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1. What is the mission and vision of GLEIF?

GLEIF’s vision is one verifiable, trusted, global identity behind every business. Its mission is to empower global trust and transparency through open, digital, and reliable organizational identity services.

GLEIF advances this mission through the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) and its digital counterpart, the verifiable LEI (vLEI). The LEI is a globally standardized code that enables clear and unique identification of legal entities. The vLEI extends verified organizational identity into the digital domain, enabling counterparties to computationally verify the identity, authority, and role of a person acting on behalf of a legal entity.

Together, the LEI and vLEI support more trusted, efficient, and interoperable business relationships across borders, sectors, and digital ecosystems.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Digital trust depends on knowing which organization is involved in a transaction, relationship, or exchange of information. As business becomes more digital and cross-border, organizations need reliable ways to identify legal entities, counterparties, suppliers, customers, and authorized representatives.

In established markets, trusted organizational identity can reduce friction in compliance, onboarding, payments, reporting, and supply chain due diligence. In emerging markets, it can help organizations demonstrate their legitimacy, access services, and participate more confidently in global commerce.

The LEI and vLEI provide a standardized foundation for this trust. They make organizational identity data more consistent, transparent, and reusable across systems and jurisdictions.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital trust and identity verification can help economies operate with greater confidence by reducing uncertainty about who organizations are, who owns them, and who is authorized to act on their behalf. This is relevant across financial services, payments, supply chains, digital credentials, regulatory reporting, and cross-border trade.

GLEIF addresses these challenges by maintaining and advancing the Global LEI System, an internationally recognized infrastructure for organizational identity. The Global LEI Index makes standardized legal entity reference data openly available, while the vLEI brings verified organizational identity into digital workflows.

This helps create a common identity layer that can be used across sectors and jurisdictions, rather than relying on fragmented, organization-specific approaches.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada has an opportunity to show how public and private sector collaboration can support trusted, interoperable digital identity ecosystems. Through organizations such as DIACC, Canada is convening the policy, standards, certification, and implementation discussions needed to make digital trust practical and widely adopted.

From GLEIF’s perspective, Canada can play a strong role by aligning domestic digital trust initiatives with globally interoperable standards. This is especially important for organizational identity, where businesses, regulators, and service providers need trusted identity information that works across borders.

By connecting Canadian digital trust initiatives with global identity infrastructure such as the LEI and vLEI, Canada can support services that are locally relevant and internationally interoperable.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

GLEIF joined DIACC to contribute to Canada’s digital trust and identity verification ecosystem and to learn from the organizations shaping it. DIACC brings together public and private sector leaders working on practical frameworks, certification, and adoption pathways for trusted digital services.

As digital wallets, credentials, authentication services, and verification tools continue to develop, they need a reliable organizational identity layer. The LEI and vLEI are designed to support that need.

By joining DIACC as a Sustaining Member, GLEIF aims to support trusted, interoperable organizational identity in Canada and contribute global expertise from the LEI and vLEI ecosystems.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is a not-for-profit organization established by the Financial Stability Board in June 2014. GLEIF supports the implementation and use of the Legal Entity Identifier and the verifiable LEI to advance trusted organizational identity worldwide.

The LEI is used globally to provide clear and unique identification of legal entities. In Q1 2026, the active LEI population surpassed 3 million, reflecting growing demand for standardized organizational identity across sectors and regions. GLEIF is also advancing the vLEI as a digital credential for organizational identity, with ISO 17442-3 published in 2024 to standardize vLEIs across the global LEI ecosystem.

1. What is the mission and vision of EIS?

Our Mission is to ensure Operational Integrity by offering cost-effective, risk-based solutions with significant ROI and by building digital trust across the financial sector through a platform that establishes a secure perimeter. One that forensically validates users at the point of transaction, preventing risk before it infiltrates the system. Our vision is to secure the Canadian identity landscape through our Smarter Processing Platform, moving beyond legacy standards to a higher standard of Identity Validation and ongoing Authentication, coupled with a permanent Biological Anchor to ensure authenticity and security.

It is common knowledge that many identity verification sources are rife with fraud. Verifying against pollution within the institutional databases is 1:1 matching against fraudulent activity; the objective is to identify and stop fraud before it gets into the systems, and to filter out synthetic identities before they can cause irreparable harm.

