OIDF proud to support BIS Innovation Hub’s Aperta Report
The BIS Innovation Hub has published its Project Aperta report, a significant milestone for cross-border open finance and a meaningful validation of the open standards approach that the OpenID Foundation has long championed. Project Aperta has been designing, developing, and testing a prototype for cross-border open finance interconnectivity through APIs – connecting the open finance […]
Insights from the OIDF’s Australia Innovation Day
When does digital ID actually serve the common good? Written by Olaf Grewe, Head of Product, Sign-up and Log-in at National Australia Bank, and Co-Chair of the ADT CG This was the question explored at an Innovation Day organised by the OpenID Foundation’s Australian Digital Trust Community Group (ADT CG) earlier this year. Hosted by […]
Leading organisations join OIDF independent conformance test program
In December 2025, the OpenID Foundation announced the forthcoming launch of self-certification for OpenID for Verifiable Credentials. Since then, the OpenID Foundation has been working to confirm the organisations who will help shape the next phase – a globally recognised independent conformance test program. Today, we are pleased to introduce the organisations that will play a key […]
Adapting FAPI to evolving TLS cipher suites
FAPI is widely deployed, and as implementations mature, ongoing maintenance becomes as important as the initial implementation. One specific challenge is managing TLS cipher suites. FAPI deliberately builds on widely deployed internet standards. That design choice has served the ecosystem well, but it also means that FAPI inherits the lifecycle dynamics of those underlying standards. […]
OIDF submits comments on CFPB Data Rights Rule
The OpenID Foundation (OIDF) has submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the reconsideration of Rule 1033 on personal financial data rights. The OpenID Foundation brings expertise from working with open banking implementations across 12 global ecosystems. This submission represents the Foundation’s third response to this regulation, after providing comments in December […]
OIDF launches Ecosystems Support Community Group
The OpenID Foundation has launched a new Ecosystems Support Community Group (ESCG) to help public and private sector ecosystem leaders understand the key architectures, decisions, and best practices at the forefront of open banking/open data and digital identity adoption globally. Context The ESCG arrives at a critical time when 90+ jurisdictions are pursuing open banking/open […]
Implementer’s Guide: FAPI 2.0 Final vs. Implementer’s Draft 2.0
Author: Dima Postnikov, Vice-Chair of OpenID Foundation and FAPI WG Member Contributors: Gail Hodges, Nat Sakimura, Ralph Bragg, Filip Skokan, Joseph Heenan. This article is also accessible on Medium. Introduction In a significant milestone for the global Open Banking and Open Data community, on February 22nd, the OpenID Foundation published and approved the new and […]
Standardized, Fine-Grained Authorization Using OAuth 2 Grant Management and Rich Authorization Requests
Since 2018, the OpenID Foundation’s FAPI Working Group and the global community have been developing standards to support Open Banking and Open Data. In “Standardized and Fine-Grained Authorization with OAuth 2 Grant Management and Rich Authorization Requests,” Dima Postnikov (OIDF Vice Chairman) and Gail Hodges (OIDF Executive Director) lay out how implementations around the world […]
Guidance to the CFPB regarding US Open Banking
Authors: Gail Hodges, Joseph Heenan, Dima Postnikov, Mark Haine, Mike Leszcz, Elizabeth Garber Following our May 16 open letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the OpenID Foundation has been engaged in discussions about their rule-making on Personal Financial Data Rights. This post summarizes our guidance to the CFPB. Why are we engaged? The OpenID […]
Digital Identity at the G20
On June 18, 2024 the OpenID Foundation’s Executive Director, Gail Hodges, spoke about Digital Identity at the G20 during the Digital Government and Inclusion Workshop. The following are her prepared remarks. Bom dia and hello. I’d first like to applaud the Brazilian Government for your impressive work on Digital Identity here, in Brazil, and […]