Corporate lookalikes expose a costly AML compliance weakness
Corporate lookalikes are creating significant challenges for anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Business (KYB) checks, with similar company names, addresses and ownership details...
Why video calls are no longer proof of identity
For years, a video call has been one of the easiest ways to build trust remotely. You see someone, they see you, and a...
Can identity verification survive the age of synthetic identities?
Identity verification has long relied on the assumption that a person can be distinguished from an impostor through evidence of who they are. But...
Ondato taps Trinsic as EU digital identity wallets loom
Ondato has partnered with Trinsic so its clients can verify customers using digital identity, a move timed to the EU’s rollout of digital identity...
Hopae opens EUDI Wallet testing ahead of 2027 deadline
Businesses across Europe face a growing challenge as new digital identity requirements approach, with regulated services needing to prepare for the arrival of European...
FinCEN clarifies use of mobile driver’s licences in bank onboarding
US banks and credit unions can now use qualifying mobile driver’s licences (mDLs) to verify new customers under clarified federal guidance, but integrating the...
Banks risk missing mule networks beyond the first hop
Fraud proceeds rarely remain in the account where they first arrive. Money stolen through scams, account takeovers and payment fraud can be transferred through...
Why digital ID needs more than technical compliance
Digital identity interoperability is moving into a new phase as conformance testing and self-certification for OpenID credential protocols become available, giving providers a way...
Why liveness detection is now a core KYC control
As generative AI makes biometric spoofing cheaper and faster, identity verification firm Identomat says liveness detection has moved from optional add-on to essential defence,...
Channel sprawl exposes banks’ surveillance identity problem
When a regulator comes knocking, it does not ask for a single channel's records. It asks about a person: a name, a time window...













