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eIDAS

QTSPs and relying parties face diverging eIDAS 2.0 clocks

Halfway through 2026, eIDAS 2.0 has shifted from a regulation to monitor into a deadline to meet. By December 2026, every EU Member State...

Kord lands £6.4m Series A to speed up regulated payments

Kord, a London-headquartered FinTech offering a single platform for client onboarding, identity checks and payments, has closed a £6.4m Series A round to tackle...
QTSPs

QTSPs face a shrinking runway to the 2027 eIDAS deadlines

Qualified trust service providers (QTSPs) are under no illusions about what 2027 will bring. Awareness of EUDI Wallets, notified eIDs and the revised Article...
Signicat

Signicat and TrustTech push reusable identity in Europe

Signicat has joined forces with TrustTech to help regulated businesses adopt reusable identity processes built on private wallet ecosystems, moving ahead of incoming EU...
Experian

Experian unveils single-API fix for digital identity checks

Experian has launched Identity Connect, a new solution designed to help organisations verify customers in line with emerging UK digital identity standards while reducing...
Hopae

Hopae Connect opens India’s full identity network

Hopae has made India's two principal digital identity systems accessible through its Hopae Connect API, bringing the country's 1.45 billion-strong enrolled population within reach...
Wultra

Wultra lands €6.8m to scale quantum identity

Wultra, a post-quantum authentication and digital identity provider serving banks and FinTechs, has closed a €6.8m Series A funding round to accelerate its international...
Entrust

Entrust launches identity-centric authentication tool

Entrust, a global leader in identity-centric security, has launched its Biometric Authentication solution, a product designed to shift the focus of authentication away from...
AI

Why AI models are defeating identity verification systems

A 1993 New Yorker cartoon showed one dog telling another, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." The joke has held up rather...
fraud

Why digital identity is the future of fraud prevention

Traditional document-based identity verification is rapidly losing the battle against AI-powered fraud. Solutions built on document capture and liveness checks, the backbone of most...

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