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:
Netnumber and TMT ID have partnered to integrate phone number intelligence with mobile fraud signals, strengthening global fraud prevention capabilities.
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ID Dataweb as been named a recipient of the 2026 SLED Industry Excellence (SLEDIE) Rising Star Award by e.Republic. The award recognizes companies that have rapidly expanded their presence and demonstrated strong engagement within the state, local, and education market.
The acquisition expands Experian’s vast data and identity assets, adding over 10 billion email addresses worldwide. AtData’s real-time data signals, combined with Experian’s extensive consumer data, analytics, and decisioning platforms, means clients can more confidently identify, authenticate, and engage consumers across digital channels.
User photos were being compared by Persona to government watchlist photos, according to an independent researcher.
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.
