Toronto, ON — March 31, 2026 — Vaultie, a Canadian leader in digital trust, is setting a new standard for secure identity in Canada as the first organization to achieve a Level of Assurance 3 (LoA3)–certified Digital Wallet under DIACC’s Pan-Canadian Trust Framework. This is in addition to Vaultie’s LoA2-certified Verified Person designation, combining high-assurance verification with a seamless user experience. With this accreditation, Vaultie can verify individuals and credentials to the standards required by government institutions and highly regulated sectors, including law societies and the financial services industry.



“Achieving DIACC Level of Assurance 3 is a major milestone not just for Vaultie, but for the future of digital trust in Canada,” said Meyer Mechanic, Founder and CEO of Vaultie. “This accreditation reaffirms our commitment to building trustworthy digital infrastructure, while continuing to fight fraud at the highest level. It unlocks new possibilities for our partners while ensuring individuals maintain control of their personal information in a secure, Canadian-built ecosystem.”



Vaultie is the only organization in Canada to have attained this level of accreditation. LoA3 represents the highest threshold typically required for government services and other high-risk digital transactions, where strong identity verification and wallet standards using authoritative sources such as passports, birth certificates, and other official documentation or sources of truth are required.



The Pan-Canadian Trust Framework, developed by DIACC, provides a nationally recognized set of standards, policies, and certification processes designed to enable secure, interoperable digital identity services across public and private sectors.



By meeting the framework’s most rigorous assurance level, Vaultie can now support organizations that require government-grade identity verification and enable individuals to store and manage verified credentials securely.



The announcement coincides with the DIACC Winter Plenary in Vancouver, beginning today, where leaders from across government, industry, and the digital identity ecosystem will convene to advance Canada’s national digital trust infrastructure.



This capability will help advance Canada’s evolving digital trust ecosystem by allowing credentials, such as government documents or professional credentials, to be securely verified, stored, and shared only when and how individuals choose.

Vaultie is a leader in digital trust infrastructure, enabling organizations to verify and authenticate people, documents, and systems with certainty. Built for highly regulated industries, including governments and financial institutions, Vaultie’s suite of solutions supports issuers, verifiers, and holders across the trust ecosystem.



Vaultie’s wallet-less, privacy-first architecture allows credentials to be issued, shared, verified and authenticated without friction or reliance on proprietary tools. This creates a faster, more secure, and scalable way to establish trust across digital workflows where authenticity can be confirmed instantly and with confidence.

Across Canada, leading law firms and government departments rely on Vaultie to support secure identity verification, document provenance, and authenticity. To date, the platform has enabled the creation of more than 60,000 secure digital vaults for Canadians.


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Vaultie Achieves DIACC Level of Assurance 3 Accreditation, Setting a New Standard for Digital Trust in Canada

When it comes to verifying someone’s identity, accuracy isn’t optional.



At Vaultie, every ID we process goes through a series of advanced authenticity checks to ensure it is genuine, compliant, and verifiable. Our verification system combines advanced AI analysis with human oversight to deliver a reliable and transparent identity verification experience.



Below is a closer look at the tests we run and why each one matters.



Every government-issued ID follows strict design standards, including the specific fonts used for names, dates, and document numbers. Counterfeit IDs often fail to replicate these exactly. Vaultie’s system detects inconsistencies in typography, spacing, and character shapes that might reveal tampering.



Legitimate IDs are designed with precision. The position of a birth date, signature, or hologram is part of a standardized layout. Our system confirms that every element on the ID is in the correct place, ensuring the structure matches what is expected from genuine documents.



The machine-readable zone (MRZ) at the bottom of an ID or passport encodes critical personal information. Vaultie verifies the integrity of this code to ensure it has not been altered or forged. A mismatch here often signals a compromised document.



Real IDs include hidden security features such as holograms, microprint, and UV-sensitive marks that counterfeiters struggle to reproduce. Vaultie’s system uses pattern recognition and spectral analysis to identify these authentic security markers, confirming that the document is genuine.



Even a perfect-looking ID is not enough without proof that the person presenting it is who they claim to be. Vaultie uses biometric facial matching to compare the user’s live selfie against the image on their ID. The process is seamless, privacy-first, and verifies identity in real time.




After all tests are complete, Vaultie generates a comprehensive authenticity report. Each report is timestamped, verifiable, and fully auditable, creating a digital record that meets the highest standards for compliance, record-keeping, and client trust.




