Ian Fleming

Marble raises €6.5M Series A led by Smartfin for its open-source fraud and AML platform

2026-09-29 Ian Fleming

Paris-based Marble has raised a €6.5M Series A led by Smartfin for its open-source fraud and AML compliance platform, used by 100+ institutions.

Entrust and MK Group Announce Partnership to Support Government Credential Programs

2026-09-29 Ian Fleming

Partnership combines global government identity expertise and market reach with secure credential technology and manufacturing capabilities

OpenID unveils first digital ID providers certified for VP, VCI interoperability

2026-09-28 Ian Fleming

Hopae, Lissi, Meeco and Scytales are among the first crop of organizations to self-certify their implementations of OpenID Foundation standardized protocols.

Sierra Leone links digital sovereignty to local control of DPI

2026-09-28 Ian Fleming

Sierra Leone is positioning local ownership and technical capacity as central to its digital sovereignty strategy as it expands national digital ID, payments and data exchange infrastructure.

Jorda and Rwanda to collaborate on public service digitalization

2026-09-28 Ian Fleming

Jordan and Rwanda are pursuing their digital transformation programs and have each moved large volumes of public services online.

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.

ZYMIX, the UK Social SuperApp operates through a shared identity, communications layer and account infrastructure

2026-09-28 Ian Fleming

ZYMIX, the UK Social SuperApp built for the next generation of users, today launches nationwide with a unified product architecture designed to reduce the fragmentation created by separate communications, social media, video, news, events, utility and payment applications.

Pak ID App 5.8.0 Launches Digital ID Cards, QR Verification

2026-09-27 Ian Fleming

Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched version 5.8.0 of the Pak ID mobile application, introducing several new digital identity services aimed at making identity verification and document management easier for citizens.

Steam Australia Age Verification: R18+ Credit Card Rule

2026-09-27 Ian Fleming

Steam now requires an Australian credit card to unlock R18+ games. Here's what changed on Sept 9, why debit cards fail, and what comes next.

Hong Kong-registered firm wins US$5m contract for Malawi’s ID registration kits

2026-09-26 Ian Fleming

Same supplier built Malawi’s first biometric register in 2017. Data protection regulations still unfinished as 13.5 million Malawians sit in national ID database.

Proof and Superfluid test reusable identity for AI-agent wallet

2026-09-24 Ian Fleming

Proof and Superfluid Finance are testing a way for AI agents to present reusable identity credentials when proposing transactions through Superfluid Wallet.

Vietnam plans to link national digital ID app with Singapore and Laos

2026-09-24 Ian Fleming

Vietnam plans to connect its national digital identification application VNeID with the electronic identification systems of Singapore and Laos, with a view to expanding the connection to other ASEAN countries.

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Marble raises €6.5M Series A led by Smartfin for its open-source fraud and AML platform

Entrust and MK Group Announce Partnership to Support Government Credential Programs

OpenID unveils first digital ID providers certified for VP, VCI interoperability

Sierra Leone links digital sovereignty to local control of DPI

Jorda and Rwanda to collaborate on public service digitalization

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

ZYMIX, the UK Social SuperApp operates through a shared identity, communications layer and account infrastructure

Pak ID App 5.8.0 Launches Digital ID Cards, QR Verification

Steam Australia Age Verification: R18+ Credit Card Rule

Hong Kong-registered firm wins US$5m contract for Malawi’s ID registration kits

Proof and Superfluid test reusable identity for AI-agent wallet

Vietnam plans to link national digital ID app with Singapore and Laos

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.

How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

Dutch businesses develop independent digital ID wallet MyCheck

Stakk takes document verification tech to US midterm postal voting

Yoti adds ConnectID bank verification to its age assurance product in Australia