The EIS Smarter Processing Platform is the only comprehensive solution existing today that accomplishes both – built to overcome synthetic identities, even those with genuine government-issued credentials.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Organized crime has set a pace for change that legacy systems cannot match. In 2025, the CAFC and the Competition Bureau confirmed that Canadians lost over $7 billion to fraud, a figure projected to rise to $8.8 billion in 2026 when accounting for non-reporting rates.

For businesses, the stakes are even higher:

• Revenue Loss: Canadian businesses lost $111 billion to fraud over the past year, equivalent to 7.2% of total revenue, a 42% increase from 2024.
• Synthetic Failure: Synthetic fraud persists because we are allowing institutions to continue to use legacy manual and 1:1 matching processes; NIST IAL2 security levels are simply not sufficient within operations that involve the validation and use of identity. Outdated operating processes and systems, both manual and digital, are fueling digital vulnerabilities. Synthetic Identity Fraud is fueled by outdated, manual, paper-based processes that integrate with digital environments to technology-enabled threats, from automated bots to deepfakes. Today, synthetic fraud accounts for over 26% of total fraud losses, highlighting a critical failure in legacy practices integrated with identity verification.
• The Identity Factory: Organized crime Identity Factories fueled by data breaches and “Agentic AI” are successfully exploiting system gaps to assemble “genuine but fraudulent” personas, which legitimize criminal identities by exploiting gaps in processes, fueling organized crime.
• Inertia & Lack of Understanding: Governments are trying to legislate and organize themselves out of a crisis, while in the meantime, inertia is fueled by a lack of understanding and individual agendas. This cycle can only be broken when we demystify the processes fueling the fraud, establish standards for enforced adoption, and drive personal and corporate accountability for results, making it impossible for individual organizations to operate differently.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Fraud fuels criminality and destabilizes economies at scale. The financial impacts of fraud are paralyzing businesses at all levels and affecting consumers across all areas, from job loss to unaffordable living costs.

We cannot continue to allow government and corporate stakeholders to use legacy habits that enable fraud. Digital trust will transform the economy by ensuring financial security and resilience. By shifting the burden of proof from “KYC – what you know” to “KYC – who they really are” through sequential, thorough, Identity & Veracity Validation practices, combined with persistent, ongoing biometric authentication, and secured by threat-resistant systems and Cryptographic Biometric Binding.

This prevents the “false validation” of synthetic, criminal identities. It establishes a biological disconnection, allowing bad actors to be removed from the economy and the country, and enables the government to act through asset forfeiture and various supporting legislation. EIS addresses these challenges through our API- Driven Intelligence Layer, which provides:

Immediate Transition: A plug-and-play transition to our platform offering NIST IAL3 and AAL3 level validation without requiring major capital expense, and a “rip and replace” of core infrastructure.

• The Biological Anchor: We establish a permanent link between the natural human and their verified credentials, using the Jumio Global Network to cross-reference over 1 billion identities in real-time to filter out synthetic profiles.
• Forensic Veracity: We integrate Clearspeed technology, which identifies neurophysiological risk indicators in the voice within 60 seconds during client attestation. The only platform with a defence against legitimate credentials assigned by the government.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

For Canada to continue operating according to its values, it must move beyond provincial silos and outdated practices to a national approach backed by stringent legislation and standards. As Auditor General Karen Hogan stated, Canadians must trust that their identity is verified and protected by the highest standards of operational processes and cybersecurity to prevent systemic fraud. The Federal and Provincial systems must quickly align; the regulators must increase their awareness and align their policies. Sovereign Identity Practices are critical to protect the country and our economy. Canada is currently strengthening its legislative and enforcement framework through the following active measures:

• Bill C-8, the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act: This legislation reintroduces the framework of the former Bill C-26 to secure Canada’s critical infrastructure. As of March 26, 2026, the bill passed its Third Reading in the House of Commons and is currently at the First Reading in the Senate.
• Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act: This Act received Royal Assent on March 26, 2026. It modernizes asylum processing and provides the CBSA and law enforcement with enhanced tools to support border security and combat transnational organized crime.
• Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act: Tabled for First Reading on March 12, 2026, this bill reintroduces and refines the “Lawful Access” regime (previously proposed in Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act of 2025) to provide timely access to information for national security investigations.
• National Strategy: The implementation of the National Anti-Fraud Strategy and the architecture of the new Canada Financial Crimes Agency are foundational steps toward a unified enforcement perimeter.
• Financial Oversight: The Minister of Finance and National Revenue is working to introduce legislation to establish the Agency by the Spring of 2026. The Federal government is working to lead this transition and ensure a coordinated federal response to systemic financial crime. The provinces are also working on their operational planning. However, the pace of change and lack of national cohesion are costing Canadians daily.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

