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:
Meta has introduced its Instagram “Teen Accounts” in India. In addition to these built-in features, Meta is introducing an age verification system to prevent young users from misrepresenting their age.
ccording to the European Union’s Data Protection Board (EUDPB) companies can consider a tokenised approach to age assurance to ensure data minimisation.
Google will soon check your age using machine learning technology, coming first in the US. According to the company, this new digital protection will also help assure parents that their kids will not gain access to restricted websites.
The Central Asian state is planning to build a digital ID wallet that will issue verifiable credentials based on personal identification Data (PID) from the Georgian ID card. The system will allow Georgian citizens and businesses to manage their digital identities securely.
Thales has unveiled a new solution designed to streamline the deployment and management of FIDO security passkeys for large-scale implementations. The OneWelcome FIDO Key Lifecycle Management solution enables organizations to efficiently manage the complete lifecycle of FIDO keys while transitioning to passwordless authentication systems.
VerifiedHire combats North Korean IT workers and other remote worker fraud schemes using Nametag’s revolutionary Deepfake Defense™ identity verification (IDV) engine, ensuring that only legitimate users gain access to enterprise networks and applications.
Socure's RiskOS builds on Socure's strategic acquisition of Effectiv by integrating its sophisticated orchestration and decisioning engine with Socure's market-leading identity verification and fraud prevention solutions powered by its industry-leading identity graph.
The Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) is leading efforts to enable citizens to carry their driver’s licenses digitally on smartphones while expanding self-service options to reduce the need for in-person visits. Georgia has already made significant progress in this area, having launched Apple Wallet integration for mobile driver’s licenses and recently expanded support to Samsung Wallet.
Web 3.0 decentralized identity authentication solution company Ontology signed a strategic partnership with Blockstreet, a blockchain economy media.
Trident Digital and the DRC’s Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications, and Digital Technology have signed an agreement to move from planning to implementation of a comprehensive digital identity verification and authentication system.
The European Commission has selected Deutsche Telekom AG and Scytáles AB to develop a privacy-focused age verification solution for integration with the upcoming European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet). The project marks a key milestone in implementing the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) initiatives.
A new European technical standard, CEN/TS 18099:2025, has been published to address the growing concern of biometric data injection attacks. The standard provides a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of identity verification (IDV) vendors in detecting and mitigating these attacks, filling a critical gap left by existing regulations.
