2026-08-09
Per Henrikson
iDenfy has integrated BankID Norway into its identity platform, allowing Norwegian users to verify their identity using bank credentials to combat a 47% rise in local identity theft.
Partnership pairs authID's biometric technology with ASV's KYC and compliance platform to help auction houses, galleries, and dealers combat money laundering and identity fraud.
2026-08-12
Ian Fleming
Benin and Ethiopia are deepening cooperation on digital government, AI and cybersecurity.Benin has put more than 250 public services online and expanded biometric enrollment.
Digital wallet providers, digital identity and credential issuers, verifiers and government agencies can now use test suites developed by the OpenID Foundation for self-certification to common digital identity and verifiable credentials specifications.
2026-08-12
Ian Fleming
Civitas ID has secured USD$500,000 from the Gates Foundation to build open-source digital identity infrastructure for displaced populations.
L8P8 has introduced Loop8ID Age Shield, a privacy-first age verification platform that uses device signals from Apple Inc. and Google to determine user eligibility without collecting personal data.
Feature attribution, saliency maps, attention mechanisms, SHAP, LIME, and multimodal explanation layers help make model decisions easier to understand.
2026-08-12
Ian Fleming
Signicat has secured UK DIATF certification, validating its NFC-based identity verification technology for high-trust use cases. This certification enables businesses to perform Right to Work, Right to Rent, and DBS checks using a secure, government-recognized framework, significantly reducing onboarding fraud and regulatory friction.
New Mexico court ruling mandated platform safety overhauls and stricter age-assurance requirements that commentators note effectively push users toward digital ID verification.