EIS joined the DIACC to support the architecture of Sovereign Standards and Solutions aligned with the highest global security standards, such as NIST SP 800-63 Revision 4 (July 2025). We are committed to a unified national approach that mandates the use of NIST IAL3 Biological Anchors to protect Canadians’ integrity. We are also committed to bridging the fallacy of manual vs digital oversight; we need to adopt a 360-degree view towards Identity Protection. We hope that, through DIACC, we can help increase the pace and effectiveness of resolution.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

Electronic Imaging Systems Corp. (EIS) has a foundational history of architecting the secure infrastructure
that underpins Canada’s digital economy. We are the pioneers behind the patented cheque imaging and remote deposit technology that catalyzed the migration from paper-based to electronic clearing for major global banks. This innovation has yielded billions in operational savings for the financial sector by eliminating the risks of physical transport and manual processing.

Furthermore, EIS was instrumental in the architecture and delivery of the Teranet project, in which millions of manual drawings and records were digitized and catalogued to a customized hierarchy to form the secure infrastructure for the Province of Ontario’s Electronic Land Registration System. This remains a global benchmark for the integrity and remote accessibility of digital statutory registries.

With a deep understanding of how fraud can destabilize institutions, we intentionally designed the EIS Smarter
Processing Platform to move beyond the status quo of simple 1:1 data matching. Our solution was built to address the “Identity Factory” threat, where criminals obtain legitimate credentials through fraudulent means by establishing a permanent Biological Anchor. We combine our proprietary capabilities with a strategic integration of Jumio, Clearspeed, and ComplyAdvantage to provide a self-funding ROI model:

• The Fraud Multiplier: Our platform addresses the critical financial risk where the fraud multiplier for Canadian institutions has reached$4.99 for every $1 lost; a single $10,000 fraud event costs an organization nearly $50,000 in investigation and recovery fees.
• Appropriate AI: Our AI operates within strictly defined security boundaries where outputs are deterministic, logged, and auditable, aligning with ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 privacy frameworks.
• Sovereign Data Residency: EIS infrastructure is built specifically for Canadian data residency and exceeds Government, Telecom, and Treasury security standards, ensuring that all identity data remains protected under Canadian jurisdiction.

Contact Information for Official Correspondence:

Corporate Representatives:

• Rose Kramer, President (rmk@eisca.com)
• Kaileen Millard Ruff, Chief Customer Advisor (Kaileen@eisca.com)

1. What is the mission and vision of DeepIDV?

Mission: To be the definitive AI-native platform for full verification — identity, authenticity, and trust — protecting people, businesses, and systems against deepfakes, fraud, and emerging digital threats in real time.

Vision: To establish deepidv as the global standard for verification across every layer — who someone is, whether what you’re seeing is real, and whether you can trust the interaction. From document and biometric verification to deepfake detection, fraud prevention, and continuous monitoring, deepidv covers the entire trust lifecycle. The long-term play is UAIIP as the universal protocol underpinning verification for both humans and AI agents worldwide.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Digital trust and identity verification are critical because the speed of digital interaction has outpaced the infrastructure built to support it.

In existing markets like financial services, real estate, insurance, and healthcare, organizations are bleeding money on fraud, drowning in compliance costs, and relying on legacy verification tools that only solve one piece of the problem. KYC/AML is still largely manual. Fraud losses run into the tens of billions. The tools they have are fragmented and reactive.

In emerging markets like Web3, AI agent commerce, the gig economy, and age verification, the problem is worse: there’s often no trust infrastructure at all. You can’t scale cross-border fintech without verifying users who don’t have traditional credit histories. You can’t let AI agents transact without a verification layer for non-human actors. You can’t enforce age restrictions with any real teeth.

