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:
Open the Google Wallet app, tap the Add to Wallet FAB (floating action button) in the corner, and then Driver’s license or state ID. This reveals Arkansas as the 10th Google Wallet option. It joins Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, and North Dakota.
North America continues to hold the largest market share, while Asia-Pacific is emerging as the fastest-growing region due to digital onboarding mandates and expanding fintech adoption.
Descope will use the new funding to further R&D investment in agentic identity, expand its platform to new regions, and grow the team across the engineering, product, and customer experience teams.
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Germany is taking a global lead with steps to prevent biometrics spoof attacks from making their way into breeder ID documents like passports.
Themis, a pioneer in the use of AI in the fight against financial crime and a certified B-Corp, today announces the acquisition of leading agentic AI fraud monitoring company Pasabi.
The launch marks a significant expansion of the company’s identity verification suite, which now integrates KYB, KYC and AML checks into a single system.
Nigerian identity verification provider Smile ID has extended its strategic commercial partnership with Mastercard to accelerate the rollout of secure digital identity solutions across the continent.
Hifi brings together U.S. banking, stablecoins, and custody services in one streamlined platform. As more institutions moved money across both traditional and digital rails, the company needed a compliance solution that could keep pace. With Sumsub, Hifi delivers fast onboarding, risk reduction, and real-time verification, giving clients the control to operate securely across markets.
Self thus expand Support to 99% of India’s Adult Population. Self user’s personal data is stored within their own device, and shared only with explicit consent.
The United Nations has declared blockchain a breakthrough for identity verification after successfully modernizing its Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) with the technology.
The IDs will not have to be carried day-to-day, but they will be compulsory for anyone wanting to work. The government says the scheme is designed to curb illegal immigration by making it harder for people without status to find jobs. Employers will no longer be able to rely on a National Insurance number - which is currently used as part of proof of right to work - or paper-based checks.
