2026-11-12
Per Henrikson
FrankieOne customers can use their existing integration to verify businesses, identify their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs), monitor changes over time, and verify the individuals behind them. FrankieOne connects banks, fintechs, and enterprises to more than 350 identity, fraud, and compliance providers and data sources through a single integration.
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.
Australia’s government Digital ID system opens to the private sector in three weeks. From December 1, businesses can apply to verify their customers through the Australian Government Digital ID System (AGDIS), while accredited private identity providers can apply to join the system and charge commercially for their services, including to government agencies that choose to use them.
2026-11-08
Ian Fleming
EBE Technologies developed Adaptive Capture, an AI-powered solution that allows transportation providers to verify required documents and photos while drivers are still at the pickup or delivery stop.
Some of the first age verification laws are starting to roll out across the United States. One of them requires iPhone owners to take a selfie so that Apple’s AI can verify their age.
Paravision confirms its State Department contract covers passport and visa photo verification, including detection of deepfakes and manipulated images.
2026-11-09
Per Henrikson
The Israel National Cyber Directorate has published the draft National Digital Identity Strategy for public comment. The document was formulated by a steering committee established in June 2025 at the request of the head of the directorate's Biometric Applications and Identity Unit.
German drivers will be able to carry their license on their phone from the end of November, in the same i-Kfz app that already stores digital vehicle registration documents. The Federal Ministry of Transport has confirmed the timing, narrowing an earlier target of the end of 2026. No exact date has been announced.
The UK Home Office says the public is aligned with the government's planned legislation for police facial recognition use and proposes an oversight body.
