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<div>Chris,</div><div><br></div><div>They're not banks, but NIH and other agencies are offering federated identity access for grant application and management via InCommon, which involves $$$. They require at least NIST Level 2 and a contractual relationship with the identity provider. Level 1 wasn't enough for them, and an arbitrary OP certainly wouldn't be.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/InCCollaborate/InCommon+Silver">https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/InCCollaborate/InCommon+Silver</a></div><div><br></div><div>We're working with other major organizations on student financial aid, or degree verification, with similar assurance requirements.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Nate.</div><div><br></div><div><div>On 20 Oct 2008, at 17:47, Chris Messina wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">I'd be interested in hearing from banks on this actually.<div><br></div><div>I personally don't know what banks or bank folks think, and would be curious to know how they're internally thinking about dealing with these issues.</div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></body></html>