BUSINESS

The case for digital identification

Asia focus, Anu Madgavkar and Olivia White, Published on 04/02/2019

» Worldwide, more than 4 billion people are connected to the internet, spending an average of roughly six hours per day on internet-enabled devices and services. In Thailand and the Philippines, average daily usage is 9.5 hours; in the United States, 26% of the population is online "almost constantly", and one billion more people in the world are projected to join the ranks of internet users by 2022.