OpenID Foundation Chairman Nat Sakimura Speaks on OECD “Recommendations on the Governance of Digital Identity” Panel
This blog was updated on September 28, 2023 to include an updated link that includes the session recordings. OECD hosted a launch event on September 26, 2023 on the Recommendation on the Governance of Digital Identity, (note the session recordings at the bottom of the page) as adopted by the OECD Council in June 2023. […]
Open for Comment “Human-Centric Identity: a primer for government officials”
Government officials, policymakers, technologists, legal scholars, and human rights advocates are invited to offer feedback on a new white paper “Human-Centric Identity: a primer for government officials”. This follows the publication of “Government-issued Digital Credentials and the Privacy Landscape” (Flanagan, 2023), which delved into challenges of creating a globally viable privacy-preserving Digital Identity landscape. This […]
Open Digital Trust Initiative: A Proposal for Financial Institutions to Use an Open Standards Protocol to Verify Identity, Protect Privacy and Build Trust
In the digital space, people need new solutions to know the identity of who they are dealing with and whether or not they can trust them. A number of initiatives are working on the future of digital identity. Some of them are government-led while others are linked to specific private institutions or proprietary technologies. Banks […]
Aligning the Governance Rules and Technology Tools of Digital Identity: Solving Today’s Burning Business Problems
The OpenID Foundation has launched a new microsite focused on global open banking initiatives and providing resources for fintech developers implementing the Foundation’s Financial-grade API (FAPI). In 2017, the OpenID Foundation’s Financial-grade API (FAPI) Working Group published specifications enabling high-security API access, suitable for accessing financial data and facilitating financial transactions. In 2018, the UK […]
Financial Data and Technology Association and OpenID Foundation in Global Agreement
Not-for-profits to campaign jointly on open finance initiatives The OpenID Foundation (OIDF), the international standardisation organisation which maintains a standard known as the Financial-grade API (FAPI), and the Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA Global), the global trade association for companies working to promote ‘open finance’ and best practise financial data sharing, have signed a […]