* [iOS 15 Code Points to Biometric Onboarding for Apple’s Mobile ID](https://findbiometrics.com/ios-15-code-points-biometric-onboarding-apples-mobile-id-77202104/) 2021-07-30 FindBiometrics
> The iPhone’s incoming mobile ID feature will use selfie biometrics for identity verification, suggests code uncovered by 9to5Mac. The news indicates that Apple will be even more directly in competition […] The post iOS 15 Code Points to Biometric Onboarding for Apple’s Mobile ID appeared first on FindBiometrics.
## Amazon
* [Amazon Expands Palm Payment Service to Whole Foods in Austin, Texas](https://findbiometrics.com/amazon-expands-palm-payment-service-whole-foods-austin-texas-042105/)Find Biometrics
Amazon customers will first need to register their palm(s) using a scanner at the store. They will then be able to link a debit or a credit card to that palm print, which will in turn allow them to pay for their purchases with only a palm recognition scan the next time they pass through checkout.
* [Evernym Selected as a 2021 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum](https://www.evernym.com/blog/wef-technology-pioneer/) Evernym
> The 2021 cohort of Tech Pioneers includes many future headline-makers at the forefront of their industries. These companies show great potential to not only shake up their industries but offer real solutions to global problems.
> In our last post we briefly presented Veramo and how it evolved from the [challenges faced with uPort’s libraries](https://medium.com/uport/veramo-uports-open-source-evolution-d85fa463db1f). In this next series of articles we will give Veramo a proper introduction and answer some of the basics: why it exists and what it does, followed by articles describing the architecture in more detail, and how to build applications using[Veramo](https://veramo.io).
## Auth0
* [Verifiable Credentials with Auth0 and MATTR](https://auth0.com/blog/verifiable-credentials-with-auth0-and-mattr/)
> How to issue Verifiable Credentials from Auth0 user data using MATTR's Auth0 Marketplace Integration
* [CULedger partners with decentralized identity innovator Evernym to create MyCUID](https://www.cuinsight.com/press-release/culedger-partners-decentralized-identity-innovator-evernym-create-mycuid) 2018-02-26
> CULedger, builder of innovative blockchain-based products for credit unions and their members, teamed up with Evernym to launch MyCUID, a new consumer-focused digital identity solution. With MyCUID, credit union members can confidently protect themselves from financial fraud and identity theft, while enriching the trusted relationships members have with their credit unions.
* [Digital Identity Innovator Helps Non-Profits Get on the Identity Blockchain](https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/09/25/1575928/0/en/Digital-Identity-Innovator-Helps-Non-Profits-Get-on-the-Identity-Blockchain.html) GlobalNewsWire 2018-09-25
>Evernym is opening its Accelerator program to Non Profit Organization (NPOs) applications. Evernym will waive the $50,000 membership fee it normally charges to participate in the program. A panel of judges will select the successful applicants. The first group of awards will be announced before December 2018 and will include 5 organizations. Further NPO cohorts are already planned for 2019.\
>The World Bank estimates over 1 billion persons, usually the most vulnerable, are without formal identity.
* [DIDKit v0.1 is Live.](https://sprucesystems.medium.com/didkit-v0-1-is-live-d0ea6638dbc9) 2021-01-28
> Most other options are subtly locked to a specific blockchain and its particularities, which a self-sovereign identity (SSI) novice is unlikely to notice until months into a project based on it. A few open-source libraries exist to sidestep this infrastructural lock-in, but these are more like primitives for assembling an SSI toolkit than ready-to-go, developer-friendly libraries. DIDKit, on the other hand, is ready to start processing real-world VCs with non-repudiable signatures right out the box.
* [WHY THRIVACY?: Think about it. What did you leave behind when you bought the last round of drinks.](https://www.thrivacy.io/why-thrivacy)
> Your Thrivacy wallet allows you to request all your important, personal information that can be used to identify who you are to be created into what we call verified credentials. Then those same verified credentials or VCs can be downloaded and stored in your own personal wallet that is kept inside your cell phone.
