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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...
Regula and Bernini.AI Enable Identity Verification at Key Moments in AI-Powered Customer Conversations

Regula and Bernini.AI Enable Identity Verification at Key Moments in AI-Powered Customer Conversations

2026-09-30 Per Henrikson
RESTON, Va., Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regula , a global developer of...
XConnect Launches UK Mobile Identity Fuzzy Matching to Boost Fintech Onboarding Accuracy

XConnect Launches UK Mobile Identity Fuzzy Matching to Boost Fintech Onboarding Accuracy

2026-09-30 Ian Fleming
XConnect has launched a KYC fuzzy matching service for UK mobile identity checks...
The Bulgarian Government Approves Steps to Introduce European Digital Identity Wallet

The Bulgarian Government Approves Steps to Introduce European Digital Identity Wallet

2026-09-30 Ian Fleming
The wallet will allow citizens and businesses to identify themselves securely wh...
RaonSecure Grants AI a 'Digital ID' — Controlling Autonomous Behavior Emerges as the New Security Frontier

RaonSecure Grants AI a 'Digital ID' — Controlling Autonomous Behavior Emerges as the New Security Frontier

2026-09-30 Per Henrikson
South Korea's RaonSecure unveiled an integrated security strategy targeting the...
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Regula and Bernini.AI Enable Identity Verification at Key Moments in AI-Powered Customer Conversations

Regula and Bernini.AI Enable Identity Verification at Key Moments in AI-Powered Customer Conversations

2026-09-30 Per Henrikson
RESTON, Va., Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regula , a global developer of identity verification solutions, and Bernini.ai , a Latin Americ...
Signicat Gains UK Digital Identity Trust Framework Certification

Signicat Gains UK Digital Identity Trust Framework Certification

Signicat, the Norway-headquartered digital identity platform, has achieved certification against the UK Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) for its NFC-based identity and document verification technology, known as ReadID, along with its orchestration services.
Jumio expands reusable KYC identity solution across EMEA

Jumio expands reusable KYC identity solution across EMEA

Jumio has expanded its selfie.DONE reusable identity solution to EMEA, allowing returning users to verify their identity via biometrics without re-scanning documents, boosting completion rates by 20%.

Oracle Health Partners with ID.me to Embed Reusable Digital Identity Across Patient Portals and EPCS

Frost & Sullivan: Entrust Receives the 2026 Global Digital ID Enabling Technology Leadership Recognition

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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, is now issued nationally, with more than EUR 150 million in European funds financing the first batches in 2026.
XConnect Launches UK Mobile Identity Fuzzy Matching to Boost Fintech Onboarding Accuracy

XConnect Launches UK Mobile Identity Fuzzy Matching to Boost Fintech Onboarding Accuracy

XConnect has launched a KYC fuzzy matching service for UK mobile identity checks, integrating data from EE, Vodafone, and Virgin Media O2 to cover 85% of UK mobile users and reduce onboarding friction.
RaonSecure Grants AI a 'Digital ID' — Controlling Autonomous Behavior Emerges as the New Security Frontier

RaonSecure Grants AI a 'Digital ID' — Controlling Autonomous Behavior Emerges as the New Security Frontier

South Korea's RaonSecure unveiled an integrated security strategy targeting the agentic AI era at SECUP 2026 on September 30. The core approach involves assigning unique Web3-based digital identities to AI agents and constraining them to operate only within authorized boundaries.

Latvia Launches Driver's License — on the Phone Project for 656,000 Euros

Pakistan's NADRA adds family digital IDs, QR verification to PakID as iris use expands

Moldova extends EVO digital ID wallet to four banks

Technology
Voice AI startup Modulate raises $25M to bring audio-native models to more developers

Voice AI startup Modulate raises $25M to bring audio-native models to more developers

2026-09-28 Ian Fleming
More than 10 million hours of audio a month now run through the models, Modulate said, and the lifetime total recently passed 600 million hours. Two of its products have also taken first place on Hugging Face leaderboards this year. The transcription model topped the Open ASR Leaderboard in July, and Velma Deepfake Detect, which launched in March, sits at the top of the Speech Deepfake Arena.
Yoti vs k-ID vs Persona: Gaming Age Checks [2026]

Yoti vs k-ID vs Persona: Gaming Age Checks [2026]

Yoti, k-ID, and Persona power age checks on Roblox, Discord, and PlayStation. Compare accuracy, pricing, privacy, and which vendor wins in 2026.
New Scoring Framework Exposes How Fragile Deepfake Detectors Really Are

New Scoring Framework Exposes How Fragile Deepfake Detectors Really Are

Deepfake detection models can look impressively accurate on paper while failing spectacularly in the real world. A detector that scores above ninety percent on a curated benchmark may collapse when a video is compressed for social media, blurred by a shaky camera, or simply drawn from a dataset it has never seen.

Proof and Superfluid test reusable identity for AI-agent wallet

Cyera Announces $400 Million Investment from Goldman Sachs to Build the Trust Layer for the Agentic Enterprise

Microsoft to retire Microsoft 365 Companion apps in December

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The Bulgarian Government Approves Steps to Introduce European Digital Identity Wallet

The Bulgarian Government Approves Steps to Introduce European Digital Identity Wallet

2026-09-30 Ian Fleming
The wallet will allow citizens and businesses to identify themselves securely when accessing electronic services, submit data and certificates, and use a qualified electronic signature.
New Zealand Moves Digital ID Accreditation Applications to Updated Rules

New Zealand Moves Digital ID Accreditation Applications to Updated Rules

Digital identity providers applying for accreditation in New Zealand must now use the current consolidated version of the country’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Rules 2024. The requirement applies to applications submitted from September 28, following a 90-day transition period for changes to the rules.
EU sets digital ID rules for cross-border health data exchange

EU sets digital ID rules for cross-border health data exchange

EU sets digital ID rules for MyHealth@EU, linking cross-border patient and provider authentication to eIDAS and EUDI Wallets from 2027.

Crypto firms still face full AML rules after CLARITY Act vote

Canada Is Not Banning Teenagers from Social Media

EU proposal could let AI companies train on Europeans’ data by default