On top of all of this, the deepfake and synthetic media crisis is accelerating across every sector. Forged documents, synthetic faces beating liveness checks, AI-generated voice and video used for fraud and social engineering. “Seeing is believing” is dead, and no incumbent player is addressing it comprehensively.

The bottom line: digital trust isn’t a feature, it’s infrastructure. The same way commerce can’t function without payments rails, the next decade of digital interaction can’t function without verification rails that cover identity, authenticity, fraud, and continuous monitoring in one layer.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital trust and identity verification will transform economies by unlocking the full potential of digital commerce, financial inclusion, and cross-border interaction. When trust is embedded into infrastructure, markets move faster, fraud costs drop, regulatory compliance becomes scalable, and entirely new sectors like AI agent commerce and decentralized finance can mature. Globally, the verification market is projected to grow into the tens of billions precisely because every industry is realizing that digital scale without digital trust is a liability.

In Canada specifically, this transformation supports the growth of fintech, proptech, and the digital services economy while addressing rising fraud, identity theft, and regulatory demands around AML and privacy compliance. It also positions Canadian companies to export trust infrastructure globally, particularly into emerging markets that lack legacy systems and are building digital-first.

deepidv addresses the challenges of this transformation by providing a single AI-native platform that covers the full verification lifecycle, not just identity. We handle document and biometric verification, deepfake and synthetic media detection, real-time fraud and behavioral risk scoring, background intelligence, and continuous monitoring. Where incumbents offer fragmented point solutions, deepidv delivers one integrated layer that works across industries and geographies. Our hardware line, deepcam, extends that same trust layer into the physical world for access control and surveillance. And our long-term protocol vision, UAIIP, is designed to establish a universal verification standard for both humans and AI agents, ensuring the infrastructure scales with the economy rather than falling behind it.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada is uniquely positioned to lead in digital trust and identity verification due to its strong AI research ecosystem, progressive privacy regulation, and established reputation as a trusted jurisdiction for financial services and technology exports. The country’s investment in AI through hubs like the Vector Institute and MILA, combined with frameworks like PIPEDA and emerging provincial digital ID initiatives, creates a foundation that few countries can match. Canada has the opportunity to set global standards for how verification infrastructure is built and exported, particularly into emerging markets that need trusted, privacy-respecting solutions from day one. deepidv is building exactly that from Toronto, with the ambition to make Canadian trust infrastructure a global export.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

We joined the DIACC because digital trust isn’t something any single company builds alone. DIACC is at the center of Canada’s digital identity ecosystem, shaping the frameworks, standards, and policy conversations that will define how verification infrastructure scales nationally and globally. Being part of that community allows deepidv to contribute our perspective as a full verification platform while staying aligned with the direction the broader ecosystem is moving. It also positions us alongside the institutions, governments, and technology partners who share the goal of making Canada a global leader in digital trust.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

deepidv isn’t just another identity verification company. We’re building the infrastructure layer for trust in a world where you can no longer believe what you see, hear, or read online. Our platform covers the full spectrum of verification, from identity and document checks to deepfake detection, fraud prevention, behavioral risk scoring, and continuous monitoring, all in one AI-native system.

We’re a small, focused team operating across Toronto, San Francisco, and Dallas, moving at a pace that incumbents in this space simply can’t match. We’ve closed a $1M seed round, built hardware and software product lines simultaneously, and are actively deploying across verticals like proptech, fintech, and emerging markets. Our long-term vision is UAIIP, a universal protocol for verifying both humans and AI agents, because the next wave of digital interaction won’t just be person to person. It will be agent to agent, and nobody has built the trust layer for that yet.

What sets us apart is that we see verification as a lifecycle, not a checkpoint. The industry has been stuck on one-time identity checks while fraud, deepfakes, and synthetic media have evolved far beyond what those tools can catch. deepidv exists to close that gap entirely.

