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:
Prime Minister of the UK government, Keir Starmer, has announced a new identification system that will be compulsory in order to legally work in the country.
Honor On-Device AI Deepfake Detection is on TIME''s list of 2025's best inventions.
VerifyLabs.AI reveals deepfake fears among Brits, especially youth, launching a detection app with up to 98% accuracy to combat AI-generated content threats.
The company is also putting in place additional protections to detect potential scam activity.
Open the Google Wallet app, tap the Add to Wallet FAB (floating action button) in the corner, and then Driver’s license or state ID. This reveals Arkansas as the 10th Google Wallet option. It joins Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, and North Dakota.
North America continues to hold the largest market share, while Asia-Pacific is emerging as the fastest-growing region due to digital onboarding mandates and expanding fintech adoption.
Descope will use the new funding to further R&D investment in agentic identity, expand its platform to new regions, and grow the team across the engineering, product, and customer experience teams.
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Germany is taking a global lead with steps to prevent biometrics spoof attacks from making their way into breeder ID documents like passports.
Themis, a pioneer in the use of AI in the fight against financial crime and a certified B-Corp, today announces the acquisition of leading agentic AI fraud monitoring company Pasabi.
The launch marks a significant expansion of the company’s identity verification suite, which now integrates KYB, KYC and AML checks into a single system.
Nigerian identity verification provider Smile ID has extended its strategic commercial partnership with Mastercard to accelerate the rollout of secure digital identity solutions across the continent.
