Editor-in chief. Market intelligence and strategy expert, and long-year speaker, moderator. More than 15 years in global identity verification, age verification, and RegTech markets.
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The government of Estonia has announced that it plans to create digital identities for AI agents to enable it to track decisions made by artificial intelligence systems, in what is thought to be a world first.
Across the Gulf, digital finance has moved from forecast to daily reality, and Kuwait is among the fastest movers. For a newly launched digital finance app, the real test comes in the first ninety seconds of onboarding, verifying that a customer is who they claim to be, quickly enough to deliver a frictionless experience, and rigorously enough to satisfy egulatory requirements.
Australian businesses will soon be able to use the government's myID system, but they'll have to pay for access from early 2027.
In a release, the California-based identity verification firm says its customers can now accept digital IDs in more than 60 countries and territories when onboarding new users, helping customers drive conversions and meet compliance mandates.
Platform combines deepfake detection, behavioral analysis and proprietary Zoom signals as AI-powered hiring fraud accelerates.
Incode has acquired Tel Aviv-based Identiq, whose cryptographic technology enables peer-to-peer sharing of fraud signals without exposing customer data, and frames the deal as the cornerstone of a $100 million commitment to privacy-preserving identity infrastructure. The $100 million investment will support on-device processing, research into privacy-enhancing technologies, and engineering hires.
Experian has partnered with Resistant AI to offer document fraud detection tools in Australia and New Zealand through its Ascend platform. Banks and insurers in Australia and New Zealand will gain new checks as AI-made forgeries increasingly evade standard identity verification tools.
Shufti and Evrotrust partner to combine identity verification and Qualified Electronic Signatures in a single onboarding journey across all 27 EU member states.
Explore Web3 identity,Picture a procurement agent for an enterprise. It should be able to pay approved data providers, but not trade memecoins at 2 a.m. A DID identifies the agent. VCs prove that it belongs to the company and can spend within a policy. The wallet enforces the limit. Audit logs show what happened.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (Department of Information and Communications Technology) on Monday launched a digital identification system for delivery riders aimed at improving security, accountability and consumer trust in the country's growing courier and delivery industry.
Entrust verifies the person behind the interaction by anchoring authentication in trusted identity, using biometrics with risk-based adaptive authentication to set a new standard in identity-centric security.
Refugees are being enrolled alongside citizens as Rwanda expands digital ID, reflecting a broader push for inclusion in national identity systems.