1. What is the mission and vision of ProofofID?

ProofOfID’s mission is to empower individuals and organizations with secure, user-controlled digital identity solutions that enable trusted, frictionless interactions across physical and digital environments.
We envision a world where identity is no longer a liability but an asset, where individuals own, control, and consent to how their data is shared, and organizations can instantly verify trust without compromising privacy. ProofOfID aims to become a foundational layer in the global digital trust ecosystem, enabling interoperable, privacy-preserving identity verification at scale.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Digital trust is the backbone of today’s economy. As services move online, from banking and healthcare to government and commerce, verifying identity securely and accurately becomes crucial. In existing markets, the challenge is to reduce fraud, streamline compliance, and improve the user experience. Identity fraud, synthetic identities, and data breaches continue to cost billions annually.
In emerging markets, the opportunity is even more transformative. Trusted digital identity unlocks financial inclusion, access to government services, and participation in the digital economy for millions who are currently underserved.
Without a trusted identity:
– Transactions cannot be secured
– Services cannot scale safely
– Inclusion remains limited

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital trust will fundamentally reshape how economies operate by:
– Reducing fraud and compliance costs ands accelerating onboarding and service delivery.
– Enabling cross-border digital commerce and empowering individuals with control over their data.
However, this transformation introduces key challenges such as privacy concerns and data misuse, fragmented identity systems, lack of interoperability, and growing sophistication of fraud.

ProofOfID addresses these challenges by:
– Enabling user-consented identity sharing (trust to authorize), putting individuals in control.
– Providing real-time validation and fraud detection signals.
– Designing for interoperability with existing ecosystems and standards.
– Minimizing data exposure through secure, decentralized, and tokenized identity verification
Our approach shifts identity from being stored and vulnerable to being dynamically verified and controlled.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada is uniquely positioned to lead globally in digital trust due to its strong regulatory frameworks, innovation ecosystem, and commitment to privacy. Through organizations like DIACC, Canada has already established itself as a pioneer in:
– Pan-Canadian trust frameworks
– Public-private collaboration
– Standards-based interoperability
Canada’s role should lead by showcasing trusted solutions like ProofOfID, setting global benchmarks for privacy-respecting digital identity, fostering innovation, maintaining trust and security, and enabling cross-border interoperability with like-minded nations.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

ProofOfID joined DIACC to collaborate with industry leaders and contribute to the development of a trusted, interoperable digital identity ecosystem in Canada.
We believe that solving identity challenges requires collective effort, not isolated innovation. DIACC provides a platform to:
– Align with national standards and frameworks
– Contribute our expertise in user-controlled identity and fraud prevention
– Partner with organizations shaping the future of digital trust
Our participation reflects our commitment to building solutions that are not only innovative but also aligned with Canada’s broader digital trust vision.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

ProofOfID is a patent-backed digital identity platform designed to redefine how identity is shared and verified.
Key differentiators include:
– User-centric identity control; individuals approve and monitor how their identity is used
– Fraud prevention by design; real-time alerts and verification signals help detect suspicious activity
– Scalable and interoperable architecture; built to integrate across industries and jurisdictions
– Enterprise and government-read; supporting high-volume, high-assurance identity use cases
– It’s not just another one-time KYC/IDV solution; it enables the reuse of verified PII data.
As we enter the market, our focus is on enabling secure digital ecosystems across financial services, telecommunications, government, and beyond while ensuring trust remains at the core of every interaction.

1. What is the mission and vision of RegHub?

To simplify identity verification and modernize access to registry services by providing a trusted, consolidated solution for Know Your Business (KYB), Know Your Customer (KYC), and PPSA search and registration services.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Trustworthy digital identity is critical to both established and emerging markets because it enables organizations to confidently verify individuals and businesses, prevent fraud, and comply with regulatory requirements while delivering seamless digital experiences. Organizations must balance strong verification and compliance obligations with the need to deliver fast, low-friction digital experiences.

RegHub addresses these challenges by providing a consolidated workflow across the full lending lifecycle—identity verification, onboarding, and funding. By offering KYC, KYB, and PPSA registration and search in a single platform, RegHub enables organizations to see more connected data across the lending process—from identity verification through to security lien activity sourced from trusted government registries.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital identity will transform the Canadian and global economy by enabling secure, trusted digital interactions as financial services, government programs, and commerce move online. RegHub addresses these challenges by providing a consolidated workflow across the full lending lifecycle—identity verification, onboarding, and funding.

By offering KYC, KYB, and PPSA registration and search in a single platform, RegHub enables organizations to see more connected data across the lending process—from identity verification through to security lien activity sourced from trusted government registries.

For Know Your Business (KYB), RegHub provides an automated attestor workflow aligned with the requirements of Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) to capture Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) information, combined with PEP and sanctions screening and government-sourced corporate registry results. An interactive ownership diagram visually maps multiple layers of ownership, helping compliance teams clearly identify and validate the true UBO.

