Identification/Background checks

Hopae

Hopae and TCC bring global eID checks to Saudi Arabia

Hopae and Technology Control Company (TCC) have signed a partnership agreement to accelerate the adoption of global electronic identities (eIDs) across the Kingdom of...
identity

The identity problem

Identity has become one of the most important fault lines in modern financial crime. As financial services move further into digital channels, the question...
Hopae

Hopae unlocks Mexico’s INE eID for instant verification

Hopae has expanded its Hopae Connect platform to support Mexico's national INE identification system through a new QR-based verification capability. The launch takes Hopae...
Hopae

Hopae Connect bets on Southeast Asia’s identity boom

Hopae Connect has expanded its identity verification network into Southeast Asia, adding support for the Philippines National ID and Indonesia's NIK, a move that...
TOPPAN launches dual-interface smart card for post-quantum security

TOPPAN launches dual-interface smart card for post-quantum security

TOPPAN, the Tokyo-headquartered technology company, has developed a dual-interface IC card featuring post-quantum cryptography (PQC), designed to protect digital identity systems against future quantum...

FICA compliance: why weak IDV now carries real risk

Onboarding new customers might appear a routine, business-as-usual exercise, but for compliance officers it carries mounting responsibility and ever-greater scrutiny. According to RelyComply, under South...
Hopae

Hopae targets Brazil’s 65m digital IDs with CNH launch

Hopae has unveiled a real-time verification service for Brazil's digital driver's licence on its Hopae Connect platform, pairing encrypted QR code decoding with facial...
Hopae

Hopae brings Google Wallet IDs into a single API

Hopae, a digital identity connectivity provider, has joined forces with Google to act as an Aggregator for Google Wallet credentials, adding one of the...
Fourthline

Fourthline-Veridas deal reshapes global identity compliance

Fourthline, the Amsterdam-headquartered identity verification and compliance specialist, has agreed a merger with Veridas, an international digital identity provider, in a move designed to...
eIDAS

eIDAS 2.0 deadlines loom: two tracks, one trust chain

Halfway through 2026, eIDAS 2.0 has shifted from a regulation to monitor into a deadline to hit. By December 2026, every EU Member State...

News Stories

AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide

AI can spot scams early, but humans must still decide

A payment can pass every check and still be the product of manipulation. The account name matches, the customer insists they know the recipient,...
Why the RegTech and SupTech divide is about to disappear

Why the RegTech and SupTech divide is about to disappear

The long-standing wall between the technology firms use to comply and the technology regulators use to supervise is coming down, according to CUBE, the...
DACH banks must rethink platforms as AI and rules collide

DACH banks must rethink platforms as AI and rules collide

Banks across Germany, Austria and Switzerland that are replacing their wealth management platforms face a difficult balancing act. According to fincite, the DACH region...
Ema secures $77m Series B to scale AI Employees

Ema secures $77m Series B to scale AI Employees

Ema, an enterprise platform that provides agentic AI Employees, has closed a $77m Series B round as it looks to take its autonomous workforce...
Compliance teams trust data but struggle with audit trails

Compliance teams trust data but struggle with audit trails

LSEG Risk Intelligence, the risk-focused arm of LSEG, has published global research showing that although nearly all compliance leaders trust their screening data, fewer...

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