Inclusion and scalability linked in biometric authentication against paper ID

With 85 percent of the global population using smartphones, many digital ID products rely on them for biometric authentication technology. But there are still millions of people without the resources to own a smartphone. In conversation for the Digital Dollar Project’s Fintech Hub event series, experts from Mitre and Accenture say digital identity trust networks are key to creating low-cost custodial models for decentralized digital ID.

Chris Buchanan, the capabilities area lead for digital identity at Mitre, …

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