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:
Legislation to ban under-16s from social media will be put before parliament next week, but some platforms could be exempt from the proposed changes.
Australia has awarded a tender to run an age assurance trial to a consortium led by the UK-based Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS).
Aware is advancing its footprint in the APA region and beyond through new partnerships and technological innovations, despite an ongoing leadership transition.
Oscilar is the first AI Risk Decisioning™ Platform to manage onboarding, fraud, credit, and compliance risk.
Bucharest, November 14, 2024 – Exim Banca Romaneasca offers clients the possibility to verify the true identity of the beneficiary when initiating a payment in RON through internet or mobile banking. This is enabled by the bank’s adoption of the Beneficiary Name Display Service (SANB), which...
Elon Musks social media platform, X, has filed a lawsuit against California''s law AB 2655, known as the "Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024", which mandates the removal of AI-generated election misinformation. The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, aims to prevent the distribution of "materially deceptive"; media 60 days before an election, but
Despite some shortcomings in the legal proposal, the state-controlled identity authentication platform is unlikely to be turned into a tool for overreach.
UltraPass, a U.S.-based digital identity company, and the Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced a landmark partnership to pilot a privacy-first digital identity verification solution across Philippine airports.
Vietnam has unveiled sweeping new regulations aimed at tightening control over social media platforms and strengthening data management measures, marking a significant shift in the country's approach to digital governance. This move follows several years of increasing government oversight of online spaces in Southeast Asia's fastest-growing digital economy.
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert to help financial institutions identify fraud schemes associated with the use of deepfake media created with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools.
This AI-powered tool aims to provide accurate identity verification while minimising potential bias based on race, age, and gender. The partnership will focus on improving the speed and reliability of document and biometric checks, addressing issues of accessibility and fraud prevention.
Spanish / Swiss collaboration provides fully autonomous Self-Sovereign Identification, with control over personal data and digital identity in blockchai...