> rLogin allows web application developers to integrate blockchain technologies giving the user the power of data portability. After integrating rLogin you achieve:
> The most recent FATF updated draft guidance from March 2021 introduces significant changes to the legal definition of DeFi platforms, expanding the types of entities that fall under FATF's umbrella. In this guidance, FATF defines most operators of decentralized finance platforms as “Virtual Asset Service Providers” that have AML/CFT obligations.
* [@ilanolkies](https://twitter.com/ilanolkies) shares: *Okey, so, today I mapped the work done in the last 3 month by [@rif_os](https://twitter.com/rif_os) about Self-Sovereign Identity protocols in a single link [https://github.com/rsksmart/rif-identity](https://github.com/rsksmart/rif-identity). All compatible with existent protocols and fully integrated into [@RSKsmart](https://twitter.com/RSKsmart) blockchain. The future is one step closer.*
* [5 Reasons Why Our NFMe ID is a Game Changer](https://itheum.medium.com/5-reasons-why-our-nfme-id-is-a-game-changer-6e07d704ebae) • [kabnItheum](https://www.itheum.io/)
When “leased out”, the other party can access your personal data — in this manner, the NFMe ID acts as an “authorization key” that allows third parties to use your data in a fair way to generate a shared value between the third party and the owner of the data.
Video: [#MARK Studio - Create tamper-proof, secure and globally verifiable digital credentials instantly](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZAbiQci1x9w)Dhiway Networks
- [Proof ID and Self Sovereign Identity](https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/proof-id-and-self-sovereign-identity)by [5ire](https://5ire.org/) we can’t find out much about them
* [Exostar Receives Kantara Initiative’s Identity Assurance Trust Framework Certification](https://www.exostar.com/press/exostar-receives-kantara-initiatives-identity-assurance-tKABNKABNrust-framework-certification-achieves-healthcare-and-life-science-community-milestones/) - Latest Recognition Further Demonstrates Company Protects Customers’ Identity and Personal Data by Complying with NIST 800-63 Standard
> “This is a significant achievement and market differentiator for Exostar. The Kantara assessment and review process is rigorous and approval demonstrates a company’s care and respect for its customers.”
- [Infrastructure Development Winners](https://essif-lab.eu/meet-the-essif-labs-ecosystem-the-infrastructure-development-instrument-first-winners/) including SICPA, Jolocom, Evernym, ValidatedID
* [Wider’s High Assurance Digital Identity Maturity Model](https://wider.team/2021/06/20/widers-high-assurance-digital-identity-maturity-model/)Wider Team 2021-06-20
It starts with IdentityOps embracing high assurance for connected devices. You’re bringing together internal stakeholders from your network management, security, procurement, legal, and device care teams. You’re bringing in clinical outcome quality professionals concerned with data provenance, from clinicians who touch your devices and authenticate through them and authorize them to provide services.
### Gravity Earth
* [Gravity, Tykn advance interoperability of two decentralized ID solutions for the humanitariansector](https://medium.com/gravity-earth/gravity-tykn-advance-interoperability-of-two-decentralized-id-solutions-for-the-humanitarian-sector-899847099d0e)
Gravity and Tykn are pleased to announce our continued collaboration to advance the interoperability of our two distinct decentralized identity solutions for improved identity management in the humanitarian sector.
* [Gimly ID: SSI with OpenID authentication](https://www.loom.com/share/d49e005bb32349d7950022e83d55b944)
About Dick Hardt’s new thing
Gimly ID is leading self-sovereign identity innovation, with the implementation of SSI with self-issued openID provider (SIOPv2) and full support for openID connect and DIF presentation exchange.
* [SSI with OpenID authentication](https://www.loom.com/share/d49e005bb32349d7950022e83d55b944)Gimly ID
* [Talking tech and discussing data on the ‘Tech-Entrepreneur-on-a-Mission’ Podcast](https://blog.digi.me/2021/10/06/talking-tech-and-discussing-data-on-the-tech-entrepreneur-on-a-mission-podcast/)Digi.Me 2021-10-06
Julian describes digi.me’s mission of empowering people with their personal data, as individuals know where all their data is, while they also have “a right for that data”. By having that knowledge and ownership, only individuals have “unlimited usage rights” to unlock the potential data has to be a force for good.
