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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...
Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia

Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia

2026-09-09 Ian Fleming
The company said the move brings it in line with Australia's online safety code...
Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

2026-09-09 Ian Fleming
Deepfake document fraud accounted for 80.10% of AI-enabled fraud, the dominant a...
Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

2026-09-09 Ion Benlola
Deepfake document fraud accounted for 80.10% of AI-enabled fraud, the dominant a...
Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

2026-09-09 Ion Benlola
Deepfake document fraud accounted for 80.10% of AI-enabled fraud, the dominant a...
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Instructure partners with Veriff to combat $180M credential fraud in US education

Instructure partners with Veriff to combat $180M credential fraud in US education

2026-09-10 Per Henrikson
Instructure has partnered with Veriff to integrate identity verification into Parchment by Instructure Transcript Services. The capability, currently being piloted with select US higher education institutions, will be generally available in November 2026.
Trust Stamp integrates ID verification technology with Jack Henry's Banno platform

Trust Stamp integrates ID verification technology with Jack Henry's Banno platform

Trust Stamp Inc (NASDAQ:IDAI, ISE:AIID)'s driver's license verification technology is now available through Jack Henry's digital banking platform.
Authologic Registers as EU Digital Identity Provider Ahead of eIDAS 2.0 Mandate

Authologic Registers as EU Digital Identity Provider Ahead of eIDAS 2.0 Mandate

Authologic has been registered by Narodowy Bank Polski as a Trust Service Provider to issue Electronic Attestations of Attributes for upcoming EU Digital Identity Wallets ahead of eIDAS 2.0 requirements.

Yoti withdrawing ID app from Spain to avoid undermining biometric security

Veratad Technologies to Showcase AI-Driven Age and Identity Verification at Identity Week America 2026

Sumsub Launches Flagship Podcast 'Trust Forward' Exploring the Architecture of Human Belief

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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.
Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia

Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia

The company said the move brings it in line with Australia's online safety code covering access to adult content. Games players already own, and anything rated below R18+, won't be affected.
Epic Games Store to require age verification for R18+ games in Australia

Epic Games Store to require age verification for R18+ games in Australia

Epic Games Store will require players in Australia to verify they are 18 or older before they can download or purchase games rated R18+

Myanmar’s digital ID strategy comes amid a fraught landscape

Indiana Is The Latest State To Embrace Digital IDs But A Real License Is Still Required To Drive

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

Technology
SentientX’s Human Identity Bank Defines a New Model for Digital Identity Control and Enforcement

SentientX’s Human Identity Bank Defines a New Model for Digital Identity Control and Enforcement

2026-09-09 Ian Fleming
SentientX released the latest Human Identity Bank™, giving individuals greater control over their voice, likeness, image, video, and digital assets. The platform combines authenticity records, consent controls, licensing, monitoring, and enforcement to help protect identity ownership and authorized digital use.
82% of Organizations Had to Explain an Identity Decision, and One-Third Could Provide Only Limited Evidence

82% of Organizations Had to Explain an Identity Decision, and One-Third Could Provide Only Limited Evidence

50% of organizations can fully reconstruct an identity verification decision across all contributing systems, signals, and decision logic. Another 42% can identify the main systems and signals involved but cannot fully reconstruct how the final outcome was reached. A further 7% report only limited visibility, while 1% say reconstruction is not possible in practice.
Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM): Visibility, Risk, and Remediation

Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM): Visibility, Risk, and Remediation

ISPM platforms aggregate identity data from Active Directory, cloud identity providers, privileged access management systems, and SaaS applications to create a unified view of identity risk. The technology scores risk based on factors like dormant privileged accounts, excessive permissions, missing multi-factor authentication, and policy violations.

Procivis expands EUDI footprint as Europe’s wallet deadline approaches

AI fraud accelerates US’ shift toward cryptographic digital identity

Microsoft patent adapts biometric authentication to on-screen risk

Legal
French president Emmanuel Macron seeks bloc-wide social media age assurance law

French president Emmanuel Macron seeks bloc-wide social media age assurance law

2026-09-08 Ian Fleming
Macron urges EU-wide social media age law as Brussels weighs a common framework for age assurance and online child safety.
UK guidance indicates only gov’t digital ID wallet will get primary credentials

UK guidance indicates only gov’t digital ID wallet will get primary credentials

The latest update to the guidance page indicates that certified digital verification service (DVS) providers will have access to only derived credentials.
US age assurance enters implementation phase as courts, lawmakers refine rules

US age assurance enters implementation phase as courts, lawmakers refine rules

US age assurance enters implementation as courts and lawmakers refine rules, porn sites geoblock instead of verifying age, and NetChoice keeps fighting social media laws.

California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification

Egypt's Central Bank issued regulations for a digital financial identity platform enabling remote customer verification

India drops shared biometric database from telecom verification rules