Europe
IDnow Trust Services has completed a conformity assessment to issue Qualified Electronic Attestations of Attributes (QEAAs), which provide an eIDAS 2.0-compliant way of verifying specific customer credentials such as residential addresses, tax identification numbers and professional certificates.
The assessment covered attribute proofing, technical issuance, lifecycle management and IT security and concluded with zero non-conformities. IDnow has submitted the resulting report to Sweden’s Post and Telecom Authority, which is responsible for granting qualified status and entry on the EU Trust List. The company says its QEAAs can be integrated directly into existing onboarding processes or issued to the European Digital Identity Wallet.
Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt has issued new regulations governing its Digital Financial Identity Platform, paving the way for customers to open bank accounts and access banking services remotely through electronic Know Your Customer procedures.
The framework will allow customers to accept terms and conditions electronically, use electronic authentication instead of handwritten signatures and update personal information digitally. It also establishes governance, technical and operational requirements for participating organisations, alongside data protection and cybersecurity controls.
United States
The US General Services Administration is exploring additional device fingerprinting and intelligence capabilities for Login.gov as it looks to strengthen fraud detection throughout the user journey.
A Request for Information seeks technology capable of recognising returning devices even when users change IP addresses, delete cookies, use private browsing or attempt to conceal device characteristics. Potential risk signals include VPN and Tor use, browser tampering, location spoofing, virtual machines and rooted or jailbroken mobile devices.
The proposed capability could also distinguish between human users, legitimate automation and malicious bots, as well as identify autonomous AI agents. GSA is exploring whether Login.gov could use the information to allow approved agents while challenging, limiting or blocking suspicious or unverified ones.
Scotland
ScotAccount has introduced HM Passport Office verification as an additional way for people to prove their identity when accessing Scottish public services online.
The new verification route is intended to help users who may struggle with methods that rely on an established digital footprint, including younger people with limited financial history. ScotAccount said it is continuing to expand the range of verification methods it supports, while exploring how information from official documents can be checked against authoritative sources.
Sweden
Fourthline Trust Services has been granted Qualified Trust Service Provider status in the EU and added to the EU Trusted List under the eIDAS framework.
The status allows the Swedish subsidiary of identity verification company Fourthline to issue qualified certificates for electronic signatures under the supervision of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. Fourthline can now provide both identity verification and qualified electronic signature issuance directly, enabling verification and signing to take place through a single provider and potentially within the same session.
Uganda
Problems with QR code verification on Uganda’s new national identity cards have been raised in Parliament amid concerns that some citizens are unable to access services requiring electronic identity checks.
MP Patrick Okello Onguti said some cardholders had encountered problems when accessing banking services and registering or replacing SIM cards. He said the National Identification and Registration Authority had previously acknowledged that QR functionality had not been integrated into its digital operational system and had indicated the problem would be resolved by the end of March. The government has said it will seek a response from the Minister of Internal Affairs.
United Kingdom
GBG has launched Reach, a data quality agent designed to allow AI agents to assess address information and make policy-driven decisions within agentic workflows.
Reach is the first capability within the company’s new GBG for Agents portfolio and can integrate with workflows including IBM watsonx Orchestrate. It turns address verification results into decision-ready signals, including a confidence score between zero and one. GBG plans to extend its agent-native approach to other products, including GBG Go and GBG Trust.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has introduced official digital identification cards for students as part of a wider expansion of digital education services.
Available through the Ministry of Education’s Unified Education Portal, the digital ID contains information including the student’s name, nationality, identity number, school and grade. A QR code enables authorised organisations to verify the information electronically. The portal also provides access to homework and tests, communication with teachers and administrative services including school bus registration and transfers between schools.
Vietnam / Singapore
Vietnam is seeking closer integration between its VNeID national digital identity system and Singapore’s Singpass as the two countries deepen cooperation on digital transformation.
Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan identified integration of the two national identity systems as one of three areas for closer cooperation during the first Vietnam-Singapore Strategic Dialogue. The wider programme also includes closer links between government, universities and industry, and development of technology and research ecosystems.
New Zealand
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce legislation seeking to ban children under 16 from using social media.
The proposed bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users’ ages, potentially using existing account information, facial technology and digital identity documents. Platforms that fail to comply could face fines of up to 10 percent of their global revenue.
South Korea
South Korean fintech and regtech company Tomoarrow is targeting identity verification challenges faced by international users with its TomoIDV electronic Know Your Customer service.
The platform allows people to verify themselves using identity documents, mobile numbers, selfies and liveness checks from their home countries, with information cross-checked against authoritative sources where available. Businesses can configure country-specific verification workflows through a single API, while pseudonymous identifiers can be used to recognise returning customers without repeatedly exposing their original identity information.
United States
Identity governance company Oleria has partnered with Happiest Minds Technologies to help organisations manage access across human, non-human and AI identities.
The partnership combines Oleria’s AI-native identity governance platform with Happiest Minds’ cybersecurity and digital transformation services. The companies say the offering is intended to give organisations greater visibility into identity access and risk as environments expand beyond employees to include applications, service accounts, machine identities and AI agents.
