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Face verification is live: reliable international identity proof in Yivi August 26, 2026
The European Business Wallet: eIDAS for companies, not just citizens July 8, 2026
What does eIDAS 2.0 mean for municipalities? June 29, 2026
Yivi takes a major step toward EUDI Wallet compatibility June 25, 2026
Yivi makes it possible: German citizens served digitally at Dutch municipalities June 23, 2026
Microsoft Verified ID: from free preview to enterprise lock-in June 23, 2026
itsme has launched, but is it the right alternative to iDIN? June 2, 2026
DigiD stays European: good news, but the problem isn't solved May 27, 2026
Yivi at the Common Ground FieldLab: putting data sovereignty into practice May 7, 2026

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Face verification is live: reliable international identity proof in Yivi

August 26, 2026 • Yivi Team

Yivi now verifies that you are the rightful owner of your passport, ID card, or driver's license with a quick face scan, closing the gap between a valid document and a verified person.

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The European Business Wallet: eIDAS for companies, not just citizens

July 8, 2026 • Yivi Team

The European Commission has proposed the European Business Wallet, a digital wallet for companies and public bodies that sits alongside the EU Digital Identity Wallet. Here is what it covers.

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What does eIDAS 2.0 mean for municipalities?

June 29, 2026 • Yivi Team

A practical guide to European digital identity, the EUDI wallet, and what concretely lands on the desks of municipalities, including the literal legal articles. From the acceptance obligation and the relying party register to the role of municipalities as an authentic source.

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Yivi takes a major step toward EUDI Wallet compatibility

June 25, 2026 • Yivi Team

The new Yivi release in the app store supports the DIIPv5 interop profile. With it, Yivi takes a major step toward compatibility with the EUDI Wallet, and our own issuers can now also be used over OpenID4VP.

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Yivi makes it possible: German citizens served digitally at Dutch municipalities

June 23, 2026 • Yivi Team

With the Yivi ID-wallet, Ver.iD and PinkRoccade help municipalities move from proof documents to reliable digital facts. It even lets German citizens use Dutch municipal services without DigiD.

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Microsoft Verified ID: from free preview to enterprise lock-in

June 23, 2026 • Yivi Team

Microsoft Entra Verified ID launched as a free, open-feeling way to issue credentials to the Authenticator app. The terms have since changed. Today, scaling it means buying into Microsoft's per-seat licensing, and that is a lock-in worth understanding before you commit.

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itsme has launched, but is it the right alternative to iDIN?

June 2, 2026 • Yivi Team

As of 1 June 2026 the Belgian app itsme is available in the Netherlands as the successor to iDIN. A good moment to ask: are we trading one closed system for another, or choosing an open, privacy-friendly alternative like Yivi?

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DigiD stays European: good news, but the problem isn't solved

May 27, 2026 • Yivi Team

The state secretary blocks the American takeover of Solvinity. We're glad DigiD stays on European infrastructure, but the structural dependency remains. Time to keep building towards wallets.

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Yivi at the Common Ground FieldLab: putting data sovereignty into practice

May 7, 2026 • Yivi Team

Yivi is participating in two initiatives at the Common Ground FieldLab: information-rich notifications with PostGuard and a personal data vault for every citizen.

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