Identification/Background checks

Why liveness detection is now a core KYC control

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

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...
KYB

The KYB integration tax nobody puts in the pitch deck

Every know-your-business (KYB) vendor's homepage promises "end-to-end" coverage, but the phrase does different work depending on who is using it. For some, it means...
The AML risk hiding beyond sanctions screening

The AML risk hiding beyond sanctions screening

A customer can clear sanctions and politically exposed person (PEP) checks while still presenting risks that structured screening does not identify. A company director...
Jumio

Jumio pushes reusable identity as APAC stakes rise

Jumio has extended its reusable identity solution, selfie.DONE, into the Asia-Pacific region, marking the latest step in the company's global rollout of the technology. The...
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...

News Stories

FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

More than $2.8bn was raised across FinTech funding rounds this week, compared to $1.33bn last week, with 17 deals across artificial intelligence, payments, insurance,...
EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

Investment firm EXANTE has spent six months embedding an autonomous AI developer into its engineering teams. Its experience suggests that the real barrier to...
CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

Compliance and risk teams can no longer rely on simply knowing that a rule exists. According to the latest edition of The CUBE Read...
Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Financial services firms are pouring more money into compliance, yet new research from MCO (MyComplianceOffice) suggests that much of this investment is being absorbed...
MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI has rolled out SignalLab, a new platform that combines governed, research-based signals from several investment domains with the tools investment teams need to...

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