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.
Posts by Per Henrikson:
Ofcom has fined a porn company £1.35m for failing to introduce proper age verification measures on its websites. The media regulator said 8579 LLC's sites did not have "highly effective" methods to check UK visitors were over 18 and prevent children accessing the content.
South Africa plans 2026 rollout of its digital ID system, with President Cyril Ramaphosa calling digital transformation a driver of growth and inclusion.
AI in cybersecurity is reshaping phishing, deepfakes, scams in 2026. Learn the threats, detection limits, human habits needed to survive synthetic deception.
CardLab has completed FIDO certification and field testing and is releasing a biometric FIDO authentication system built around a smart card that stores biometric templates and cryptographic keys on the card itself.
Sumsub has expanded its Summy AI Copilot across its platform to support fraud investigators and compliance officers with AI-assisted case management.
Hackers found that some of Persona's frontend code was seemingly tied to US government surveillance efforts, including an apparent OpenAI-powered watchlist database.
The new study examines content authentication methods to better understand their limitations and explore potential ways to strengthen them.
IDMerit database exposed one billion personal records across 26 countries. As reported by Tech Radar, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive, unsecured database belonging to IDMerit, an AI-powered digital identity verification provider. The database contained over three billion records, including sensitive personal information.
Veriff and Data Zoo have partnered to integrate authoritative global data into Veriff's AI-native identity verification platform. The partnership sees Veriff incorporate Data Zoo's global data network into its verification platform via a single API.
![EU braces to harmonization of EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) starting July 10, 2027]()
An in‑depth look at UK and EU AML developments for 2026–2028, including MLR reforms, SPSS supervision, ECCTA changes and the EU’s new AMLA-led regime.
The minimum digital age for autonomous access to social networking platforms, video-sharing services and open communication services is set at 16; children aged 13 or over can only access them with (...) express and verified parental consent," reads the proposal.
IDnow hires former Ukraine digital minister Liudmyla Rabchynska to steer EU identity wallet and eIDAS 2.0 regulatory strategy.
