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South Korea Implements Mandatory Facial Verification for Mobile Accounts

South Korea Implements Mandatory Facial Verification for Mobile Accounts

2025-12-24 Per Henrikson
Criminals have been exploiting stolen data to open phone accounts used in phishi...
Credence ID joins Identis Group to bridge physical and digital identity

Credence ID joins Identis Group to bridge physical and digital identity

2025-12-23 Per Henrikson
Italy-based Identis Group has made a strategic investment in Credence ID to enab...
SpruceID CEO pitches US health records group on verifiable digital credentials

SpruceID CEO pitches US health records group on verifiable digital credentials

2025-12-23 Per Henrikson
At the U.S. nonprofit group the National Association of Public Health Statistics...
Binghamton Professor wins grant to accelerate deepfake detection research

Binghamton Professor wins grant to accelerate deepfake detection research

2025-12-23 Ian Fleming
Technology developed at Binghamton could enable the next generation of AI detect...
iDenfy announced the launch of its new fraud-triggered Shopify ID Verification app

iDenfy announced the launch of its new fraud-triggered Shopify ID Verification app

2025-12-23 Per Henrikson
The new Shopify app integrates directly with Shopify’s built-in fraud analysis s...
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Credence ID joins Identis Group to bridge physical and digital identity

Credence ID joins Identis Group to bridge physical and digital identity

2025-12-23 Per Henrikson
Italy-based Identis Group has made a strategic investment in Credence ID to enable its expansion into high-growth digital identity markets.
SpruceID CEO pitches US health records group on verifiable digital credentials

SpruceID CEO pitches US health records group on verifiable digital credentials

At the U.S. nonprofit group the National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) rannual conference on identity and security, SpruceID Founder and CEO Wayne Chang argued for verifiable digital credentials (VDCs) to hold a key position the country’s digital public infrastructure.
iDenfy announced the launch of its new fraud-triggered Shopify ID Verification app

iDenfy announced the launch of its new fraud-triggered Shopify ID Verification app

The new Shopify app integrates directly with Shopify’s built-in fraud analysis system and automatically initiates identity verification

Sardine and Helix Partner to Deliver Real-Time Fraud Monitoring and Compliance Capabilities to Sponsor Banks

Microblink its Microblink Identity Platform

ID.me scores big roll outs with FINRA and CMS

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South Korea Implements Mandatory Facial Verification for Mobile Accounts

South Korea Implements Mandatory Facial Verification for Mobile Accounts

2025-12-24 Per Henrikson
Criminals have been exploiting stolen data to open phone accounts used in phishing scams, prompting South Korea to introduce biometric verification checks through the PASS digital ID system.
The web3-based digital wallet, which allows Korea's Busan citizens to easily use civil and administrative services

The web3-based digital wallet, which allows Korea's Busan citizens to easily use civil and administrative services

The web3-based digital wallet, which allows Busan citizens to easily use civil and administrative services, will debut next year in cooperation with Hashed, Naver Financial, and the Busan Digital Asse..
Colorado launches new digital ID verifier for businesses, government agencies

Colorado launches new digital ID verifier for businesses, government agencies

A new tool allows businesses and government agencies to verify the authenticity of Colorado digital IDs within the myColorado app.

KnowBe4 Unveils New Deepfake Training to Combat AI-Powered Social Engineering

Signicat signs contract with The Danish Agency for Digital Government for mobile driving licence

Forecast says On-chain identity frameworks will pick up in 2026

Technology
Binghamton Professor wins grant to accelerate deepfake detection research

Binghamton Professor wins grant to accelerate deepfake detection research

2025-12-23 Ian Fleming
Technology developed at Binghamton could enable the next generation of AI detectors to catch up to their generative counterparts.
Purdue university evaluation finds the deepfake detection platform from Incode Technologies, delivered best metrics

Purdue university evaluation finds the deepfake detection platform from Incode Technologies, delivered best metrics

Incode's Deepsight was found to deliver lowest image FAR (2.56% with 91.07% accuracy) and best commercial video accuracy (77.27% with 10.53% FAR).
Prove Launches ProveX℠, the Internet’s First Digital Trust Exchange

Prove Launches ProveX℠, the Internet’s First Digital Trust Exchange

ProveX introduces new foundational identity layer that allows trust to travel across Web2, Web3, and agentic environments.

Pega Launches The Industry’s Most Complete Agentic Compliance Solution

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

Moca Network launches gamified digital identity system MocaProof - BlockchainGamerBiz

Legal
New U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) photo policy for enhanced identity verification

New U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) photo policy for enhanced identity verification

2025-12-18 Ian Fleming
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will limit the use of photographs for secure immigration documents to those taken within the past USCIS announced it will limit the use of photographs for secure immigration documents to those taken within the past three years, effective immediately.
Judge blocks Louisiana's social media age verification law

Judge blocks Louisiana's social media age verification law

The law, known as the Secure Online Child Interaction and Age Limitation, was passed in 2023 and required Meta, Reddit, Snap, YouTube Discord and others to implement age verification and parental control features.
New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification

New Photo Policy Helps Prevent Immigration Fraud Through Enhanced Identity Verification

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

Missouri Becomes 25th US State to Enact Age Verification Law