* [Businesses need to ‘mind the trust gap’ so users don’t need to sacrifice privacy, MEF Global Consumer Trust Survey finds](https://blog.digi.me/2021/05/20/businesses-need-to-mind-the-trust-gap-so-users-dont-need-to-sacrifice-privacy-mef-global-consumer-trust-survey-finds/)DigiMe 2021-05-20
- Users sacrifice privacy and security for access to valued services
- Smartphone users begin to sense improvement in the mobile environment
- More and more users take protective steps, but remain exposed to harm
- Protective actions do not necessarily drive confidence
- Cost, knowledge and perceived complexity are key barriers
- Transparency and control are key values for users
### Entrustient
* [The First No Code Solution for Trusted Decentralized Digital Identity SSI on Redundant Blockchains](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/entrustient-launches-the-first-no-code-solution-for-trusted-decentralized-digital-identity-using-self-sovereign-identity-on-redundant-blockchains-301436112.html)Entrustient
"When building product-market-fit for our platform, we listened constantly to frustrated customers who embraced the concept of SSI, Verifiable Credentials and Blockchains, but who gave up on piecemealing a solution. And the reasons were mostly due to the lack of specialized SSI developers, implementing complex SDK's and code builds, and trying to provision onto blockchain networks,"
### Swisscom
* [Swisscom partners with Orell Füssli for identity](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swisscom-identity/)Ledger Insights
This isn’t Swisscom Blockchain’s first identity partnership. It also has a relationship with [Adresta](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/swiss-watch-identity-startup-adresta-partners-with-swisscom-blockchain/), which developed a digital identity solution for watches.
* [Merit grabs $50M Series B to expand digital credentials platform](https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/12/merit-grabs-50m-series-b-to-expand-digital-credentials-platform/)TechCrunch 2022-01-12
The company spent the last five years working with various governments to build connectors to these licensing databases to allow third parties to access the data and have it update automatically. So if you are a plumbing company, you can display your employees’ plumbing credentials on the company website and have them update automatically when the license is renewed (or show that it wasn’t).
### Cryptalk
* [CrypTalk](https://www.cryptalk.app/)is a messaging service designed to bring together verified projects and potential investors by creating a safe and secure crypto space. Crypto projects undergo thorough verifications and a number of security measures before being verified by CrypTalk.
* [How the convergence of SSI and AI can give people back control over their identity](https://corporate-blog.global.fujitsu.com/fgb/2022-04-20/02/)FUJITSU BLOG
As for the near future, Fujitsu envisions enhancing the distributed identity, data privacy, and consent management platform, which would open up all of the benefits described in this article on an as-a-Service basis to any player.
* [Fujitsu declares success in trial of self-sovereign ID for students with university](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202204/fujitsu-declares-success-in-trial-of-self-sovereign-id-for-students-with-university)Biometric Updates
To resolve the complications, Fujitsu says it collaborated with the Keio Research Institute at SFC on a digital identity technology in September 2021, which resulted in an identity conversion gateway that enables multiple identity infrastructures to be interconnected without using a unified protocol.
### Civic
* [Civic Secure Identity Users: Say Hello to Civic Wallet](https://www.civic.com/blog/civic-secure-identity-is-now-civic-wallet/)just this week they released a new wallet.
Now, we’re making [Civic Pass available to developers everywhere](https://docs.civic.com/). The idea is that developers can plug Civic Pass into their platform and create an identity layer that allows for a permissioned dApp platform, be it a DEX, an NFT marketplace or mint, a metaverse, or who knows what else you’ll come up with.
### Omidyar
* [Corporations, Capital Markets, & the Common Good — How We’re Working to Reorient the Rules and Rebalance Power in Our Economy](https://omidyarnetwork.medium.com/corporations-capital-markets-the-common-good-how-were-working-to-reorient-the-rules-and-f54feeb9617d)Omidiyar
> as part of our commitment to [Reimagining Capitalism](https://omidyar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Guide-Design_V12_JTB05_interactive-1.pdf), Omidyar Network is committing $10 million to a new focus area: Corporations, Capital Markets, and the Common Good. The vision for this work is to reshape the rules that govern markets to incentivize corporations and their investors to contribute to the common good, curb the pressures that drive businesses to contribute to negative outcomes on people and the planet, and empower stakeholders to hold companies accountable for their impacts on society.
