The Future of Identity

In this episode of The Future of Identity Podcast, I’m joined by Alexandre Kech, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Alex leads the organization responsible for the global Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system and its next evolution: the Verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI), a cryptographically verifiable framework that enables organizations, employees, systems, and eventually AI agents to prove who they are and who they represent.
Our conversation explores how organizational identity is becoming a foundational layer for digital trust. We discuss why the vLEI was created, how strong governance enables trust at global scale, and what it will take to build interoperable identity infrastructure that can support businesses, financial institutions, and AI-powered ecosystems.
In this episode we explore:
Why the vLEI extends the traditional LEI by enabling organizations and their representatives to prove identity and delegated authority across digital interactions.
How governance, cryptographic trust chains, and qualified issuers create a globally trusted framework for organizational identity.
Real-world applications for the vLEI across financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, trade, digital assets, and cross-border business transactions.
How digital identities, reusable credentials, and organizational identity can work together to strengthen verification while reducing friction.
Why AI agents, delegated authority, and interoperable trust frameworks will drive the next generation of enterprise identity.
This episode is essential listening for anyone working in business identity, digital trust, financial services, or decentralized identity. Alex provides a thoughtful look at how globally governed trust frameworks can help organizations operate more securely in an increasingly digital and AI-driven world.
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Learn more about GLEIF and the vLEI ecosystem.
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In this episode of The Future of Identity Podcast, I’m joined by Zac Cohen, Chief Product Officer at Trulioo, one of the world's leading identity verification platforms. Having helped scale Trulioo from its earliest startup days into a global leader in identity verification, Zac brings a unique perspective on how trust, fraud prevention, reusable digital identities, and AI are reshaping the future of digital identity.
Our conversation explores how identity verification has evolved beyond simple compliance into a continuous trust problem and why digital IDs, agentic AI, and intelligent risk engines are becoming essential building blocks for the next generation of online experiences.
In this episode we explore:
Why identity verification is evolving into a broader digital trust problem and how reusable digital identities fit alongside traditional verification methods.
How enterprises can balance fraud prevention with seamless customer experiences by giving users multiple trusted verification options.
Why continuous risk monitoring, behavioral intelligence, and lifecycle-based verification are becoming just as important as onboarding.
How AI agents will transform digital identity and what organizations need to consider when verifying people, businesses, and autonomous agents working together.
Why global identity ecosystems require intelligent orchestration across countries, regulations, and digital ID schemes to simplify adoption for enterprises.
This episode is essential listening for anyone building identity, fraud, or trust infrastructure. Zac offers thoughtful insights into how enterprises can prepare for a future where reusable IDs, AI agents, and continuous trust all work together to create safer, lower-friction digital experiences.
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Learn more about Trulioo.
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In this episode of The Future of Identity Podcast, I’m joined by Eran Haggiag, founder and CEO of Glide Identity, to explore a bold vision for the future of digital identity. While much of the industry is focused on wallets, passkeys, and government-issued credentials, Eran argues that the foundation for a global, high-assurance identity system has been sitting in our pockets for decades: the SIM card.
Our conversation examines how Glide is leveraging telco infrastructure, hardware-bound cryptographic keys, and verifiable credentials to create a universal identity layer designed for a future shaped by AI agents, quantum threats, and increasingly sophisticated fraud. We also discuss why phone numbers may be one of the most underappreciated public identifiers in the world and how they could serve as the connective tissue between authentication, verification, and reusable identity.
In this episode we explore:
Why SIM cards may be the world’s most widely distributed hardware security tokens and how they can provide a foundation for phishing-resistant authentication.
How Glide’s Magical Auth platform replaces SMS OTP with hardware-bound cryptographic verification tied to mobile networks.
The role of phone numbers as a universal identity anchor for verifiable credentials, digital wallets, and reusable identity.
How telcos, banks, governments, and identity providers can contribute credentials to a shared identity ecosystem.
Why AI agents will need their own identities and how verifiable credentials and delegated authority could power the next generation of agent-to-agent interactions.
This episode is essential listening for anyone thinking about the infrastructure layer of identity in an AI-driven world. Eran offers a fresh perspective on authentication, identity verification, and how existing telecom infrastructure could help accelerate the transition to more secure and interoperable digital identity systems.
Hope you enjoy the conversation and if it resonates, feel free to share it with others interested in where identity is headed.
Learn more about Glide Identity.
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In this episode of The Future of Identity Podcast, I’m joined by Rob White, Head of Samsung Wallet US, to discuss Samsung’s role in the rapidly evolving digital identity ecosystem. From mobile driver’s licenses to the newly launched Samsung ID with CLEAR, Robert shares how Samsung is thinking about identity as a foundational layer for secure digital experiences across its devices and services.
Our conversation explores the challenges and opportunities of scaling digital identity adoption, the importance of balancing security and privacy, and why wallets may play a critical role in addressing the growing trust challenges created by AI-generated fraud and impersonation.
In this episode we explore:
How Samsung provisions and secures digital IDs, from document verification and liveness checks to state-issued credential delivery.
Why mobile IDs offer stronger privacy protections than physical credentials through selective disclosure and consent-based sharing.
The launch of Samsung ID with CLEAR and how it expands access to trusted digital identity beyond states currently issuing mDLs.
Why AI-driven fraud, synthetic identities, and online impersonation are increasing the urgency for trusted digital credentials.
How Samsung is working with issuers, identity providers, and relying parties to grow acceptance and accelerate adoption worldwide.
This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in the future of digital wallets, mobile driver’s licenses, and identity verification. Robert offers a unique perspective from one of the world’s largest wallet providers on what it will take to move digital identity from early adoption to mainstream use.
Hope you enjoy the conversation and if it resonates, feel free to share it with others interested in where identity is headed.
Learn more about Samsung Wallet.
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In this episode of The Future of Identity Podcast, I’m joined by Amit Sharma, Global Head of Digital Strategy at IDEMIA Public Security, to explore a more foundational question than usual: why digital identity matters right now. Rather than focusing on a single deployment or ecosystem, this conversation zooms out to examine how accelerating AI capabilities, data exploitation, and digital-first lives are reshaping the role of identity in society.
Our discussion connects big-picture philosophy with real-world infrastructure - covering everything from verifiable credentials and mobile driver’s licenses to identity acceptance networks and the economics of data. Amit shares a compelling perspective on why the current model of identity - built around detection, data aggregation, and exploitation - is breaking down, and what needs to replace it.
In this episode we explore:
Why AI and agentic systems are breaking traditional fraud detection models - and forcing a shift toward proving authenticity instead of detecting bad actors.
How verifiable digital credentials enable trust-first identity, reducing reliance on data brokers and improving both security and user experience.
The role of identity acceptance networks in unlocking real-world utility for credentials like mDLs across industries.
Why today’s data economy is fundamentally misaligned, and how user-controlled identity could reshape incentives around privacy and monetization.
The importance of incremental progress over perfection, and why deploying imperfect digital ID systems today is critical to driving adoption and learning.
This episode is essential listening for anyone thinking about the future of identity beyond just technology - spanning business models, regulation, AI, and the fundamental question of how we build a more trustworthy digital world. Amit brings a rare combination of policy, security, and commercial perspective to one of the most important shifts happening in identity today.
I hope you enjoy the conversation and if it resonates, feel free to share it with others interested in where identity is headed.
Learn more about IDEMIA.
Reach out to Riley (@rileyphughes) and Trinsic (@trinsic_id) on Twitter. We’d love to hear from you.
Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or find all ways to listen at trinsic.id/podcast.