It’s still too early to determine the lasting impact of Covid-19, but when it comes to digital ID, biometrics, and identity technology, rough patterns are emerging.

Students at the University of Alabama are pushing forward the cause of mobile ID authentication via a project that involves the school’s massive football stadium.

The country, already a world leader in facial recognition, is requiring the technology for new mobile phone accounts, and seeking to take the lead on global standards that help govern the technology.

As Australia speeds up efforts to bring more digital ID to its citizens, outside players such as Mastercard and Thales are helping with data and mobile driver’s license programs in that country.

Described as the first true mobile national ID effort, the Mi Argentina mobile app is taking its place alongside the country’s traditional and mandatory national ID documentation program.

Amazon is a company powerful enough to cause major shifts in any industry in which it operates. And now Amazon seems to be making new and bigger moves when it comes to biometrics and digital ID.

These days, the push toward better, more secure digital ID involves not just government but the global financial services sector. And a new paper promises to increase the pace of those efforts.

Australia is trying to get more from its national digital ID effort — and that could include age verification checks for porn. It’s part of a broader ID trend.

Interac is best known for its payment and debit card activities, but the Canadian organization is trying to get more involved in digital ID.

As the Bahamas continues to recover from Hurricane Dorian, facial recognition backed by blockchain and digital ID are helping the effort to account for people still missing from that August storm.