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Credas says digital identity pass rates rise to 89.3%

Credas says digital identity pass rates rise to 89.3%

2026-05-12 Ian Fleming
Credas says digital identity checks are more decisive, with manual referrals fal...
City of London seeks digital ID orchestrator as reusable identity push accelerates

City of London seeks digital ID orchestrator as reusable identity push accelerates

2026-05-11 Per Henrikson
The City of London is calling on tech companies to build a reusable digital iden...
Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet

Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet

2026-05-11 Per Henrikson
The Romanian government and Mastercard Europe S.A. will sign a memorandum of und...
FIS taps Anthropic to develop Agentic AI for banks, targets compliance

FIS taps Anthropic to develop Agentic AI for banks, targets compliance

2026-05-11 Per Henrikson
FIS has partnered with Anthropic to develop agentic AI capabilities for banks, b...
New York eyeing biometrics to stop underage betting

New York eyeing biometrics to stop underage betting

2026-05-11 Ian Fleming
Gov. Kathy Hochul has previewed sweeping new measures that would block minors fr...
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FIS taps Anthropic to develop Agentic AI for banks, targets compliance

FIS taps Anthropic to develop Agentic AI for banks, targets compliance

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
AI-powered CRM platform for mortgage firms JammJar adds identity verification through Entrust partnership

AI-powered CRM platform for mortgage firms JammJar adds identity verification through Entrust partnership

JammJar has partnered with Entrust to add in-platform identity verification for mortgage brokers, linking ID checks directly to client case records.
Sumsub announced partnership with Chainlink oracle platform

Sumsub announced partnership with Chainlink oracle platform

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.

Ping Identity and OLOID Bring Passwordless, Verified Trust to the Clinical Workforce in the US

Regula Launches Server-Side mDL Verification

Anthropic’s Claude Rolls Out Persona's End-User Identity Verification

Market
Credas says digital identity pass rates rise to 89.3%

Credas says digital identity pass rates rise to 89.3%

2026-05-12 Ian Fleming
Credas says digital identity checks are more decisive, with manual referrals falling to 3%-4% a year as identity fraud stays a concern.
City of London seeks digital ID orchestrator as reusable identity push accelerates

City of London seeks digital ID orchestrator as reusable identity push accelerates

The City of London is calling on tech companies to build a reusable digital identity verification service for the financial sector to reduce fraud.
Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet

Romania to conclude memorandum with Mastercard implementing European Digital Identity Wallet

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 supports India’s Aadhaar; KPMG backs farmers’ digital ID

KMCC Announces Review Plan for the Designation of New ‘Identity Verification Agencies’

New 5-year validity digital ID coming to South Africa

Technology
Experian, Visa, Cloudflare, and Skyfire Launch Agent Trust to Verify Human-to-Agent Bindings for Commerce

Experian, Visa, Cloudflare, and Skyfire Launch Agent Trust to Verify Human-to-Agent Bindings for Commerce

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.
Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.
Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing

Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing

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.

Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Account - OpenAI made the perfect tool for scammers

FIDO Alliance to start work on interoperable standards for agentic commerce

Federal Education Dept. Launches New FAFSA Fraud Prevention Tool

Legal
New York eyeing biometrics to stop underage betting

New York eyeing biometrics to stop underage betting

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.
Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect Next Week

Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect Next Week

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.
Europe Gliding Toward Mandatory Online Age Verification

Europe Gliding Toward Mandatory Online Age Verification

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

Türkiye to enforce age verification, tighten online safety under 15

House Republicans Introduce Secure Data Act

Refinitiv to delete politicians’ [PEP] grandchildren from its World-Check database