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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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior has announced that its electronic platform “Absher” has surpassed 28 million issued unified digital identities as of December 25, 2024, marking a significant milestone in the kingdom’s digital transformation initiatives. The achievement shows remarkable growth from the platform’s initial launch in 2015, when it began with basic government services.
Turkey has introduced new regulations requiring cryptocurrency users to provide identifying information for transactions exceeding 15,000 Turkish lira (approximately $425). The measures was published in the Official Gazette on December 25, 2024.
‘DECREE 147’: Tech giants operating in Vietnam must verify accounts via phone numbers or IDs, and must provide users’ personal data to authorities on request.
Florida will implement a law that prohibits children under 13 from using social media and requires parental permission for teenagers.
Child identity theft and fraud is on the rise since children typically do not engage in financial transactions nor do they or their parents monitor their credit.
The IRS alerted thousands of taxpayers about an unauthorized inspection or disclosure of their tax return or return information by a former IRS contractor.
Reusable digital identity emerged as one of the most prominent trends of the year in identification and fraud prevention.
authID, a provider of biometric identity verification and authentication solutions, today announced it has become a member of the Accountable Digital Identity Association (ADIA), an open industry association created to drive the development of a standardized, interoperable framework for decentralized identity services to ensure the authenticity of, and to establish trust.
Rather than traditional theft, these identities may have been obtained through compensated participation, with individuals willingly providing their image and documentation in exchange for payment. This group operates in the LATAM region, but similar operational patterns have been observed in Eastern European regions, though direct links between the two groups remain unconfirmed.
UK's Online Safety Act pushes age checks with facial recognition for social media.
Landlords will be able to scan digital identities to verify a customer’s age when buying alcohol.
IDEMIA Public Security North America, the leading provider of secure and trusted biometric-based solutions, in partnership with the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), is proud to announce the launch of the next-generation of mobile ID (mID) in the state.