By connecting identity verification with registry and lien activity, RegHub gains broader visibility across the onboarding and funding process. This allows the platform to actively monitor data signals and generate insights that help organizations combat fraud and manage risk more effectively. Through Next-Generation Registry technology delivered via APIs and the RegHub Portal, organizations can automate compliance workflows, improve operational efficiency, and significantly reduce onboarding and funding costs.

Together, this integrated approach helps organizations build trusted digital relationships, strengthen compliance, and support the continued evolution of digital identity in Canada and global markets.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada is well positioned to lead in digital identity by advancing trusted, privacy-focused frameworks that support secure digital transactions while maintaining strong data protection. With established regulatory oversight and trusted government registries, Canada can set global standards for transparency, fraud prevention, and responsible identity verification.

RegHub supports this leadership by connecting KYC, KYB, and PPSA registration and search within a single workflow, leveraging trusted government data to verify identities, confirm Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) through an attestor process aligned with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada requirements, and provide visibility into security lien activity. Through API-driven and portal-based registry technology, RegHub helps organizations improve compliance, reduce fraud, and operate more efficiently in a trusted digital identity ecosystem

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

RegHub joined the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) to support the development of a trusted and interoperable digital identity ecosystem in Canada. As digital identity becomes critical to financial services, lending, and digital commerce, collaboration between industry and government is essential to establish strong standards and reduce fraud.

RegHub contributes practical expertise through our integrated KYC, KYB, and registry solutions, helping advance secure, compliant identity verification while improving efficiency and trust in digital transactions

6. What else should we know about your organization?

Key Points About RegHub

1. End-to-End Digital Verification: RegHub offers a consolidated workflow across KYC, KYB, and PPSA registration/search, giving organizations a full view of individuals and businesses throughout the lending and compliance lifecycle.

2. Regulatory Alignment: Our KYB workflow is automated and attestor-based, fully aligned with Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) requirements, including UBO collection, PEP/sanctions screening, and government-sourced corporate registry validation.

3. Fraud Prevention & Risk Insights: By combining identity verification with registry and security lien data, RegHub actively monitors and generates insights to combat fraud and reduce operational risk.

4. Interactive Ownership Transparency: Our ownership diagrams map complex corporate structures, helping organizations identify and validate the true Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO).

5. Next-Gen Technology: Delivered via APIs and the RegHub Portal, our platform supports automation, operational efficiency, and cost reduction while providing seamless access to trusted government data.

6. Trusted Partner in Canada’s Digital Identity Ecosystem: RegHub is committed to supporting DIACC’s mission to create a secure, interoperable digital identity ecosystem, helping Canada set global standards for privacy, trust, and innovation

1. What is the mission and vision of Dabadu.ai?

Digital identity will transform the global economy by enabling instant verification, reducing friction, strengthening fraud prevention, and supporting cross-border trust. In Canada, this transformation is particularly important given the country’s leadership in privacy protection, interoperability, and standards-based frameworks.

Dabadu embeds digital identity directly into dealership and lender workflows rather than treating it as a separate step. Our ID Verification and TrustShield services operate within the sales and finance process, helping ensure every transaction meets lender-grade compliance requirements while safeguarding consumer data. By integrating identity, compliance, and workflow automation, we help automotive organizations reduce risk, eliminate manual verification, and scale digital operations with confidence.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Trustworthy digital identity is a cornerstone of any digital economy. It enables organizations to confidently verify who they are interacting with, reduces fraud, and builds consumer confidence in digital transactions.

In industries like automotive retail and financing, where high-value transactions, sensitive personal data, and regulatory obligations intersect identity assurance is not optional. Without trusted digital identity, digital transformation cannot scale safely or sustainably. At Dabadu, we view identity as foundational infrastructure: the connective layer that enables secure, compliant, and efficient digital experiences across the entire customer journey.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital identity will transform the global economy by enabling instant verification, reducing friction, strengthening fraud prevention, and supporting cross-border trust. In Canada, this transformation is particularly important given the country’s leadership in privacy protection, interoperability, and standards-based frameworks.

