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:
Fraudsters build credibility across multiple institutions over time, exposing the limits of KYC systems that verify individual data points instead of evaluating identities holistically and creating a potential systemwide problem.
Sri Lanka is moving forward with the Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity (SLUDI) project, designed to create a biometric-based foundational digital ID. Nationwide rollout is scheduled for the third quarter of 2026.
Regula says it shows a wider shift in which remote identity verification is becoming foundational to digital economies — underpinning payments, border control, telecom activation and online platforms. Much of the expansion comes from long‑standing enterprise customers that have relied on Regula’s technology for nearly a decade.
Shufti is bringing its remote video-based identity verification system to the DACH region, covering Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The fraud prevention company will offer its Videoident product to banks, payment providers and fintechs.
The California Privacy Protection Agency Board last week announced the agency's first decision involving students and California schools. The decision...
Agentic AI can autonomously run exploits at machine speed and has weaponized trust in identities. 360 Deception, the next generation of cyber deception designed to break AI-driven attack automation. As autonomous adversaries operate at machine speed, traditional security controls struggle to keep pace.
Accurate, a leading provider of global compliant background checks and monitoring solutions, now offers an enhanced Identity Verification solution designed to help employers reduce candidate fraud by confirming identity before the start of the background screening process without slowing time to hire.
400,000 national ID cards in Latvia may not be valid for digital signature transactions by June, and the government says it is bent on finding a solution.
A new toolkit aims to allow AI agents to prove that a real person stands behind them when interacting online.
Identity-first governance treats autonomous systems as first-class identities within the same directory that governs human users. Each agent receives a distinct identity, clearly scoped permissions, and auditable activity attribution.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has introduced enhanced login options for Medicare.gov, allowing beneficiaries to verify their identity through ID.me, CLEAR, or Login.gov as part of a broader effort to strengthen account security and reduce fraud.
Decentralized identity provider Gataca has expanded its platform with a new identity intelligence layer that will analyze wallet-based identity interactions for real-time risk, behavior and trust signals.