* [Lessons in Good Leadership for Good ID](https://medium.com/omidyar-network/lessons-in-good-leadership-for-good-id-52a79dd69cf2)Omidyar Network
Insights from a year-long evaluation of our Digital Identity program
### Bloom
* [Bloom Attestation Service migrating to Verifiable Credentials](https://bloom.co/blog/migration-from-attestation-service-to-verified-credentials/)Bloom
> To transition fully to the W3C VC standard, Bloom decided to deprecate the proprietary attestation format and adopt the new open VC standard. The transition will fulfill the vision of giving Bloom users complete, secure control of their private data, while allowing interoperability with the rest of the VC ecosystem.
* [Bloom Integrates with Plaid to Enable Verifiable Credentials](https://bloom.co/blog/bloom-integrates-with-plaid-to-enable-verifiable-credentials/)
> Bloom is excited to announce an integration with [Plaid](https://plaid.com/), a data network that powers the digital financial ecosystem. The Plaid integration gives Bloom the ability to offer consumer-permissioned, traditional financial data for better risk assessment through [OnRamp](https://onramp.co/).
* [Bloom OnRamp Has Arrived](https://bloom.co/blog/bloom-onramp-has-arrived/)
Beyond OnRamp’s direct data integrations, the platform also supports the ability for third party credentials to enter the OnRamp platform via the WACI specification
### Block
* [Square, Inc. Changes Name to Block](https://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-changes-name-to-block)
Block is a new name, but our purpose of economic empowerment remains the same.
5 years after establishing Decentralized Identity at Microsoft, where I had the opportunity to work with great folks developing open source DID infrastructure (e.g. ION), standards, and products, I am joining Square to lead Decentralized Identity.
* [The Benefits of Automating Your Employees’ Identity Verification](https://authenteq.com/the-benefits-of-automating-your-employees-identity-verification/)
* [DM Note #6 — Building the Spatial Justice Mission](https://provocations.darkmatterlabs.org/dm-note-6-building-the-spatial-justice-mission-3b3fc6b11db5)DarkMatter Labs
Self-sovereign objects are are self-executing and self-owning; capable of determining their own lifecycle to maximise material utility and performance whilst minimizing negative environmental impacts. Augmented by sensing capabilities and the ability to autonomously execute smart contracts, material objects could continuously monitor their own performance and contract for their maintenance, repair or recycling.
* [Elastos DID: What’s Ahead for 2021](https://news.elastos.org/elastos-did-whats-ahead-for-2021/)
> Tuum Tech is working on an Elastos DID-based application called Profile, a rising competitor to LinkedIn – in large part by leveraging Elastos DIDs. Unlike in conventional applications where data and identities are managed and controlled by centralized systems, users will retain full ownership of their data when using Profile.
### Tru
* [Tru.net](https://www.tru.net/)is live and ready for communities/users
> If you are looking for an alternative to Facebook that uses DIDs as its foundation and other protocols that are free to use ([JLINC](https://www.jlinc.com/) Kaliya highly recommend Tru.net
### IDPro
* [CIDPRO™ – Certified Identity Professional – program](https://idpro.org/cidpro/)
> - Basic elements of an identity solution
> - Identifiers, identity lifecycle, and identity proofing
> - Security for identity
> - Rules and standards
> - Operational considerations
### IDWorks
* [IDWorks turned to Tarmac to help accelerate their mobile app and backend development](https://www.tarmac.io/case-study/idworks.html)
> Having decided to build their "Envoy" solution on the R3 Corda platform, finding affordable development resources with the right technical skills was proving difficult. Corda certified developers are extremely thin-on-the-ground and if you find a qualified engineer, they can be difficult and costly to recruit
### ShareRing
* [Blockchain platform enables users to pay for Viator experiences with crypto](https://cointelegraph.com/news/you-can-now-pay-for-400-000-viator-tourism-experiences-with-crypto)
> The ShareRing platform, built on Tendermint, will allow users to book, register, and pay for Viator’s 395,000 global activities and experiences, using local fiat currencies or major crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and its native SharePay token (SHRP).
