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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The European Commission has registered a citizens’ campaign seeking to prevent digital identity and age-verification systems from becoming mandatory gates to online services. The decision gives organizers permission to begin gathering support across the European Union, but it does not mean the Commission agrees with their position.
According to the EU, the European digital identity wallet (eID) will allow users to access public and private services, store digital documents, and create legally binding signatures. Member states must make these wallets available to all citizens and businesses before the end of 2026.
SMARTCOMPLY, a smart security solutions company has unveiled a new product, Adhere, an Artificial Intelligence-powered Anti-Money Laundering (AML), fraud detection and identity verification solutions for financial institutions.
The Nasdaq-listed biometric firm will develop identity-binding technology for trusted semiconductors as part of Europe's €3 billion chip sovereignty push.
Shufti has introduced a full lifecycle compliance platform in preparation for the EU Anti‑Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) ahead of its July 10, 2027 start date.
The joint solution will let people use digital IDs certified against the UK Government’s Digital Verification Services (DVS) Trust Framework as proof of age to buy alcohol.
OneSpan Inc. has launched DigipassONE, a unified platform designed to consolidate its authentication, transaction security, in-app protection, analytics, and digital credential products into a single architecture.
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification” has been registered. The European Commission concluded its assessment of the initiative’s admissibility, in accordance with the European Regulation on European Citizens’ Initiatives, the organisers now have six months to launch the signature collection period.
Workforce fraud is an exponentially growing threat. Gartner projects that by 2028, one out of four candidates will be fake.
Jumio focused on global digital ID acceptance, continuous risk analysis with Jumio Watch, and expanded reusable identity in Latin America mark a quarter of significant platform and leadership momentum
Hopae has added support for Google Wallet credentials to its Connect platform , allowing customers to access Google Wallet identity credentials through the same API they already use for digital ID systems.
Global study reveals 64% of South African organisations already deploy autonomous AI agents with little to no governance, while 63% of employees admit they are unlikely to be able to spot attacks such as deepfakes
