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:
The Italy-based trust services firm’s digital identity wallet has been successfully validated in France through interoperability testing with France Identité, the French government’s mobile app for digital identity verification.
This move brings Finland’s unified authentication network onboarding solution into iDenfy’s non-document verification platform, expanding its selection, relevant for eIDAS compliance in the EU, allowing businesses to verify users in a native method.
Dubai detects over 900 forged travel documents in 18 months as GDRFA’s smart verification systems strengthen border security and global travel trust.
While 76% of organizations report having technical controls designed to verify human presence, only 48% consider these controls reliable.
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Google Wallet is the first digital wallet to offer this innovative feature, making secure, efficient travel easier than ever.
The Moldovan government has approved amendments to the identity and residence documentation regulations, allowing citizens as young as 14 to request a qualified electronic signature linked to their national identification card.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act 29 June, advancing a broad package of online child safety legislation that would establish new requirements for social media platforms, AI chatbots and parental controls.
Texas users of the microblogging platform Bluesky were given a shock on Tuesday: They'd need to verify their ages before continuing to use the site.
The government of Estonia has announced that it plans to create digital identities for AI agents to enable it to track decisions made by artificial intelligence systems, in what is thought to be a world first.
Across the Gulf, digital finance has moved from forecast to daily reality, and Kuwait is among the fastest movers. For a newly launched digital finance app, the real test comes in the first ninety seconds of onboarding, verifying that a customer is who they claim to be, quickly enough to deliver a frictionless experience, and rigorously enough to satisfy egulatory requirements.
Australian businesses will soon be able to use the government's myID system, but they'll have to pay for access from early 2027.
In a release, the California-based identity verification firm says its customers can now accept digital IDs in more than 60 countries and territories when onboarding new users, helping customers drive conversions and meet compliance mandates.
