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Vietnam aims for 100% digital ID, service access by 2026

Vietnam aims for 100% digital ID, service access by 2026

2025-12-14 Ian Fleming
On October 21, the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology organized a pro...
iDenfy Launches SMS & Email Verification Tools for an Extra Security Layer in KYC Onboarding

iDenfy Launches SMS & Email Verification Tools for an Extra Security Layer in KYC Onboarding

2025-12-14 Per Henrikson
iDenfy is now able to improve both accuracy and simplicity during the initial us...
Colombia orders Worldcoin shutdown over biometric data violations

Colombia orders Worldcoin shutdown over biometric data violations

2025-12-14 Ian Fleming
Colombia’s competition authority has ordered the immediate closure of the digita...
Teen bypasses Snapchat age check, exposing limits of Australia’s social media ban

Teen bypasses Snapchat age check, exposing limits of Australia’s social media ban

2025-12-14 Ian Fleming
A 15-year-old in Sydney passed Snapchat’s age check, highlighting challenges in...
New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification

New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification

2025-12-12 Per Henrikson
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing new guidance that l...
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iDenfy Launches SMS & Email Verification Tools for an Extra Security Layer in KYC Onboarding

iDenfy Launches SMS & Email Verification Tools for an Extra Security Layer in KYC Onboarding

2025-12-14 Per Henrikson
iDenfy is now able to improve both accuracy and simplicity during the initial user onboarding phase to help solve issues like multiple accounts, invalid phone numbers, forged IDs and other relevant security challenges that are commonly encountered during identity verification.
Ondato announces new Mobile SDK V3

Ondato announces new Mobile SDK V3

New Ondato Mobile SDK V3 promises faster, smarter, and fully customizable user and customer experience.
After Bermuda Expansion, CMC Markets Sets Up Office in Warsaw and signed Sumsub

After Bermuda Expansion, CMC Markets Sets Up Office in Warsaw and signed Sumsub

Under the Bermuda licence, the broker partnered with Sumsub, a verification platform, and FYNXT, a modular multi-asset platform, to support client onboarding.

Veriff Doubles Revenue at a Scale of 100M USD and reaches profitability

Shufti Pro signs Gamer Wager that enters into US peer-to-peer esports wagering market

Identity Platform Trulioo Joins Google’s Agent Payments Protocol

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Vietnam aims for 100% digital ID, service access by 2026

Vietnam aims for 100% digital ID, service access by 2026

2025-12-14 Ian Fleming
On October 21, the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology organized a program to celebrate National Digital Transformation Day 2025, themed: “Digital transformation: Faster - more efficient - closer to the people.”
Colombia orders Worldcoin shutdown over biometric data violations

Colombia orders Worldcoin shutdown over biometric data violations

Colombia’s competition authority has ordered the immediate closure of the digital identity project Worldcoin, citing violations of national data protection laws related to the collection and processing of iris biometrics.
Teen bypasses Snapchat age check, exposing limits of Australia’s social media ban

Teen bypasses Snapchat age check, exposing limits of Australia’s social media ban

A 15-year-old in Sydney passed Snapchat’s age check, highlighting challenges in enforcing Australia’s under-16 social media ban.

Porn company starts new age checks after £1m fine

Signicat Partners With Markaaz, Expanding Global Business Identity Data for BEV and AML Orchestration

1Kosmos Partners with Reality Defender for Deepfake Fraud

Technology
New image signature can survive cropping, stop deepfakes from hijacking trust

New image signature can survive cropping, stop deepfakes from hijacking trust

2025-12-09 Per Henrikson
Most authentication tools fail the moment a photo is altered. Even small changes like trimming edges turn a signed image into one that fails verification. That creates trouble for newsrooms and other groups that crop images as part of normal editing.
Moca Network launches gamified digital identity system MocaProof - BlockchainGamerBiz

Moca Network launches gamified digital identity system MocaProof - BlockchainGamerBiz

Moca Network has announced the beta version of its gamified ID network MocaProof, which will launch on Moca Chain mainnet in 2026.
Deepfake detection startup imper.ai launches with $28M in funding

Deepfake detection startup imper.ai launches with $28M in funding

imper.ai provides real-time impersonation risk monitoring and deepfake detection.

10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification

YouTube deepfake detection tool could see Google using creators' faces to train AI bots

Namirial among Europe’s first to secure certification for remote ID proofing under new eIDAS 2 rules

Legal
New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification

New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification

2025-12-12 Per Henrikson
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing new guidance that limits the age of foreign nationals’ photos that can be used to create immigration documents to no more than three years. fraud.
US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Mobile Identify app pulled from Google Play Store amid intensifying scrutiny

US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Mobile Identify app pulled from Google Play Store amid intensifying scrutiny

Its sudden disappearance has cast new light on an enforcement technology that until recently operated almost entirely outside public view.
US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Mobile Identify app pulled from Google Play Store amid intensifying scrutiny

US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Mobile Identify app pulled from Google Play Store amid intensifying scrutiny

Its sudden disappearance has cast new light on an enforcement technology that until recently operated almost entirely outside public view.

Missouri Becomes 25th US State to Enact Age Verification Law

Meta deactivating users under 16 ahead of Australia’s social media ban

UK formalizes regime of certification and governance is now in place for digital identity services