Happy Identity Day! Today (16 September) is Identity Day. Linking to UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9: by 2030 provide legal identity for all including free birth... Read more
Main acquires majority stake in ReadID via substantial investment Main Capital Partners announces today to have acquired a majority stake in Inverid, formerly known as InnoValor. Inverid is the second platform investment from ... Read more
Austrian Financial Market Authority requires NFC and biometrics Regulatory bodies worldwide are embracing NFC as the future for identity verification. November 2, Austrian Financial Market Authority published the amended... Read more
Which countries have ePassports? Currently (December 2023), 172 countries have passports with a contactless (NFC) chip — also called ePassports or biometric passports — which means that those... Read more
Residence permits in Europe - almost all have NFC Back in 2002, the European Council standardised residence permits in EU countries. They demanded that all residence permits must be ICAO 9303 compliant and... Read more
Gartner identifies document centric identity proofing as a high priority Gartner published its 2021 hype cycle update on IAM. Document centric identity proofing, including NFC-based IDV, is coined as a high-priority technology. Read more
Secure identity cards across Europe From this August onwards all EU countries need to provide identity cards that are chipped and machine readable according to the ICAO 9303. A milestone for ... Read more
Thirdfort uses ReadID for ‘Safe Harbour’ compliant ID check Digital onboarding platform Thirdfort has announced the launch of Thirdfort Standard, an ultra-secure digital ID check, offering Government-grade Near Field... Read more
Swiss financial watchdog FINMA embraces NFC Effective 1 June 2021, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA adapted its due diligence requirements in connection with client onboarding. To... Read more
Privacy-related security mechanisms for ePassports In a previous blog post, we provided an overview of the different security mechanisms for ePassports and similar ICAO 9303 documents. In this blog, we zoom in... Read more