2026-05-11
Per Henrikson
FIS has partnered with Anthropic to develop agentic AI capabilities for banks, beginning with a financial crimes solution designed to
Once a user completes Sumsub's KYC flow and proves wallet ownership by signing a message, Chainlink ACE issues a CCID – a reusable, privacy-preserving credential containing verified claims like "Age > 18." No raw personal data ever touches the chain.
2026-05-11
Per Henrikson
The Romanian government and Mastercard Europe S.A. will sign a memorandum of understanding for the development, by December, of a national wallet solution for digital identity. The system will be interoperable at European level, according to a memorandum passed by the government.
Google Wallet now supports Aadhaar Verifiable Credentials, enhancing ID verification in India, while KPMG enhances digital payments for Indian farmers.
2026-05-10
Per Henrikson
Online shopping is going agentic. On Thursday, Experian announced the launch of Agent Trust, a human-to-agent binding service that binds verified human identities with the AI agents acting on their behalf. The release, launched in collaboration with Visa, Cloudflare and Skyfire, highlights that some of the biggest players in tech are looking to support the rollout of agentic commerce.
The Keyring wallet is an open-source IDV tool that allows users to prove their identity with biometrics and choose which data they want to share with platforms.
2026-05-11
Ian Fleming
Gov. Kathy Hochul has previewed sweeping new measures that would block minors from accessing betting apps and limit how companies target users.
For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes a clunky age-verification mandate, and, without fail, Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage surges as residents scramble to maintain their privacy and anonymity.
The European Union all but mandated the use of age verification technologies by large social platforms by provisionally finding that Meta broke digital rules by