Identity verification is more than a compliance requirement. It protects your clients, your business, and your reputation. By combining advanced automation with verifiable open standards, Vaultie provides the confidence professionals need to move forward securely.



What tests do we run to prove clients have an authentic ID?

Digital trust is foundational to how companies protect their reputations, grow revenue, and build relationships that last.

It’s not just a security checkbox or a compliance obligation, it’s the new backbone of business operations. Whether you're a global financial institution, a fast-scaling startup, or a law firm navigating sensitive cases, your ability to prove who you are and what you stand behind is now inseparable from your ability to grow and thrive.

We like to imagine that business is built on trust.

A huge portion of the global economy runs on relationships where trust isn’t present and maybe never was.

> Lawyers don’t “trust” opposing counsel. They verify IDs, track every signature, keep receipts.

> Banks don’t “trust” borrowers. They verify income, assets, and creditworthiness.
> Landlords don’t “trust” tenants. They check IDs, deposits, and references.

Lots of business takes place between parties that know they can’t trust each other—and they proceed anyway, because systems exist to try to protect them.

While we honour our community and value what it means to do what you say you’re going to do, we know we have to build something even more reliable.

That’s why the future of trust isn’t emotional, but instead, it’s infrastructure.

At Vaultie, we’re not trying to make people trust each other more. That’s a high bar, built on relationships and history and gut instinct. Instead, we’re focused on something more reliable. We’re building the tools that make trust unnecessary because the proof is built in.

Vaultie’s technology asserts that a specific issuer made a statement—and that the statement has not been altered. Whether the statement is true or not is left to the verifier to decide. We don’t play referee. We provide clarity.

...and now that we think of it, maybe that’s the simplest way to say it:

When authentication is strong, transparent, and portable, trust doesn’t have to be assumed. It can be earned, verified, and scaled. That’s what allows organizations to take bigger risks, move faster, and build smarter. It’s what turns compliance into clarity. It’s what moves partnerships from handshake to reality.

In today’s world, trust isn't claimed—it's proven. The strongest organizations don’t ask for blind belief. They give others the tools to say: We don’t just trust this, we authenticated it.

Building Relationships that Last Through Digital Trust

Voter verification is one of the most important and most scrutinized parts of elections today. Whether verifying identity for a political vote or confirming eligibility in a condo association election, the workflows around identity verification can directly shape public trust. Done well, verification builds confidence. Done poorly, it risks frustration and even disenfranchisement.



As fraud attempts rise, more organizations and political parties are turning to digital identity verification (IDV) tools. But with new safeguards come new complaints: voters want simplicity and speed, while organizers must prioritize fairness and security. What must be taken into account, despite these complaints, voters are also happy with the opportunity to vote from home and after hours. 



Last March, the Liberal Party reported that some voters were feeling disenfranchised by what they saw as a complex, multi-step verification process. Their spokesperson told the CBC: “This is actually the system working. If you’re not able to verify, there’s a reason you are not able to verify. We want to make sure that we are putting on a process that is secure and fair.” For the party, additional steps weren’t a failure of technology, but proof that safeguards were in place.



Other groups take a similar approach. A B.C. political party recently emphasized that foreign interference risks demand strict verification. As Executive Advisor Stefan Jonsson explained, “The party has a responsibility to the integrity of the election that only real people living in B.C. get a [single] ballot.”



Yet outside of political elections, the balance tips differently. Condo associations, for example, are more likely to prioritize ease and accessibility, allowing members to verify quickly from home so participation isn’t hindered. Professional regulatory bodies, on the other hand, often adopt a middle ground, requiring verification before annual votes to ensure only licensed members in good standing are able to cast ballots.

Why Workflows Differ:

Vaultie’s IDV technology can complete verification in as little as two minutes. Still, many clients choose to build longer workflows, layering in extra steps to reflect their specific risks and responsibilities. These extra steps take time, creating a delay in beginning the IDV process. 

- https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/experts-liberal-leadership-vote-1.7475577

-https://events.canadianlawyermag.com/canadian-legal-summit/page/4689512/sponsors

-https://www.biv.com/news/commentary/rob-shaw-verification-woes-cloud-bc-green-partys-leadership-race-11171349

Balancing Speed, Security, and Trust in Voter Verification

The Coldplay Affair Fake Apology and Content Creation Explosion:



After the Coldplay Kiss Cam Affair Exposure, the CEO of Astronomer “issued” a public apology.  Then his wife “responded” with a statement of her own and a pile of other influencers began creating content, posing as the CEO’s daughter and other key players in the drama.  While much of this content was later deemed as fake, the scrutiny around this situation has raised a lot of flags. In fact, just days ago, CIRA’s 2025 report on Canadian Internet trends, reports, “Generative AI use doubles while trust in social media plummets.” It’s not surprising that people are spinning. 



