Insight: Report from EC Conference - Schengen Innovative Technologies On the 28th of March 2023, the European Commission, in collaboration with Europol and Frontex, held a conference on innovative technologies for strengthening... Read more
Verified data ingestion for European digital identity wallets with NFC: a universal solution Driven by the proposed revised eIDAS regulation for electronic identification, many European initiatives are currently developing digital identity wallets.... Read more
To shield or not to shield copies of identity documents? In February 2023, the Dutch Institute for Financial Disputes- Kifid - ruled that banks are allowed to process a clean and unshielded copy of an identity... Read more
National identity schemes for all citizens National identity schemes such as BankID in the Nordics, Smart-ID in the Baltics, itsme in Belgium and myGovID in Australia all see growing acceptance. Having... Read more
ReadID in Gartner's 2022 Market Guide for Identity Proofing In the first week of March, IT analyst Gartner published its updated Market Guide for Identity Proofing and Affirmation. The report, written by Akif Khan,... Read more
NFC throughout the customer journey Many of the original use cases for (NFC-based) identity verification are linked to onboarding or registration like events in the customer journey, such as... 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
ReadID Identity binding for COVID-19 vaccine and test passports Worldwide there are numerous public and private initiatives to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic, to start meeting people, go to events and... Read more
Denmark introduces digital driving license On November 24th 2020, the Agency for Digitisation in Denmark introduced a new driving licence app, the Kørekort-appen. With this app, it is now possible to... Read more
NFC and the GOV.UK guidelines on verifying someone's identity The UK government (Government Digital Services, GDS) has updated its guidance on how to prove and verify the identity of a customer or an employee, also... Read more