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Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

2027-08-20 Ian Fleming
The country’s chip-based national identity card, first piloted in Cluj county, i...
How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

2026-11-04 Per Henrikson
Police use AI to review evidence, resolve identities, link cases, trace money, a...
NCR Voyix and NACS integrate TruAge age-verification technology into point-of-sale systems

NCR Voyix and NACS integrate TruAge age-verification technology into point-of-sale systems

2026-10-21 Ian Fleming
The National Association of Convenience Stores and NCR Voyix have integrated the...
Poland open to joint border control on its side to secure Ukraine border crossings

Poland open to joint border control on its side to secure Ukraine border crossings

2026-10-21 Per Henrikson
The Polish Ministry of Interior has announced readiness to implement joint borde...
Socure Research Finds AI Is Expanding the Population Committing Fraud

Socure Research Finds AI Is Expanding the Population Committing Fraud

2026-10-20 Per Henrikson
The report identifies an “AI-fluent fraudster” cohort, skewing younger and male,...
Players
World ID app: a new identity wallet for the age of AI

World ID app: a new identity wallet for the age of AI

2026-10-19 Ian Fleming
World launched World ID app, a place to store cryptographic Proofs, such as Proof of Human, Proof of Presence, and Proof of Attributes.
AiID emerges from stealth with document authenticity verification platform

AiID emerges from stealth with document authenticity verification platform

After two years in stealth, AiID has unveiled Frictionless ID, a credential intelligence platform designed to assess the authenticity of identity documents before facial matching, liveness detection and other identity verification steps.
Socure Launches DocV Omega to Score Document Fraud Across Contextual Signals

Socure Launches DocV Omega to Score Document Fraud Across Contextual Signals

Socure introduced DocV Omega, an evolution of its Document Verification product that evaluates document and biometric evidence alongside identity, device, behavioral, network, and journey context.

Yoti adds ConnectID bank verification to its age assurance product in Australia

OneSpan expands e-signature roadmap with identity verification, AI and digital wallets

Hopae joins FIDO Alliance to advance digital identity

Market
Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

2027-08-20 Ian Fleming
The country’s chip-based national identity card, first piloted in Cluj county, is now issued nationally, with more than EUR 150 million in European funds financing the first batches in 2026.
NCR Voyix and NACS integrate TruAge age-verification technology into point-of-sale systems

NCR Voyix and NACS integrate TruAge age-verification technology into point-of-sale systems

The National Association of Convenience Stores and NCR Voyix have integrated the TruAge digital age-verification tool with NCR Voyix's point-of-sale (POS) systems in the United States.
Poland open to joint border control on its side to secure Ukraine border crossings

Poland open to joint border control on its side to secure Ukraine border crossings

The Polish Ministry of Interior has announced readiness to implement joint border operations on Polish territory with Ukraine, pending Schengen notifications and security needs.

Pakistan links academic records to digital ID, expands biometric enrollment

Utah forms digital ID consortium

Malta’s Digital ID Wallet Could Finally Kill The ‘Photo Of Your ID Card’ Routine

Technology
How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

2026-11-04 Per Henrikson
Police use AI to review evidence, resolve identities, link cases, trace money, and detect synthetic media. The biggest gains come from connecting data sources, not from any single tool.
RaonSecure extends digital identity technology to robots and AI systems

RaonSecure extends digital identity technology to robots and AI systems

South Korean cybersecurity company RaonSecure is extending its decentralized identity technology to robots and autonomous AI systems through a government-backed research project to secure physical AI applications.
Zoom and Bain Capital add "Proof of Human" badges World to stop fraud and deep fakes

Zoom and Bain Capital add "Proof of Human" badges World to stop fraud and deep fakes

The new security measure, which will be deployed by the likes of Bain Capital and VanEck, relies on World’s iris-scanning orb device.

Proof launches x401, giving AI agents a way to prove who they represent—and what they're authorized to do

Deepfakes, social engineering push identity checks into live conversations

Tavus Introduces Griffin, the First Face-to-Face Human Interaction Model, Unlocking the Future of Conversational AI

Legal
Social media regulations aimed at protecting children become widespread across Europe

Social media regulations aimed at protecting children become widespread across Europe

2026-10-20 Ian Fleming
Social media restrictions for children gain momentum across Europe.
The European Payments Council (EPC) Launches SCARLET to Standardise EU Digital Identity Wallet Acceptance for Payments

The European Payments Council (EPC) Launches SCARLET to Standardise EU Digital Identity Wallet Acceptance for Payments

To help smooth the process and reduce the risk of multiple, potentially non-interoperable approaches emerging, the EPC has approved the development of Scarlet (Strong Customer Authentication Acceptance Rulebook and Liability Framework for EUDIW Transactions), providing a common standard for the more than 3000 PSPs and the 27+ EU Digital Identity Wallet providers expected to operate in the EU/EEA.
Germany Digital Identity Wallet Launches January 2027; Every Transaction Exposes Users' Identity

Germany Digital Identity Wallet Launches January 2027; Every Transaction Exposes Users' Identity

Germany's Bundestag on Thursday passed the Digitale Identitätengesetz (DIdG) — the legal framework for the country's state-issued digital identity wallet — while the privacy architecture that the EU mandate underpinning the law explicitly requires as mandatory will be absent when the wallet goes live

Qualified trust service providers face end-2026 deadline for biometric attack testing under eIDAS

Turkey bans social media for kids under 15

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR