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After years of operation, new legal requirements and increased global adoption, e.g. Brazil, Bahrain and Australia, the OpenID Foundation will soon be making revisions to the Certification Program. <o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Our goals are to make the ( renamed ) <u class="">OpenID Foundation Directory of Conformance</u> easier to navigate and reference. We plan to better distinquish the OpenID Connect Directory from Financial-Grade APIs Directory, the sub categories in each. We
will include new legal language to protect information about those organizations that have self certified their conformance to OpenID Connect and Financial-Grade APIs.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Initial feedback from the Financial-Grade APIs Work Group include the ability of allow each firm to have its own page, so they can link to these in their own communications, i.e. as XXX firm, here is my certification URL.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Your suggestions are welcome. Please send them to OpenID Foundation Program Manager Michael R. Leszcz Jr." <a href="mailto:mike.leszcz@oidf.org" class="" style="color: blue;">mike.leszcz@oidf.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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Thanks and stay safe,<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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