2026-08-18
Per Henrikson
FanDuel renews its long-running deal with GeoComply for identity verification and fraud prevention as the NFL season—and college football—ramps up.
Regtech is a new standalone category on the list this year, reflecting the growing role of companies that help other businesses meet their regulatory obligations across reporting, compliance, identity verification, and anti-money-laundering monitoring.
2026-08-18
Ian Fleming
North Carolina residents will be able to set up a digital ID through a new NC Wallet app starting in December, with Apple Wallet, Google Wallet, and Samsung Wallet support to follow in "early 2027."
Starting in late August 2026, an Xbox account registered in Australia can no longer buy or download an R18+ game without proving, in some verifiable way, that the person behind the controller is actually an adult. Microsoft began emailing and messaging Australian users on August 9 and 10, and by August 12 the company confirmed the system was live across both the Microsoft Store and the Xbox Store.
2026-08-16
Ian Fleming
An embedded identity SDK is a software development kit that allows developers to integrate digital identity capabilities directly into an application, website or platform. Instead of building identity infrastructure from scratch, businesses can add capabilities such as authentication, credential issuance, selective disclosure and verification within their existing product experience.
The kiosk combines HID's ATOM document reader and U.ARE.U facial recognition module with Soloinsight's CloudGate visitor management and Physical Identity and Access Management platform. It is designed to verify a visitor's identity before access credentials are issued.
2026-08-18
Ian Fleming
New Jersey’s Kids Code bans targeted ads to minors, raises privacy defaults, and avoids the age-verification fights facing other internet laws.
The UK Gambling Commission has warned online gambling operators that incomplete registration data and overly permissive identity matching are creating verification problems for customers.
