Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report (2019)
Mary Meeker's 2019 report on Internet Trends report, the 25th iteration, was released on the 11th June.
This year's report highlighted some interesting features of the global Internet economy: slowing e-commerce sales growth, increased ad spending, data growth, more freemium subscription models, and an expanding on-demand economy. The company's singled out in the report included: Slack, ...
Governor Bakani Launches YuTru
On the 22nd March 2019, Loi M. Bakani, Governor of the Bank of PNG, officially launched the YuTru scheme. The scheme's operator, the locally-owned Digital Identification Bureau Ltd., will start work to develop a body of rules and guidelines to implement a digital identification framework. The framework will initially be used by licensed financial institutions ...
Facing the Enrolment Challenge
How the UAE adapted the enrolment strategy for the national ID system when outcomes were below expectations: 'Facing the Challenge of Enrolment in National ID Schemes' https://diigo.com/0dydn3 #PNG #yutru #digitalidentity
Credit Corp ‘On Board’
Today, Credit Corporation signalled its intent to be a part of the YuTru digital trust framework scheme, today. Credit Corporation has served Papua New Guinea since 1978. Port Moresby-based, the company has provided various financial products and services in the country and identity is a large part of managing risk in their lending process. ...
The ‘Face’ of YuTru
Today, the YuTru team issued a project brief to PVM Advertising (PNG), commissioned to create the 'face' of YuTru. In the capable hands of Andrew Johnstone, PVM's managing director, and the well-known and talented photographer, Rocky Roe, we expect to make the YuTru brand instantly recognisable across the country.
Rocky's best known for some of the ...
The Digital Identification Bureau Ltd.
To address the need for a dedicated legal entity to take on the role of the trust framework operator in the private sector in PNG, the Digital Identification Bureau Ltd. was formally registered.
The Digital Identification Bureau will take on the task of forming PNG's digital ID rules in the private sector. The company will be ...
How to Trust a Stranger
On the 23rd, 29th and 30th November, the first training course was delivered by the PNG Digital Commerce Association (PNGDCA), titled: How to Trust a Stranger: An Introduction to Digital Identity. The course covered a range of topics in the digital identity space and was well received with 37 registrations and 18 people completing the course.
Topics covered in ...
Proposal Did Not Move Ahead
We were disappointed that the proposal to the board of the Credit & Data Bureau Ltd., to host and operate PNG's trust framework, did not move ahead.
We wish to sincerely thank the board, Chairman Mike Hallinan, and General Manager Bruce Mackinlay, for their time to meet, discuss, consider the options. We recognise that taking on ...
Kina Bank ‘On Board’
Kina Bank Limited provides personal and business banking products and services, founded in 1994. Recently the bank acquired the retail customer business from the ANZ Banking Group.
Under the stewardship of Mr Greg Pawson, CEO, Kina Bank has set its sights on unlocking digital dividends through the expanded use of innovative technology.
On ...
MiBank ‘On Board’
Nationwide Microbank delivers modern and affordable, savings, loans and insurance products, from a network of 12 branches and many agents across PNG. MiBank is at the forefront of innovation, being the first licensed financial institution to deploy a 'Mobile Wallet' in the South Pacific, called MiCash, and the first institution to introduce a microinsurance product in ...