Global
Daon has launched Workforce Identity Fraud Prevention, a new platform designed to strengthen trust across the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to authentication and account recovery.
The platform combines several of Daon’s existing identity technologies, including TrustX, xProof, xAuth and xFace. It is intended to support remote hiring, privileged-access changes, contractor onboarding, payroll update requests and helpdesk recovery workflows.
Daon says the system integrates with existing IAM environments using APIs and OpenID Connect protocols, allowing organisations to extend identity assurance without replacing existing infrastructure.
Europe
The European Commission has formally recommended that EU member states adopt its privacy-preserving age verification app.
The app allows users to prove they meet age requirements online without revealing their actual age or other personal information. It can operate as a standalone application or be integrated into the future European Digital Identity Wallet ecosystem.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said countries including France, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Ireland are already planning integrations into their national wallet systems.
United Kingdom and Ireland
The UK and Irish governments have reaffirmed plans to develop future digital identity systems in partnership to avoid disrupting the Common Travel Area.
Meeting at Hillsborough Castle, ministers discussed pilot projects linking the UK Home Office’s eVisa system with Ireland’s forthcoming digital travel credential. The goal is to enable travellers to use a single QR-based credential at eGates and ferry terminals.
The initiative could reduce border friction for businesses and workers moving between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Global
Jumio has launched Jumio Watch, a platform designed to continuously assess identity risk after onboarding.
The company says fraud increasingly emerges after initial verification, with users later becoming money mules, victims of account takeover or participants in first-party fraud schemes.
Jumio Watch uses behavioural, device and network intelligence linked through the company’s Identity Graph, which aggregates data from tens of millions of verified and fraudulent identities.
United States
Ealixir has launched the beta version of RepuTrust, an AI-powered digital identity and online reputation platform.
The platform analyses a person’s digital footprint and generates a “ReputScore” intended to function similarly to a financial credit score. The company says the system can identify negative sentiment, narrative inconsistencies and emerging reputation risks.
Ealixir says the platform is designed to help individuals understand and manage how they are perceived online as AI-generated content and impersonation become more widespread.
Global
Anthropic has begun requiring some users of its Claude AI platform to submit government-issued photo ID and potentially a live selfie before accessing certain features.
The company says the checks are intended to prevent misuse, enforce policies and comply with legal requirements. Identity processing is handled through partner Persona.
Anthropic says the data will not be used for AI model training or marketing purposes, though the move has prompted privacy concerns among users.
United Kingdom
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee is preparing a formal inquiry into the government’s proposed national digital identity scheme.
The inquiry will examine spending, delivery and lessons learned from previous programmes such as GOV.UK Verify. It will also explore the purpose of digital ID in the UK and international comparisons.
The investigation is expected to begin following publication of a National Audit Office report later this summer.
Vietnam
Hanoi aims to issue residential digital identities to 95 percent of citizens by October as part of a broader digital transformation programme.
The city is also mandating AI use across government agencies and expanding Vietnam’s VNeID national digital identity system into social and welfare services.
The programme includes API-first infrastructure requirements, online government meetings, digital signatures and shared data platforms hosted at the municipal data centre.
Egypt
Egypt is accelerating digital transformation in aviation, including rollout of a fully digital travel system at Cairo International Airport.
Civil Aviation Minister Sameh El-Hefny said the country is replacing paper passport cards for Egyptian travellers with a digital system developed alongside the Ministry of Interior.
The wider modernisation strategy also includes construction of Terminal 4 at Cairo International Airport and expansion of EgyptAir’s fleet to 97 aircraft by 2031.
Australia
Australia’s Credential Protection Register has blocked more than 750,000 fraudulent identity verification requests since launching in 2022.
The register forms part of the country’s national identity verification services and allows identity documents to be blocked from unauthorised verification following fraud or data breaches.
The government has invested more than AU$14 million in upgrades, including near real-time updates and planned consumer controls through the myGov app and website.
Global
A new report from research organisation Caribou warns that digital identity systems are continuing to reinforce exclusion for migrants and vulnerable populations.
The report draws on research in Kenya and Germany and argues that many digital ID programmes are constrained by political and institutional problems rather than purely technical ones.
Examples cited include refugees excluded from mobile money and healthcare systems in Kenya and asylum seekers in Germany trapped in bureaucratic processes despite holding official documentation.
United Kingdom
NHS Employers has responded to the UK government consultation on a proposed national digital identity system.
The organisation said a digital ID system could improve onboarding, fraud prevention and compliance across NHS recruitment, but warned that the system must work effectively at NHS scale.
It also raised concerns about fragmentation if every NHS employer is required to procure separate digital verification services.
UK Finance has also responded to the government consultation on national digital identity.
The organisation backed the ambition for a useful and trusted digital identity system, but said key issues still need to be addressed, including assurance levels, liability, operational resilience and interoperability with existing private-sector identity services.
It also stressed the importance of inclusion, fraud prevention and secure recovery mechanisms.
United Arab Emirates
The Central Bank of the UAE, ICP and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank have launched a digital bank account opening service for tourists.
Under the “Tourist Identity” initiative, visitors receive a Virtual Tourist Identity using biometric and facial recognition technology on arrival. The identity can then be used to open a digital bank account within minutes.
The service is built on the UAEKYC biometric identification framework and connects tourists to the country’s payment ecosystem, including Jaywan and Aani.
Ethiopia and Mozambique
Ethiopia and Mozambique have signed a three-year agreement on digital identity and digital public infrastructure cooperation.
The deal pairs Ethiopia’s FaydaVerse Digital Solutions Enterprise with Mozambique’s Agency for Digital Transformation and Innovation. Areas covered include digital identity platforms, interoperability, cybersecurity and technical training.
The agreement positions Ethiopia’s Fayda digital identity infrastructure as an exportable model for other African countries.
Austria
Austria has launched a nationwide digital student ID through its eAusweise mobile app.
The credential is linked to Austria’s ID Austria digital identity system and allows students to prove enrolment, access campus services and validate discount eligibility directly from their smartphones.
The rollout extends Austria’s wider mobile credential ecosystem, which already includes digital driving licences, registration certificates and age-verification credentials.
Norway
Norwegian biometrics firm Mobai has won a contract to provide facial biometrics for Norway’s national digital identity system.
Working with Commfides Norge AS, Mobai will support identity document verification and selfie biometrics with liveness detection for secure registration to MinID, Norway’s government eID.
The contract comes as Norway prepares for higher assurance requirements linked to eIDAS 2.0 and the European Digital Identity Wallet framework.
