Ian Fleming

Philippines eyes privacy-preserving age checks for social media

2026-09-14 Ian Fleming

The consensus appeared to settle on age assurance that can sort users to certain age groups while protecting personal information disclosure. The CICC will now examine privacy safeguards for an online age verification system for social media and gaming platforms, and the TWG will look to create directives against online child grooming and fraud.

Passkey enrolment pretext leads to a spike in Microsoft social engineering attacks

2026-09-14 Ian Fleming

Passkey social engineering hacks are seeing a spike in identity and cloud compromises, which the Microsoft Security Research team have monitored and reported amid a lot of unusual sign-ins.

Insurance document fraud moves upstream

2026-09-14 Ian Fleming

AI-driven document forgery is shifting from the final claims stage to the very beginning of the customer journey, such as during the quote and policy inception phases. Fraudsters are now submitting fabricated records right at onboarding to test insurer defenses and establish false credibility for future, larger scams.

DashDevs and Sumsub Partner to Embed Automated Compliance into Fintech Core Platform

2026-09-12 Ian Fleming

DashDevs has launched a dedicated Sumsub extension within its Fintech Core platform, a composable banking solution designed to help firms launch payments, cards, and digital asset products.

Unico acquires biometrics provider Valida, gaining entry into Argentina market

2026-09-11 Ian Fleming

Unico has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Valida, “an Argentine biometric identity verification platform with an established presence in the country’s banking sector.”

UK Pushes For Device-Level Age Verification

2026-09-10 Ian Fleming

The device scanning legislation will block all nudity across all UK smartphones and tablets by default, with the option to “opt out” by verifying age by showing ID.

Germany to launch digital ID app for smartphones in 2027

2026-09-10 Ian Fleming

From January 2, 2027, citizens and residents in Germany can download the new “d-you” app. In the d-you app (the “d” stands for both “digital” and “Deutschland”), citizens can store a “digital twin” of their ID card (Personalausweis).

EVO Digital Wallet Now Available at Victoriabank in Moldova

2026-09-10 Ian Fleming

Users of the state-run EVO app can use their digital identity documents for identification at approximately 300 Victoriabank branches across the country. It has become the third commercial bank since August this year, alongside FinComBank and Moldindconbank, to have fully integrated the EVO digital identity wallet.

Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia

2026-09-09 Ian Fleming

The company said the move brings it in line with Australia's online safety code covering access to adult content. Games players already own, and anything rated below R18+, won't be affected.

Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

2026-09-09 Ian Fleming

Deepfake document fraud accounted for 80.10% of AI-enabled fraud, the dominant attack instrument by a wide margin, ahead of synthetic identities at 12.31%, injected videos at 4.01%, and face swaps at 3.58%.

SentientX’s Human Identity Bank Defines a New Model for Digital Identity Control and Enforcement

2026-09-09 Ian Fleming

SentientX released the latest Human Identity Bank™, giving individuals greater control over their voice, likeness, image, video, and digital assets. The platform combines authenticity records, consent controls, licensing, monitoring, and enforcement to help protect identity ownership and authorized digital use.

Myanmar’s digital ID strategy comes amid a fraught landscape

2026-09-08 Ian Fleming

Myanmar is building national digital identity despite civil war, deploying hybrid credentials, biometrics and mobile identity under its 2030 roadmap.

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Philippines eyes privacy-preserving age checks for social media

Passkey enrolment pretext leads to a spike in Microsoft social engineering attacks

Insurance document fraud moves upstream

DashDevs and Sumsub Partner to Embed Automated Compliance into Fintech Core Platform

Unico acquires biometrics provider Valida, gaining entry into Argentina market

UK Pushes For Device-Level Age Verification

Germany to launch digital ID app for smartphones in 2027

EVO Digital Wallet Now Available at Victoriabank in Moldova

Epic Games Store to introduce age checks for R18+ games in Australia

Shufti Identity Fraud Report 2026: Organised Fraud Rings Use Deepfakes and Reused Identities to Target Digital Businesses

SentientX’s Human Identity Bank Defines a New Model for Digital Identity Control and Enforcement

Myanmar’s digital ID strategy comes amid a fraught landscape

Romania is emerging as one of the European Union’s earliest practical tests of eIDAS 2.0, the regulation that will place a digital identity wallet in the hands of every EU citizen who wants one.

How Law Enforcement Uses AI to Fight AI-Enabled Crime

Dutch businesses develop independent digital ID wallet MyCheck

Stakk takes document verification tech to US midterm postal voting

Yoti adds ConnectID bank verification to its age assurance product in Australia