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 Wikimedia Foundation has lost its legal battle in the U.K to avoid having to verify the identity of its readers. At issue were the provisions of the Online Safety Act, which imposes new rules on the content of online platforms, to be managed by regulator Ofcom.
Signicat has expanded its eID Hub with the integration of the Czech Bank iD. This move positions Signicat as one of the few international providers to offer Bank iD within its portfolio, now comprising over 36 digital identity methods.
In discussions over TSA’s biometric use at airports, critics often blur the line between authorized identity verification and unsanctioned surveillance.
Humanity Protocol mainnet connects Web2 and Web3, using zkTLS for secure identity verification without compromising user privacy or data.
New data from fraud prevention service Cifas has highlighted a “worrying trend” of people selling their own identities; more than 118,000 cases where identity fraud was suspected were recorded between January and June 2025.
Bringing together Photocert’s expertise in generative AI and the Hartree Centre’s applied research in computer vision and AI, this project aims to develop an AI image authentication solution to help businesses fight fraud.
iDenfy Secretary of State tool simplifies KYB by connecting to all U.S. SOS records, enabling quick, accurate business verification.
he company said that impacted data includes names, birthdates and email addresses, but that financial information, government identifiers and passwords were not accessed by the threat actors.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published Revision 4 of its Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63), the first full update since 2017 to the foundational framework for federal identity, credential, and access management (ICAM) systems.
Norton Antivirus has drastically widened the user base of its new Deepfake Protection tool to detect deepfake videos.
SSmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, today announces the integration of LSEG’s (London Stock Exchange Group) World-Check One solution into its watchlist screening offering.
This significant capital injection reflects growing investor confidence in the network’s hybrid verification model, which merges artificial intelligence with human review to address challenges such as bot detection, identity fraud, and secure digital interactions.
