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Without global interoperability, digital IDs can't deliver on their promise

Governments worldwide are racing to deploy and enforce digital IDs to enhance data privacy and national security. As adoption accelerates, it’s estimated that more than two-thirds of the global population, 5.6 billion people will own a digital wallet by 2029. Yet these credentials remain largely confined to national borders due to the lack of global interoperability.

Philipp Pointner is Chief of Digital Identity at Jumio, the leading provider of AI-powered identity verification.

This is a challenge for today's digital economy and is becoming even more complex with the rapid rise of agentic commerce as autonomous AI agents are increasingly executing cross-border transactions on behalf of users. This interoperability gap forces platforms to reject foreign digital credentials, forcing users to upload their physical IDs to complete global purchases—the exact security risk digital IDs were designed to eliminate.

Digital IDs locked behind borders brings vulnerabilities

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