US President Trump on Monday said he will extend a October 1 deadline for people to apply for Real ID identification cards that enable citizens to board domestic flights in the United States.

Fifth Third Bank, National Association, today offered tips to consumers to protect their identity and financial lives during the outbreak of coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes.

Q-nomy, a leading global provider of omnichannel customer journey and customer experience optimization solutions, announced its cooperation with Veridos, a Berlin-based company delivering end-to-end solutions and services for worldwide governmental identity needs.

Proxy, a provider of digital identities for the physical world, announced today that it has raised a $42M Series B funding round led by Scale Venture Partners

Fijians living in Europe can apply for ePassports on the continent following the establishment of the electronic passport processing services at the Fijian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.

Swiss security technology specialist Orell Füssli has acquired a stake in e-government solution provider Procivis

Royal Bank of Canada has developed a solution that gives clients the ability to digitally verify their identities when opening an account in branch

 The organisers of the industry-leading identity event, after a great deal of deliberation, and given current world circumstances surrounding COVID-19, have taken the decision to postpone Identity Week 2020 to the second half of the year.

Elyctis and Kimaldi have decided to reinforce their partnership building upon the skills of both companies in order to expand onto new markets. 

SecureKey Technologies, a leader in identity and authentication solutions, today announces an innovative partnership with global identity verification provider, Onfido. 

Document Security Systems, a leader in anti-counterfeit, authentication and diversion protection technologies, announced that its platform serving the Government and Identification marketplace, will be introduced at the connect:ID Expo in Washington, D.C. on March 11 and 12, 2020

The Government of Jersey has appointed SureCloud to manage its government-wide cyber security transformation programme

Onfido, a global identity verification provider, has announced that yallo, part of Sunrise Communications has partnered with Onfido and Moflix to launch yallo swype, Switzerland’s first 100% digital mobile subscription.

Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat has met with French IDEMIA CEO Yann Delabrière

Qatar has said incoming visitors should not use ID cards to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

Louisiana Senator John Kennedy has asked US President Donald Trump to consider one-year extension to the REAL ID deadline.

An expert’s guide to using the paper elements of a passport.

Empowering e-government by shifting to smart cards is accelerating the arrival of a new era of mobile identity and electronic documents.

In this white paper, Hewlett Packard details an enterprise approach to mobile eID based on hardware tokens in microSD cards.

Citizen ID documents such as national IDs and driver licenses will ultimately follow the trend toward mobility.

The organisers of leading industry event Identity Week 2020 plan to introduce new initatives next year as the show aims to deliver more content and insights to attendees.

The organisers of  Identity Week have put out a call for speakers.