What was AI-generated? PR-crafted? Posted and deleted? What was screenshotted and stitched back together? Is the whole thing a publicity stunt for Coldplay, or for Astronomer? 



As the days tick by, the story keeps growing. Article after article. Dissection after dissection. Everyone’s playing detective in the world’s juiciest digital soap opera, at least for this week. But as we sit here watching it play out, we want to think through the implications of this entire moment in popular culture:  What happens when the next unverifiable statement or apology doesn’t come from a celebrity couple — but from someone who is supposed to be trustworthy, from someone who has a much larger impact on our day-to-day lives? 



What if the next “he said, she said” isn’t about a cheating scandal, but about public safety?

With the rise in AI, deepfakes and the increasingly sophisticated frauds happening, a lot of what if’s start coming to mind. Here are a few: 



> What if a government says it didn’t authorize a drone strike and someone posts “proof” it did?



> What if a leader claims they never made a certain statement after someone drops a deep faked video or fake screenshot?



> What if a public policy announcement is “leaked,” but there's no way to verify whether it’s authentic or politically motivated misinformation?



This isn’t just gossip.  It’s governance. It’s public safety. It’s democracy. The reality of the lessons learned from this situation with the Coldplay Kiss cam is that when we rely on screenshots and vibes, we really can’t say who or what is trustworthy. 

The Y Combinator Employee working 10+ Jobs 

Just ask the founders burned by Parekh, the startup consultant who left a trail of chaos across early-stage teams. He aced interviews, while faking credentials, including a Masters to Georgia Tech, promised funding connections and then disappeared, leaving startups scrambling.



When questioned, he blamed drone strikes, then visa issues and then went silent entirely. By the time people figured out what was happening, it was too late. There were Slack messages, emails, invoices, but nothing about his footprint was verifiable. It was a string of digital footprints anyone could have made.



The damage wasn’t simply operational, it was damaging to the confidence of the team, who burned trust and capacity. Without a tool like Vaultie, that can help to prove that a credential, identity or work permit is real? It could happen again. 

We Don’t Just Need Free Speech, We Need Verifiable Proof.



At Vaultie, we’re building the infrastructure that makes it possible to prove what was said, when it was said, and who said it. If you want to learn more about how we’re doing that, feel free to reach out or explore our website. We can support you in building proof that your apology, your credentials or other important documents are verifiable and valid.



When it comes to verifiable proof, most simply, it’s about trust at the source.



Imagine: Public statements that carry a secure, tamper-proof signature, documents, press releases and apologies that can be instantly verified and no more weaponized “receipts” or manufactured outrage loops.

It may be uncomfortably entertaining to follow the fall out when it’s a CEO, his head of HR and their unfortunate fifteen minutes of fame, but we need to take these lessons seriously so that we are able to protect the flow of information from a trusted regulator, leader or news outlet.  If we’re listening to a generative AI model impersonating any of the above, we should at least be able to recognize the difference by seeing a mark of trust on the real deal. 





The question we need to ask as critically thinking citizens is: “Did they say that?” and “Can we prove this was said from a trustworthy source— before the damage is done?” 


As reported in the same CIRA report, “More than one in ten Canadians (13 per cent) say they have liked, shared or re-shared fake, misleading or untrue content in the last year.” With generative content being as convincing as it is, the chance of spreading misinformation is growing.



We can’t stop watching a train wreck, but that doesn’t mean the damage isn’t real. In a world full of screenshots, fake IDs, and synthetic content, truth deserves verifiable proof.

In today’s increasingly digital world, verifying who someone is has never been more important—or more complicated. From accessing your bank account to signing legal documents, digital identity has become the cornerstone of how we interact online. Does this sound like something your organization or business needs help with? Book a demo to learn more.

The Case for Verifiable Proof: Fake Apologies & Fake Credentials

In today’s increasingly digital world, verifying who someone is has never been more important—or more complicated. From accessing your bank account to signing legal documents, digital identity has become the cornerstone of how we interact online. But what exactly is digital identity, and why should you care? This overview will break down common questions people have about digital identity, explore its many forms, and show you how Vaultie, a company focused on building accessible Canadian digital trust in verifiable digital credentials—is making trust easier, faster, and more secure.

