2026-08-31
Ian Fleming
authID will secure the customer's Microsoft Entra ID and ServiceNow environments to strengthen identity assurance across its service desk, as well as employee and contractor onboarding.
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
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.
Kenya is partnering with France’s IN Groupe to establish a more reliable and secure digital ID infrastructure. Ethiopia is exploring the potential for its digital ID system to significantly enhance the nation’s GDP by 7%. Zimbabwe is raising concerns about various cyber risks associated with increased digital payments and online transactions.
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.
2026-08-29
Per Henrikson
Fobi, WISeKey and Atsign add quantum-resistant protections across mobile credentials, PKI, secure hardware and developer platforms.
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.
2026-08-31
Per Henrikson
California lawmakers have exempted open-source operating systems and software from the state’s upcoming age-verification law, protecting Linux, BSD and their wider software ecosystems.
The platform will allow more citizens to open bank accounts and access online banking products and services, without having to visit a physical branch.
