Digital Identity: Global Roundup

Europe

The European Commission is expanding the reach of its European Digital Identity (eIDAS) trust framework as implementation of the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet accelerates.

At the centre of the rollout is the eIDAS Dashboard, which enables member states to publish trusted information on wallet providers, trust service providers and proof-of-age attestation providers. The Commission is also extending the framework internationally, with Moldova and Ukraine already participating and discussions underway with around 20 additional countries interested in joining the European digital identity ecosystem.

United Kingdom

The UK’s digital identity market now comprises an estimated 275 companies generating more than £2 billion in annual revenue, according to the latest Digital Identity Sectoral Analysis Report from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the Office for Digital Identities and Attributes.

The report found that 77 percent of UK residents have used a digital identity service, while public understanding has risen to 81 percent. Healthcare and public services recorded strong growth alongside the sector’s traditional financial services market, while gross value added increased 17% despite wider consolidation across the technology industry.

France

Italian trust services provider Namirial has become one of the first private-sector wallet providers approved to operate within France Identité after receiving the programme’s “France Identité Ready” certification.

The approval follows interoperability testing carried out through France Identité and the EU’s EUDI Unfold programme ahead of the 2026 EUDI Wallet deadline. The certification enables Namirial’s API-based wallet to issue, store and verify digital credentials within France’s national identity ecosystem, which now has more than 4.5 million users.

Global

Identity proofing specialist 1Kosmos has expanded its partnership with Microsoft as an official Entra Verified ID services and solution partner.

The integration combines government identity verification, biometric liveness detection and Microsoft Entra Verified ID to support secure remote onboarding, passwordless authentication and verifiable digital credentials. The companies say the integration will help organisations combat hiring fraud, synthetic identities and account takeover while strengthening workforce identity assurance.

Global

Digital travel credentials (DTCs) are expected to grow from 105.4 million users in 2027 to more than 1.2 billion by 2035, according to new research from Juniper Research.

The analyst predicts that growing government collaboration on interoperable digital identity standards and biometric border processing will drive adoption over the next decade, although fully passport-free travel is unlikely before 2040 as countries continue developing mutual trust frameworks and shared digital infrastructure.

Global

Visa has introduced the Visa Threat Intelligence Platform (VTIP), a new cyber intelligence service designed to help financial institutions identify cyber threats before they develop into fraud.

The platform combines cyber intelligence with payment network data to detect compromised payment credentials, identify vulnerabilities and provide digital identity intelligence to protect executives and employees from targeted attacks. Visa says the service builds on technologies already used to defend its own global payments network.

Europe

Digital identity provider Signicat has partnered with TrustTech to deliver reusable compliance checks and trusted digital signatures through private wallet ecosystems.

The collaboration aims to replace repeated identity checks and password-based authentication with reusable wallet-based credentials across financial services, healthcare and government, helping organisations prepare for eIDAS 2.0 and the European Digital Identity Wallet.

Brazil / Nigeria / Philippines

New academic research has concluded that governance, rather than technology, remains the biggest obstacle to cross-border digital identity interoperability.

Researchers from the University of Warwick and the Alan Turing Institute examined national digital identity programmes in Brazil, Nigeria and the Philippines, concluding that governance, accreditation and assurance frameworks consistently lag behind technical implementation. The study argues that stronger governance structures and regional cooperation should take priority over further technical investment.

Vietnam

Vietnam’s national digital identity platform, VNeID, has surpassed 102 million digital identity records and 71.5 million activated accounts as the government continues expanding digital public services.

Authorities are introducing stricter biometric verification across the banking sector to combat fraud, including mandatory facial biometrics for higher-value transactions and new measures to detect deepfake attacks and biometric spoofing. Officials say VNeID is evolving into a multi-service platform supporting the country’s wider digital transformation strategy.

Nigeria

Nigeria’s National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has launched nationwide stakeholder engagement following the introduction of the new NIMC Act 2026.

More than 136 million National Identification Numbers (NINs) have now been issued, with the government targeting 180 million registrations by the end of the year. Officials say the legislation will strengthen trusted digital public infrastructure while establishing the NIN as the country’s foundational identity credential.

India

Indian identity and trust technology company IDfy has won the government’s Code for Consent competition with its Privy privacy and data governance platform.

The initiative, organised by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, focused on technologies capable of supporting consent management under the country’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act. IDfy says the platform now supports almost 500 million users across more than 50 enterprise deployments.

Finland

Identity verification provider iDenfy has integrated Finland’s Finnish Trust Network (FTN) into its electronic identity platform.

The move enables Finnish users to authenticate using trusted bank-issued digital identities already used for online banking and government services, removing the need to upload physical identity documents during onboarding while supporting eIDAS-compliant identity verification.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s ruling GERB party has proposed legislation that would require users to verify their age through a government-issued digital identity application before accessing social media.

The proposal would ban children under 16 from social media while introducing additional restrictions for users aged 16 to 18. The planned digital wallet would align with wider European digital identity regulations and the EU’s privacy-preserving age assurance framework.

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea has signed a memorandum of understanding with Queensland University of Technology to support research and development around its SevisPass Digital Identity Ecosystem.

The partnership will focus on digital government, workforce development and research while reinforcing the government’s emphasis on data sovereignty. Officials say future projects will support the continued rollout of SevisPass and the country’s wider digital public infrastructure programme.

Switzerland

Immigration services provider Fragomen and secure identity specialist SICPA have formed a joint venture to develop next-generation digital identity platforms.

The partnership will combine government-issued credentials, digital wallets, document authentication and verifiable credentials into a single interoperable ecosystem designed to support governments, enterprises and individuals across workforce mobility, travel, education and humanitarian services.

Global

Vonage has launched Vonage Protection Suite for Okta, adding advanced mobile network-based fraud protection to multi-factor authentication.

The solution integrates with Okta to help organisations defend against threats including SIM-swap fraud and artificially inflated traffic while improving one-time password delivery through intelligent routing and real-time fraud detection.