/PRNewswire/ -- IDEMIA Public Security North America, a leading provider of secure and trusted biometric-based solutions, has announced a partnership with Kudelski IoT, a division of the Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.S) and a global leader in digital security. This collaboration aims to enhance fraud prevention and regulatory compliance in the automotive retail industry by leveraging IDEMIA's Identity and Verification (ID&V) technology. Through this partnership, Kudelski IoT will deploy IDEMIA's ID&V solution for document authentication and biometric matching across its large base of U.S. automotive dealership customers. The solution will be used to validate driver's licenses and verify customer identities during critical processes such as test drives, financing applications, and vehicle purchases. This initiative is designed to reduce the growing threat of identity scams and fraud in vehicle transactions, with a projected annual volume of more than 200,000 identity verifications.