Colombia encourages national digital ID signups with bank pilot, celebrity endorsement

Colombia’s digital identity system is advancing with the National Registry Office carrying out pilots of facial authentication with several banks, El Pais reports.

Financial services customers participating in the pilots will be able to perform remote transactions through a home computer or mobile device, with their face biometrics compared to their national digital ID. The National Registry agreed to a deal at the beginning of the year which provides the basis for face biometrics to be used in remote …

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