Dabadu embeds digital identity directly into dealership and lender workflows rather than treating it as a separate step. Our ID Verification and TrustShield services operate within the sales and finance process, helping ensure every transaction meets lender-grade compliance requirements while safeguarding consumer data. By integrating identity, compliance, and workflow automation, we help automotive organizations reduce risk, eliminate manual verification, and scale digital operations with confidence.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada is uniquely positioned to lead globally in digital trust by demonstrating how innovation can coexist with strong privacy protections, transparency, and user control. Through initiatives like the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework and the leadership of DIACC, Canada is establishing a practical, interoperable model for digital identity.

As a Canadian company, Dabadu is committed to advancing this leadership by translating these principles into real-world industry adoption. We embed trust, privacy, and compliance directly into automotive workflows, ensuring that digital identity is not theoretical but operational, measurable, and impactful.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

We joined DIACC because we share a common vision: a Canada where digital interactions are secure, privacy-preserving, and trusted by design. DIACC’s collaborative approach bringing together government, industry, and innovators is essential to building a resilient digital identity ecosystem.

For Dabadu, membership represents both a responsibility and an opportunity: to align our technology with nationally recognized trust frameworks, to contribute industry insight from the automotive sector, and to help accelerate adoption of trusted digital identity across high-impact commercial use cases.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

Dabadu.ai is an automotive technology ecosystem that unifies CRM, digital retailing, identity verification, and lender connectivity within a single platform. By reducing reliance on fragmented systems, Dabadu enables dealerships and lenders to operate from a shared, trusted source of data from lead intake and identity assurance through credit submission and funding.

Our platform is designed to ensure that every step of the customer journey is secure, compliant, and data-driven. With built-in identity verification, fraud prevention, and lender integrations, Dabadu is helping modernize automotive retail through a privacy-first, trust-centric approach. As a DIACC member, we are proud to contribute to Canada’s leadership in practical, interoperable digital identity adoption.

Quote from Pulkit Arora, Founder & CEO, Dabadu.ai

“You can’t build trust on disconnected systems. We built Dabadu to unify identity, compliance, and credit into a single trusted automotive ecosystem, one that works for businesses, lenders, and consumers alike.”

1. What is the mission and vision of Dealertrack?

To make identity verification simple, trusted, and built into every automotive deal.
In partnership with Interac Corp. and Equifax Canada, our vision is a seamless dealer workflow with no added complexity.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Because high-value transactions require confidence in who you’re dealing with. Verified identity protects dealers and consumers while keeping deals moving efficiently.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital trust works best when it’s integrated, not layered on. Dealertrack Canada combines Equifax’s identity orchestration with Interac® document verification to deliver a trusted, real-time ID verification, built directly into dealer-to-lender workflows.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada can lead by proving that secure identity doesn’t have to be complex.
Practical, connected solutions will drive adoption across regulated industries. By aligning industry, regulators, and technology providers, Canada can set a global standard for trusted digital identity.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

To help advance shared standards for embedded digital identity. We believe trust scales fastest when identity solutions work across systems – not in silos.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

Dealertrack Canada’s goal is to make a meaningful impact on the industry’s effort to mitigate fraud. Together, we connect better, protect smarter, and perform stronger.

1. What is the mission and vision of EEZE?

Mission:
EEZE is dedicated to helping the automotive industry prevent and deter fraud and identity theft, protecting dealerships, lenders, and their valued customers.

Vision:
Our vision is to create a trusted automotive ecosystem where secure, worry-free transactions are the standard, empowering businesses and consumers alike.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Digital trust and identity verification are critical because identity fraud is becoming increasingly sophisticated and pervasive. Criminals are now leveraging state-of-the-art technologies, including AI, deepfakes, and automated bots, to manipulate personal data, create synthetic identities, and bypass traditional security measures. In both existing and emerging markets, this threatens consumers, businesses, and financial institutions by facilitating fraud, financial loss, and erosion of trust. Robust digital identity verification is essential to ensure that individuals and organizations can transact securely, prevent fraud, and maintain confidence in the digital economy. Moreover, Verification platforms should give consumers clear control and trust over how their data is shared and stored.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital trust and identity verification are transforming the Canadian and global economy by enabling secure, transparent transactions and reducing fraud. In an ever-evolving world, where fraudsters have access to the latest AI and sophisticated technologies, it is critical to have the right checks and balances. Organizations like EEZE must continuously adapt to emerging threats, ensuring robust verification and protection for consumers, dealers, and lenders alike