At its core, digital identity is a collection of electronic credentials and identifiers that prove who you are online. These can include: your email and password, biometric data (like a face scan or fingerprint), government-issued ID photos and verified attributes (your address, age, or professional designation).  Digital identity is the electronic equivalent of presenting a driver's license, passport, or membership card to verify yourself in the real world.


Can you explain the use of digital identity and what can go wrong? 


Think of logging into your online banking account using two-factor authentication. Your password confirms your credentials, and your smartphone or fingerprint confirms it’s really you. Verification confirms that the person holding the digital identity is who they say they are. 


What can go wrong with this?  As fraudsters become more sophisticated, we are seeing a rise of scams, identity theft and fraud. Digital identity theft involves impersonating someone online to gain access to their sensitive information.  Vaultie verifies over 14,000 types of identity documents from 251 countries and territories. It uses a combination of optical character recognition (OCR), liveness detection, facial biometric matching, and it's all done in less than two minutes.  Vaultie offers secure, interoperable, and verifiable credentials that can travel across platforms and borders. As a user, you can store your credentials in your own private, secure Vaultie Vault, and not on an unknown centralized server.

Digital identity solutions help businesses and governments verify and manage user identities online. It's a public infrastructure and private enterprise imperative to protecting customers and citizens.  Vaultie offers an integrated suite of tools that includes, KYC (Know Your Client) for lawyers, lenders, and financial advisors and digital signature workflows. 


A digital identity wallet stores your verified credentials and allows you to control who sees them. With Vaultie, this is called the Vault, where you can hold your credentials, and then decide when and with whom you'd like to share those credentials. Each share includes a cryptographically verifiable trail.


What are some real world examples of using Vaultie? 


We are proud to represent many amazing private sector businesses and public sector organizations. Some examples includes law firms using Vaultie to verify a client’s ID remotely and collect a biometric signature, with no office visit required, or mortgage lenders uses Vaultie to attach a verified ID check to a credit application. There are no special login or accounts required for the recipient. Just scan and verify.

Digital identity is not just a trend—it's the infrastructure of the future. As governments move toward open banking, digital service delivery, and cross-border compliance, the need for secure, verifiable credentials will grow. Vaultie is already there supporting legal, financial, and government sectors, providing secure credential wallets to thousands of Canadians and helping people and institutions to build trust more easily.

What Is Digital Identity?

Starting October 11th, 2024, mortgage industry agents must follow new FINTRAC rules to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. Read below to learn about these requirements and how Vaultie can help you easily meet your KYC (Know Your Client) obligations.

When you first start a business relationship with a client, you must verify their identity. Keep reading to see how Vaultie makes this process simple! You also need to check if a third party is involved in large transactions or if the client is a politically exposed person. 

Verifying your client's identity has never been easier. Simply input your client's email, and a request will be sent to them directly. The process takes 5 minutes, and involves taking a photo of their government-issued photo ID, then taking a selfie. Our secure approach to ID verification ensures that you and your client's information will remain private, no matter where they verify from.

How Vaultie Helps Mortgage Agents with KYC Protocols Under New FINTRAC Requirements

Three different paths all led to similar answers. Learn about the origins of identity verification within the legal sector in Canada through our podcast with DIACC President Joni Brennan, Jay Krushell and Phil Brown. 

DIACC’s Joni Brennan, the Law Society of Ontario’s Phil Brown, Vaultie’s Meyer Mechanic and Treefort’s Jay Krushell all joined together to discuss the origins of Identity verification in Law

T2D2: Diving into Law Societies, Lawyers, and Client ID Verification with Phil, Jay, and Meyer

We delve into the challenges, opportunities, and principles guiding the future of digital identity verification in the legal sector.

Trust Talks and Digital Dives: Diving into Law Societies, Lawyers, and Client ID Verification

Hey, Meyer Mechanic here, founder of Vaultie. I founded the company on the belief that there should be a safer approach to interacting with your clients, think, a “clean hands” approach. I think digital identity and credentialing solve that issue. Coming from a banking background, I set out to create a software that would enable individuals to digitally lay claim to their personal data and allow anyone they chose to share it with to verify it.

Fraudsters are becoming smarter, and the tools we relied on for decades no longer offer those same protections, especially when it comes to digital trust.

We do this by tethering fraud-resilient and verifiable credentials to sensitive information such as digital IDs, legal documents, and financial contracts, and also by anchoring data to blockchain. So, we created a digital trust solution that can always be authenticated by others.

We’re happy to have you, welcome. 

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