Europe
Corsair Capital has acquired a majority stake in Identity verification platform IDnow.
Corsair first invested to support the growth of IDnow in October 2019 when it acquired a minority stake in the business. IDnow has since grown its portfolio of identification solutions, and completed two strategic acquisitions which expanded the company into new geographies including establishing a leadership position in France.
United Kingdom
HM Land Registry is to implement a new digital identity standard, alongside adding more councils to the Local Land Charges Register and introducing AI driven services for casework over the coming year.
According to a UK Authority report, the organisation is implementing the digital identity standard under the Data (Use and Access) Bill – which is currently going through Parliament – alongside the introduction of AI services for casework, and the running of a number of local authority property data pilots with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
United Kingdom
The UK digital identity market is expanding rapidly, driven by rising cybersecurity concerns and government initiatives for secure digital verification. According to the latest report by IMARC Group, The UK digital identity size reached $2.4 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach $8.7 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 15.70 percent during 2025-2033.
Pakistan
NADRA has announced the launch of Pakistan’s first “dematerialised digital identity card”.
Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, Mohsin Raza Naqvi, said the launch was a significant step toward digital identity transformation.
He announced that after integrating this feature into the Pak ID mobile app, citizens will be able to store their identity cards on their smartphones. Additionally, a digital verification system will be introduced soon, facilitating secure and instant verification for various services under the World Bank-backed Digital Economy Project.
Taiwan
Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) has unveiled a prototype of a Digital Certificate Wallet, marking a significant advancement in the country’s digital identity infrastructure.
The prototype’s launch comes as part of Taiwan’s broader push toward digital transformation, following the country’s earlier initiatives in biometric security implementation, such as the deployment of facial recognition technology in public banks.
According to MODA officials, the Digital Certificate Wallet will serve as a cornerstone for secure digital identity verification, with full deployment targeted for December 2025. The initiative aligns with similar developments across Asia, where governments are increasingly focusing on digital identity solutions to modernise public services.
United Kingdom
Speakers from Lloyds Banking Group, Monzo and NatWest Group urged the financial services industry to work together to get a digital company ID live in the market and said it would help identify financial crime sooner, as per Open Banking Expo.
It comes after the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) proposed the widespread adoption of Digital Company ID to tackle economic crime, following the work of its second industry coalition.
One of the recommendations made in the coalition’s report is that CFIT, in collaboration with industry, should launch and test a fully functional Digital Company ID prototype.
At CFIT’s ‘Fighting Economic Crime through Enhanced Verification: Coalition Showcase’Mark Devlin, managing director client services, business and commercial banking at Lloyds Banking Group, said that IDs have been “tried and tested but never quite got off the ground”.
He called on the financial services industry to “work together to get past the proof of concept”, as had been done with Open Banking, and to “maximise the opportunity now or it’s lost”.
Global
Microblink has unveiled its latest automated identity verification platform, designed to streamline ID capture and verification processes for businesses while enhancing compliance and fraud prevention capabilities. The new solution consolidates multiple verification services into a single cloud-based platform, marking a significant advancement in digital identity verification technology.
The platform introduces several key innovations, including a drag-and-drop workflow builder with industry-specific templates, advanced document verification features, and biometric authentication with iBeta Level 2 Presentation Attack Detection.
The platform’s document verification capabilities include forgery detection, OCR text extraction, and barcode and MRZ data processing, representing an evolution from earlier document reading technologies that were primarily hardware-based. The solution also incorporates advanced document liveness checks, which have become important for preventing sophisticated fraud attempts.
United Kingdom
A new report by Identity Week, Transformative Women: Women’s Inclusion in the Evolving Identity Industry, has praised the UK government’s One Login system. The report praises this initiative for demonstrating how inclusive practices—such as balanced demographic testing and diverse developer teams—are crucial to producing technologies suitable for all users.
“Collaboration across diverse backgrounds ensures more comprehensive, balanced, and impactful outcomes,” said the report.
The report also examines the adoption disparity between genders in digital identity usage. It cites research from the Digital ID Observatory, Osservatori Digital Innovation at Politecnico di Milano, which found significant gender gaps in professional digital ID adoption. The study revealed that “68 percent of professional digital identities were adopted by men compared to women,” indicating persistent inequality despite widespread adoption of digital identity solutions.
Australia
The Australian government is advancing its digital identity systems with the implementation of passkeys across multiple services. The expansion builds on Australia’s existing myGovID system, which has been rolling out digital identity capabilities since 2019.
As part of this transition, participants and nominees in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) were required to update their myGov account settings by October 20, 2024, to incorporate stronger sign-in options, including SMS codes, passkeys, or Digital ID for accessing NDIS portals and applications. The change follows Services Australia’s broader initiative to consolidate and secure government digital services, as per Mobile ID World.
In March 2025, VicRoads joined other major organisations, including Telstra and UBank, in adopting passkeys as an alternative authentication method. VicRoads has implemented biometric passkeys for myVicRoads accounts, with over 200,000 passkeys created during their pilot programme.
United Kingdom
Etive Technologies is working with the Home Builders Federation (HBF) to support homebuilders in complying with government regulation on identity and anti-money laundering checks.
The MyIdentity scheme enables consumers to carry out digital identity and anti-money laundering checks and share them with organisations as and when they need to. This means checks can be carried out at the beginning of the buying/selling process, reducing customer friction and duplication of effort.
As part of this work, Etive has been working with a cohort of representatives from Barratt Developments PLC, Bellway PLC, Berkeley Group, Miller Homes Ltd, Persimmon PLC, Telford Homes Ltd and the Vistry Group PLC to explore additional standards and is now seeking views from the wider industry.
