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:
A new inquiry has been launched by the The Home Affairs Committee examining the opportunities and challenges posed by government-issued digital identification.
By drawing on fraud signals across a billion devices in the Plaid network, Protect goes beyond what any single company can see – surfacing fraud patterns that exist between linked bank accounts, connections to financial apps and services and more.
U.S. company Clear, best known for helping passengers skip lines at airports, is joining a fraud prevention alliance bringing together identity, fraud prevention, and real estate expertise to promote the adoption of digital ID products in real estate. The alliance includes real estate technology platform 100 and leaders from the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).
A cool new iOS 26 feature called Verify with Wallet on the Web allows you to ID yourself online without uploading your passport. Apple’s iOS 26 is shaping up to be a major update to the iPhone maker’s operating system, with a bunch of cool new features announced on June 9 at its Worldwide Developer’s Conference.
SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions, announces its partnership with Daon, the Digital Identity Trust company, integrating its industry-leading biometric identity assurance technology into SmartSearch’s SmartDoc solution.
EU residents will need to use a new age-verification app from July 1 to access adult websites and major social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok, according to reports.
New features, including AI assistant Summy and real-time risk tools, aim to streamline investigations and improve decision-making for fraud and compliance teams
Apple announced that a TSA-approved version of Digital ID will be available on Apple Wallet this fall. While not a replacement for your physical passport, Digital ID can be used for domestic travel at supported TSA checkpoints, in apps and in person where age and identity verification are required.
The Department of Education is requiring colleges and universities to implement stricter identity-verification measures for some first-time applicants for federal student aid, according to a Friday announcement.
Sam Altman’s biometric identity verification system World will become available in London from Thursday and roll out to several other major U.K. cities in the coming months.
Identity fraud in the UK real estate sector is rising sharply, prompting 65% of professionals to adopt digital tools for detection and prevention.
Keeta Network, a high-performance blockchain that connects Web3 and traditional financial systems, aims to be a real-world tokenisation and financial interoperability frontrunner by working with Solo. Solo turns data into reusable, verified credentials, enabling banks, fintech firms and cryptocurrency platforms to make smarter, faster decisions, without compromising privacy.
