What Changed — Monthly Changelog

Short answer. This page lists, in date order, the substantive changes we make to our trackers and analyses. October 2026's headline: the UN Convention on Negotiable Cargo Documents opens for signature in Accra on 26 October, and the Türkiye eBL tracker has been updated accordingly.

October 2026

• 16 Oct: The NCD Convention and Türkiye published; ceremony date entered in the Türkiye eBL tracker.

• 16 Oct: Three comparison pages: MLETR, ETDA and the NCD Convention, e-signature levels for maritime documents, eBL platforms legal guide (IG list checked 16 Oct: 15 + 6 systems).

• 16 Oct: Methodology, independence and corrections policy published.

• 16 Oct: MLETR Adoption Map visualised; timeline added to the Türkiye eBL tracker; readability improved.

• 14 Oct: Digital Identity & Mobile Signature Tracker launched with 25 countries; Germany, Switzerland and Japan rows updated from primary sources.

• 14 Oct: eIDAS 2.0 and the EU Digital Identity Wallet published.

• 14 Oct: Türkiye eBL tracker re-verified against primary sources. MLETR list re-checked: 13 states, no change.

• 14 Oct: Home-page eBL share updated to ≈ 11% per DCSA 2025 data.

How we source and verify: methodology.