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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iDenfy has integrated Austria's Handy-Signatur e-signature into its platform, enabling non-document identity verification for over 4 million Austrian citizens to streamline business onboarding.
Proof and Enigma have partnered to launch Verified Business Identity, a solution designed to secure brands against fraud in agentic commerce. By providing cryptographically verifiable credentials, the partnership ensures that businesses can safely interact with AI agents and digital platforms while preventing impersonation-based financial fraud.
The Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia, the Australian Banking Association and other sector groups have petitioned Treasurer Jim Chalmers to expand the Consumer Data Right to give lenders direct consent-based access to Australian Taxation Office income data and ASIC registry information, according to the Broker Daily report.
A PoC by Toppan, Raonsecure involving universities in Japan and South Korea advances Verifiable Credentials towards cross-border interoperability. Under the partnership, Toppan will digitally issue various certificates for Soka University students through its VC issuance and verification platform, and verify digital credentials issued by Raonsecure.
A new entrant is joining the digital identity market to provide next-generation solutions for governments, enterprises and individuals. The independent digital identity business of U.S.-headquartered immigration services provider Fragomen and Switzerland-based secure printing providerSecuure SICPA have formed a global joint venture.
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Authologic has introduced support for identity credentials stored in Google Wallet, enabling businesses to use the digital IDs for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) verification through its OmniID platform.
Businesses run not.bot Verify as software on their own cloud, meaning Julia Social itself never collects that data.
Testing by KJR Labs – which also ran tests for the 2025 Age Assurance Technology Trial – found that platforms “did not ask for age proof on any of the 50 accounts it opened after the law came into force and on which it declared the age as 16.”
The collaboration combines Signicat’s digital identity and trust services with TrustTech’s expertise in reusable identity, compliance verification, and digital signature technology, enabling organizations to streamline customer onboarding while strengthening regulatory compliance.
Under the change, customers at pubs, clubs, restaurants, and shops would be able to confirm their age through a registered digital verification service, known as a DVS provider, instead of always carrying a passport or driving licence.
Barracuda acquires Evo Security, an identity and access management (IAM) provider purpose-built for managed service providers (MSPs).
TSA Replaces Known Crewmember With Federal Biometric Facial Comparison, Completing the Shift From Industry Self-Regulation to Government Identity Control.
