2026-08-27
Per Henrikson
Socure, a leading AI-native trust infrastructure provider, has raised $156 million in strategic growth funding and acquired agentic AI platform Fravity, pushing its RiskOS platform beyond identity and fraud decisioning and deeper into the investigation work that follows a risk alert. The transaction values Socure at $5.2 billion.
Qoobiss has been an accredited remote identity verification provider with Romania's Authority for Digitalisation since December 2022, and reports that it became the first e-KYC provider in the country to validate the new chip-based ID cards remotely by video in March 2024
Aristotle Integrity today launched a fully redesigned website at integrity.aristotle.com, marking the next step in a broader positioning of the identity verification brand.
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.
The Myna App went live today. It is the Mynaportal App under a new name, with the Digital Authentication App’s mechanism built in, and it handles both identity verification with the card and the process of loading the card’s functions onto a handset.
iOS 27 tweaks some of the information and menus shown alongside the Digital ID passport feature in the Apple Wallet app. As a result of these changes and/or a related bug, some iPhone users have seen their Digital ID deactivated on recent iOS 27 beta versions. As a result of these changes and/or a related bug, some iPhone users have seen their Digital ID deactivated on recent iOS 27 beta versions.
2026-08-26
Per Henrikson
Eden AI is a unified API platform based in France, used by over 200,000 developers. It aggregates 700+ AI models from 50+ providers behind a single endpoint, so teams can access LLMs, computer vision, document parsing, and speech processing through one API key and one billing dashboard.
Ofcom’s enforcement window for the UK Online Safety Act’s age assurance rules opened on July 25, 2025. The article analyzes iDenfy, Persona, k-ID, Yoti, and Veratad.
A global shift is underway towards cryptographic digital IDs stored in mobile wallets, issued by governments and verifiable without central databases. Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, and Latin America are adopting these standards. However, cross-border interoperability is a major challenge, particularly in Latin America, which lacks a centralized trust registry like Europe's.
2026-08-27
Per Henrikson
The platform will allow more citizens to open bank accounts and access online banking products and services, without having to visit a physical branch.
The Department of Telecommunications has introduced new user identification requirements under the Telecommunications (User Identification) Rules, 2026. Biometric verification will apply to specified processes, including new SIM connections and certain changes to user details.
