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Decentralised payment and trust infrastructure provider cheqd is partnering with Anonyome Labs on issuing, verifying, and monetising digital credentials.
Integrating cheqd’s decentralised identity and on-chain payment capabilities with Anonyome Labs’ Verifiable Credentials offering can “streamline onboarding, reduce fraud, and enhance privacy across sectors including education, finance, healthcare and insurance,” according to the companies.
Global
Google has announced the integration of zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology into its Google Wallet platform.
The cryptographic solution aims to enhance digital identity verification by allowing users to prove specific attributes, such as age, without disclosing sensitive personal information.
Global
Identity verification company Nametag has announced its sponsorship of IDPro, a community of Identity & Access Management (IAM) practitioners.
IDPro is a global professional association for people working in IAM, digital identity, and cybersecurity. It provides vendor-neutral education through a Body of Knowledge, a CIDPRO (Certified Identity Professional) program, and a community that helps organisations and individuals grow their skills, build industry relationships.
Europe
Fourthline has been selected by Revolut as a strategic partner. Fourthline has initially assisted Revolut with customer onboarding processes across the European Union and UK, with a view to supporting in other markets in the future. Fourthline said its technology, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI), including biometric analysis, active liveness detection and document verification, will enable Revolut to streamline their customer verification processes.
Canada
TELUS Digital has expanded its partnership with identity verification provider Sumsub to broaden the scope of digital identity and fraud prevention services offered to clients in Canada and beyond. The collaboration now includes use cases beyond customer onboarding, extending to areas such as remote employee verification and operational risk mitigation across regulated industries.
Denmark / Japan
Danish privacy technology company Partisia and Japanese digital solutions provider TOPPAN Edge have announced a partnership aimed at developing a decentralised digital identity platform with privacy and user control at its core. The collaboration brings together Partisia’s cryptographic expertise and TOPPAN Edge’s experience in secure document and identity systems.
The initiative follows TOPPAN’s recent acquisition of ASSA ABLOY’s Citizen ID business, which expanded its portfolio in the identity management space. By leveraging Partisia’s decentralised infrastructure, the system will incorporate cryptographic methods – particularly Multi-Party Computation (MPC) – to protect sensitive data. Additionally, the platform will feature on-chain auditability and revocation capabilities to meet compliance demands, including those outlined in eIDAS 2.0.
The companies have launched their first pilot project at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST). This use case focuses on student ID credentials and serves as a real-world demonstration of the system’s decentralised identity framework.
Wales
A new Welsh Identity Verification Service is being launched across Wales. The new service will allow people who do not have government-issued photo ID to verify their identity at their GP practice to register for the NHS Wales app.
United Kingdom
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For the first time since the government announced its digital wallet app in January, officials are set to sit down with industry representatives to discuss the future of the digital ID market.
Computer Weekly reports that the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology Peter Kyle will address the meeting. Also speaking from the Government Digital Service (GDS) will be chief product officer Christine Bellamy and director of digital identity, Natalie Jones, along with Hannah Rutter, CEO of the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA), which oversees ID provider compliance with the Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF).
Somalia
Somalia has launched three foundational digital identity systems.
The initiative introduces three core platforms: HUBIYE, a digital identity verification tool; e-Aqoonsi, a mobile digital ID app; and a Certificate Delivery System (CDS) for official document issuance. These systems build upon previously announced plans to integrate biometric identification into public and financial services.
Laos
The government of Laos has confirmed its readiness to begin issuing digital identity cards to citizens nationwide. The initiative, officially launched in July 2024, stems from a trilateral effort involving Laos, Vietnam, and Japan, aimed at overhauling the national identification infrastructure.
Palau
Scallop, a decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol on Sui, is collaborating with sovereign-backed blockchain-native digital identity platform RNS Global, which endorsed by the Republic of Palau. Th company said the partnership underscores “a growing trend of integrating blockchain technology with governmental support”.
Scallop users will now be able to obtain legally recognised on-chain digital identities issued by the Republic of Palau. The identity solution, officially called the Palau Digital Residency has attracted renowned tech industry figures like Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, and investor Tim Draper.
Moldova
Moldova haslaunched its new digital identity card (eID). The government has described it as a significant step towards modernising public services.
“The Republic of Moldova has not updated its identity card for more than 11 years,” said Mircea Eșanu, director of the Public Services Agency (ASP), adding that the first million IDs will be issued free of charge.
The new ID contains 30 security elements. It allows citizens to update their personal data, including their residence, and will contribute to the quality of national registries, including voter registries, the government announced.
The digital ID document will also enable a wider adoption of electronic signatures and allow citizens to access public services, including the electronic nomination system for candidates provided by the Central Electoral Commission. The State Automated Information System, alongside the State Register of Voters, is currently being optimised as one core module.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced a new mobile application designed to modernise and streamline civil registration services across the country.
Mobile ID World reports the mobile app enables citizens to register life events such as births, deaths, and changes in marital status, remotely. The development follows NADRA’s deployment of digital ID cards on smartphones through the Pak ID platform.
To support the application’s implementation, NADRA is establishing biometric verification facilities throughout union councils in Punjab province. The app incorporates biometric verification for user authentication to maintain registration accuracy and security, building upon the country’s broader biometric verification systems already in use across telecommunications, legal documentation, and social services sectors.
