Closing the Gap—How a trust framework, such as the YuTru Scheme, can help PNG off the FATF Greylist
Papua New Guinea is at a digital crossroad. In early 2026, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Papua New Guinea on the FATF Greylist, citing gaps in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) frameworks. For the private sector, this isn't just a regulatory "slap on the wrist"—it’s a direct threat to the ability to ...
YuTru Scheme review and update
The YuTru Scheme review and update have been ongoing since 2024. During this period, many economies globally implemented Digital Identity solutions, and momentum picked up on multiple use cases. However, concerns arose around DATA privacy & security, and many countries pulled down or re-assessed models, frameworks, policies, and regulations governing Digital Identity Infrastructure. Globally, trust ...
Understanding data privacy and data sharing in YuTru Digital ID
Data privacy is about users having the ability to protect and control their personal information. It ensures that users have the right to decide how their data is collected, used, and shared, to safeguard their privacy and autonomy. Effective data privacy measures give individuals confidence that their personal details are secured from unauthorised access and ...
Digital Identity a vehicle for tangible economic growth
In 2019, McKinsey Global Institute predicted in a research paper that implementing Digital ID could unlock 3 to 13 percent of GDP by 2030. Since then many developing and developed countries have embarked on deploying National Digital Identity Services or improving and upgrading their National Identity Systems to implement robust Digital Identity Systems.
Under the hood – Digital Identity
Digital Identity is becoming the most discussed term on the internet that it is now deemed the core of digital transformation. With all these terminology, one wonders about the technology that constitutes or shapes the term “DIGITAL IDENTITY”. Let’s delve into the use case - customer onboarding, and shift through each layer of Digital Identity ...
Data driven business with seamless customer experience
Seamless customer experience is the rein to sled your business into digital transformation whilst maintaining focus on important data forecasts. In 2023, we shared key components of Digital Identity in a digital economy.
The key resource that drives a data driven business in a digital economy are users, manage them well and you manage your business. ...
Federated Login, SSO and Digital Identity
The terms federated login and SSO or Single-Sign On are interchangeably used to describe authentication of a user between two or more online service providers. Authentication is when someone tries to prove who they are against a set of characteristics/information that is known about them. And so a federated login and SSO are a set ...
Digital Identity Theft and how you can protect your identity online
October was the month of cybersecurity awareness. This year, the theme highlighted the importance of everyone being aware of protecting themselves and others while online. Essentially important is knowing how to safeguard your identity data when browsing on the internet. Your online identity consists mostly of information such as Name, Date of birth, age, place ...
The demand for Digital Identity and Trust
The YuTru Digital Identity framework and services roll out is slowly progressing as we continue to keep you updated on the demand and need for this vital service in Papua New Guinea. With the increasing need to manage our relationships online for almost all digital services, manual processes of identifying and verifying customs are slowly ...
PNG APEC member commitment – Development of interoperable digital identity systems and corporate e-KYC approaches in APEC
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the 21 members of APEC since 1993. Despite member economies not required to be bound by commitment or treaties, it is vital for member economies to cooperate in implementing common best practices, framework and policies. Cooperation creates and enables interoperational systems for trade between member economics and the ...