable digital identity model
“We imagine a world where a person’s identity can be verified immediately, safely and securely, where access is gained without passwords and data is exchanged only with consent” stated by MasterCard’s President of Cyber & Intelligence Solutions, Ajay Bhalla. Find out more about MasterCard’s new paper to build more consumer-oriented digital identity through biometric card.
This article was originally published on Find Biometrics.
INTERVIEW: Invixium CEO Shiraz Kapadia on ISC West and Biometrics Industry Trends
ISC West is THE largest converged security industry trade show in the U.S. In this interview. Here Shiraz Kapadia, President & CEO of Invixium, explains how the company’s innovative solutions are addressing current challenges in the physical access and enterprise biometrics markets while also touching base on healthcare, higher education and the industry’s future.
This article was originally published on Find Biometrics.
FutureCard selects FPC Fingerprint Sensor for Biometric Payment Cards
United Arab Emirates-based FutureCard is going to offer a new card solution that will feature Fingerprints’ T-Shape fingerprint reader module together with FPC-BEP. These technologies will be used to enable highly secure, biometrically authenticated contactless transactions.
This article was originally published on Find Biometrics.
Acute food insecurity ‘far too high’ UN agency warns, as 113 million go hungry
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and EU “Global Report on Food Crises 2019” share their findings on the current status of world hunger and its causes.
This article was originally published by the UN News.
2019 Mission Billion challenge by the World Bank Group
The World Bank Group’s Identification for Development (ID4D) initiative announced the launch of the Mission Billion Challenge to make the ‘invisible billion’ — the number of people who still cannot prove who they are –, visible in 2018. Over 170 solutions were submitted from 54 countries from academics, entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologists. Six finalists were selected to pitch their solutions live to a packed audience and a panel of expert judges at World Bank Headquarters. Find out the winners of Mission Billion challenge at WorldBank.org.
This article was originally published by the World Bank.