>
> The platform uses the ShareRing ID system to ensure that sensitive personal and financial information is securely handled, and has contact tracing features to help with tourism safety during the pandemic.
* [ShareRing Unites with China’s International Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN)](https://blog.sharering.network/sharering-unites-with-chinas-international-blockchain-based-service-network-bsn/)
> BSN aggregates their technology partners’ services into their cloud-based ecosystem to make them all accessible to any company or developer that wishes to use them, with very low monthly access fees starting at just $20. Their “plug and play” approach eliminates the need for hiring or outsourcing highly specialized developers, who are in short supply due to high demand in this industry.
>
> One of the most exciting benefits of ShareRing’s integration with BSN’s global ecosystem is how effortless it will be for companies to incorporate our products and services without requiring ShareRing’s assistance with development and integration.
### Gluu
* [Gluu vs. Keycloak](https://www.gluu.org/blog/gluu-vs-keycloak/)Mike Swartz talks about the difference between his product Gluu and Keycloak, which he describes as a less stable project that shouldn’t be used in production environments.
### Talao
* [Talao, the brand new Self-Sovereign Identity Wallet](https://www.mcryptoz.com/blockchain-news/talao-the-new-self-sovereign-identity-wallet-gives-consumers-control-over-their-personal-digital-data-blockchain-news-opinion-tv-and-jobs.html)MCryptoZ
Blockchain-based Digital Identity specialist Talao, a Paris-based startup which focuses on Self-Sovereign Identity options and blockchain-based options is the developer of the primary French smartphone pockets for Self-Sovereign Identity. The firm simply introduced the provision of its new id pockets for all cellular customers in Europe.
* [Talao SSI wallet now available on Apple AppStore and Google Play](https://medium.com/@talao_io/talao-ssi-wallet-now-available-on-apple-appstore-and-google-play-1435b4a01b1c)
* [Blockchains in HR: Prosoon and Talao go together on SSI and HR credentials](https://medium.com/@talao_io/blockchains-in-hr-prosoon-and-talao-go-together-on-ssi-and-hr-credentials-3b92968011fe)
insights on what IAMX does, how can users and telcos can benefit from it, and why would users be interested in and trust IAMX. Later we talked about the recording and securing of biometric information. IAMX is having an ISPO
### Zetrix
* [Zetrix Paving the Way with Recent W3C Recommendation of Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) as the New Identity Standard](https://www.techtimes.com/articles/278724/20220802/zetrix-paving-the-way-with-recent-w3c-recommendation-of-decentralised-identifiers-dids-as-the-new-identity-standard.htm)TechTimes
> Zetrix recently announced their [partnership with Xinghuo BIF](https://beincrypto.com/xinghuo-bif-and-zetrix-jointly-introduce-web3-services/), the national blockchain of China that is supported by all levels of the Chinese government. Xinghuo BIF is already running at a scale that allows it to process 94 million identifiers daily, and ZID will act as the international extension of Xinghuo's on-chain signing service known as Spark.
### Vereign
### Publish
* [PUBLISH pitches world’s first decentralized identity solution for journalists to International Federation of Journalists](https://medium.com/publishprotocol/publish-pitches-worlds-first-decentralized-identity-solution-for-journalists-to-international-abaaad0362a5)
PUBLISH CEO Sonny Kwon gave an overview of a press ID app PUBLISH is building in collaboration with the Journalists Association of Korea (JAK). He explained that the mobile application, which leverages decentralized identity (DID) technology to manage press credentials, would help the JAK combat misinformation and reduce administrative costs associated with its current press credentialing process.
* [PUBLISH to launch ‘PUBLISHiD’, blockchain-based authentication application, in September](https://medium.com/publishprotocol/publish-to-launch-publishid-blockchain-based-authentication-application-in-september-6b0394852fb3)
PUBLISHiD users will further be able to assemble collections of verifiable credentials from one or more issuers into a single[verifiable presentation](https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model/#dfn-verifiable-presentations). Other features include DAuth-based authentication, single-sign on (SSO), and an agent ID service capable of handling the management of and security between credential issuers and verifiers.