EEZE tackles this by continuously enhancing our system with additional layers of identity verification, validating individuals, vehicles, and transactions to protect consumers, dealers, and lenders from fraud and identity theft. Customers using EEZE have clear control over how their data is shared and stored. By building trust into every transaction, we help create a safer, more efficient digital economy.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada can lead in digital trust and identity verification by setting high standards for security, privacy, and innovation. By supporting organizations like EEZE and promoting robust verification practices, Canada can reduce fraud, build global confidence in digital transactions, and serve as a model for secure digital identity solutions worldwide.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

EEZE joined DIACC because a governing organization like DIACC provides a platform for collaboration across the industry. By bringing together vendors, competitors, and stakeholders as a collective braintrust, together with DIACC, it will foster the development of innovative solutions that enhance security, strengthen digital trust, and combat fraud on an industry-wide scale.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

EEZE is a hyper-focused, customizable platform tailored for the automotive industry. We envision a solution where all vendors in this space can collaborate to stay ahead of identity theft and fraud by securely sharing information through a centralized “Citadel.” This is a project we aim to launch in late 2026, and we believe DIACC and its members could greatly benefit from participating.

1. What is the mission and vision of General Bank of Canada?

To build a bank for generations. [To build a bank for generations implies extensive trust]. General Bank operates as a Financial Product Manufacturer and works with Distributors / Brokers to have Consumers access our products.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

As a financial services product manufacturer we don’t hold direct to consumer relationships – we work with other financial services distributors. However, we need to validate those relationships with consumers and distributors to meet our regulatory obligations.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

The more easily and quickly (digitally) we can verify individuals the more we can get our products out in the market and meet our regulatory obligations.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada can definitely be a leader in digital trust and identity – there is already a lot of great work ongoing.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

General Bank is transforming and digital trust / verification is becoming a larger focus for us.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

General Bank is full Canadian Chartered Bank but we don’t have direct to consumer relationships (so we are a very different Chartered Bank).

1. What is the mission and vision of Autocorp.ai?

Our mission is to modernize the car-buying experience by building digital tools that put transparency, trust, and efficiency first. We envision a future where automotive retail is fully digital, seamless, and secure — empowering dealerships to sell smarter and customers to buy with confidence.

2. Why is trustworthy digital identity critical for existing and emerging markets?

Trust is the currency of digital commerce. In automotive, where vehicles are high-value assets, fraud has surged — with identity fraud making up over 75% of fraudulent applications in Canada. For existing markets, strong ID verification prevents costly theft and financial loss. For emerging markets, it lays the foundation for safe digital transactions, unlocking growth and inclusion by making financing and ownership accessible to more people.

3. How will digital identity transform the Canadian and global economy? How does your organization address challenges associated with this transformation?

Digital trust will accelerate financing, reduce fraud-related losses, and expand access to credit globally. In Canada alone, automotive fraud rose 54% year-over-year – a clear signal that transformation is needed. Our solution, AVA™ ID, leverages AI, biometrics, and OCR to verify identities in seconds while ensuring compliance with KYC and AML regulations. This helps dealerships and lenders eliminate inefficiencies, cut losses, and create safer digital ecosystems that power sustainable economic growth.

4. What role does Canada have to play as a leader in this space?

Canada is uniquely positioned to lead – combining strong financial institutions, progressive regulatory frameworks, and advanced data security expertise. By innovating in industries like automotive, Canada can export proven models of secure digital identity verification to global markets, setting the standard for how high-value transactions should be protected.

5. Why did your organization join the DIACC?

We joined the DIACC because digital trust is bigger than any one company. It requires collaboration across industries, regulators, and innovators. By being part of DIACC, we ensure that the automotive sector’s needs are represented while contributing to the creation of national standards that build confidence for consumers and businesses alike.

6. What else should we know about your organization?

Autocorp.ai is Canada’s first fintech to bring No-Impact Credit Checks, real-time Trade-in Valuations, and Fraud-Proof Test Drives into a unified digital retail suite. Our tools are already helping dealerships increase conversion by 35%, revenue by 28%, and lead generation by 55%. More than just software, we’re building the digital infrastructure that ensures every automotive transaction – from credit pre-approval to keys-in-hand – is safe, fast, and customer-first.