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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
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
Radar investigates: can you live without DigiD? March 9, 2026 External
The Odido data breach and the cost of centralized identity storage March 4, 2026
Why Yivi is a proven alternative for DigiD: lessons from the Solvinity crisis February 12, 2026

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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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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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Radar investigates: can you live without DigiD?

March 9, 2026 • Radar (AVROTROS)

Radar investigates what the potential acquisition of DigiD supplier Solvinity by an American company means for our personal data and whether you can live without DigiD.

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The Odido data breach and the cost of centralized identity storage

March 4, 2026 • Yivi Team

The Odido data breach raises fundamental questions about how the Netherlands handles identity verification. Why do we force companies to store sensitive data centrally?

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Why Yivi is a proven alternative for DigiD: lessons from the Solvinity crisis

February 12, 2026 • Yivi

With concerns about American ownership of DigiD infrastructure through the Kyndryl-Solvinity acquisition, it's time to look at proven alternatives. Yivi is already being used in production by the Municipality of Nijmegen.

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