Identification/Background checks

Corporate lookalikes expose a costly AML compliance weakness

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

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?

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 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

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

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

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

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

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...

News Stories

Morgan Stanley taps MDOTM to scale model portfolios

Morgan Stanley taps MDOTM to scale model portfolios

MDOTM, the provider of the AI-powered Sphere platform, has been chosen by the Portfolio Solutions team at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management to support the...
AvaTrade unveils AI-powered proprietary trading platform

AvaTrade unveils AI-powered proprietary trading platform

AvaTrade, a global online trading broker, has rolled out a proprietary trading platform that brings AI-driven market analysis and fully adjustable workspaces to traders...
Robinhood brings commission-free IPO Access to the UK

Robinhood brings commission-free IPO Access to the UK

Robinhood, the investing platform that pioneered retail IPO participation in the US, has rolled out its IPO Access feature to customers in the UK,...
geniosAI lands $19.1m to make financial analysis traceable

geniosAI lands $19.1m to make financial analysis traceable

geniosAI, a financial intelligence platform aimed at changing how institutions carry out analysis and retain their know-how, has secured $19.1m across combined seed and...
Vestmark and First Trust team up on custom RIA portfolios

Vestmark and First Trust team up on custom RIA portfolios

Vestmark, a WealthTech firm offering technology and services to the wealth management industry, has joined forces with First Trust Portfolios, an investment product and...

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