With extensive expertise in secure documents and KYC, it was a “natural transition” to enter the digital identity market, says Takumi , DNP, who launched a decentralized ID management platform in 2024. They want to leverage the benefits of digital ID such as cross border interoperability and customers managing their ID information and disclosing personal information autonomously. This has sparked a movement with Asia based partners forming the Asia Pacific Digital Identity Consortium to provision digital ID compatibility over privacy.