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:
Australia embraces mobile booking and digital ID to make travel smoother, boosting tourism and visitor numbers with cutting‑edge tech by 2030.
The scope of what is considered "adult content" has no doubt encouraged interest in VPNs, as dating sites, social media platforms, and even Spotify have introduced some kind of verification requirements.
The courtroom was an inevitable target. In September 2025, the Superior Court of California, County of Alameda was forced to impose terminating sanctions in Mendones, et al v Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., et al (Case No. 23CV028772) after finding that a video submitted as evidence by the plaintiffs was fabricated using artificial intelligence (AI), and then submitted as an authentic recording.
North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, has taken a disturbing step in utilizing cutting-edge technologies to carry out espionage operations. The country has reportedly adopted Deepfake technology, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a new tool to infiltrate corporate environments and conduct espionage activities through Insider Threats.
The APTITUDE European‑large‑scale pilot, designed to deploy interoperable Digital Identity Wallets across 12 countries by 2026. The pilot is aiming to further advance security, interoperability, and user trust across borders in the European Digital Identity Wallet ecosystem.
On November 18, 2025, identity verification (IDV) will become a legal requirement for all new and existing company directors and Persons with Significant Control (PSCs). This process relies on the new GOV.UK One Login platform and the associated GOV.UK Wallet.
Evrotrust Raises €6.6M to Roll Out the European Digital Identity Wallet in Bulgaria. The fresh capital will drive the implementation of the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) in Bulgaria and support the company’s expansion across Western and Central Europe.
Secured Signing Partners with Reality Defender to Strengthen Deepfake Fraud Prevention for Digital Signatures and Remote Online Notarizations. The result is Realify, Secured Signing’s exclusive deepfake detection feature.
Third-party testing shows iProov meets new U.S. standards for biometric identity verification and AI-generated attack resistance
Age-verification laws have swept the world in recent years. These rules, also known as age assurance or age checks, often require websites that contain a certain (or any) amount of explicit content to confirm that users are over 18.
Reaching new milestones for biometric authentication, Aadhaar system will press forward to forecast the vision to be achieved by 2032. The ‘Aadhaar Vision 2032’ framework will encapsulate Aadhaar’s planned evolution through the next decade, as the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) recognises the rapidly changing technological and regulatory landscape.
Stytch is a developer platform that provides authentication, authorization, and fraud prevention infrastructure for applications. Twilio is a cloud communications platform that provides developers and businesses with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to embed various communication and customer engagement features directly into their applications, websites, and services.
