Identification/Background checks

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...
QTSPs

Three blind spots that could derail QTSPs before 2027

Qualified trust service providers (QTSPs) are under no illusions about what 2027 will bring. Awareness of the eIDAS 2.0 deadlines is not the issue....
Signicat

Signicat taps TrustTech ahead of eIDAS 2.0 shake-up

Signicat has joined forces with TrustTech to enable regulated businesses to adopt reusable identity through private wallet ecosystems. The alliance brings together Signicat's digital identity...
LexisNexis partnership to tackle mobile fraud blindspots

LexisNexis and Promon strengthen mobile fraud defence

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a provider of risk intelligence and fraud prevention technology, has partnered with mobile application security company Promon to help organisations better...
liveness detection

Why liveness detection is key to stopping synthetic ID fraud

Synthetic identity fraud is emerging as one of the more difficult threats for digital onboarding teams to detect, precisely because it does not resemble...

News Stories

Just $336m was raised across this week's 11 FinTech deals

Just $389m was raised across this week’s 12 FinTech deals

The summer months continue to prove a slow period for FinTech deals, with just $389m raised across 12 deals.  It was a similar picture to...
Leeds United announce multi-year etoro partnership

Leeds United announce multi-year etoro partnership

Leeds United, the English football club competing in the Premier League, has entered into a new multi-year partnership with etoro, the trading and investing...
Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Exchange access

Interactive Brokers adds Bucharest Exchange access

Interactive Brokers, an automated global broker, has added the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) to its trading platform. The addition gives eligible IBKR clients the ability...
BitGo acquires NYDIG's institutional trading arm

BitGo acquires NYDIG’s institutional trading arm

BitGo, the digital asset infrastructure company offering custody, trading, staking, financing and settlement services from regulated cold storage, has entered into a definitive agreement...
Why data centre location won't save wealth managers' sovereignty

Why data centre location won’t save wealth managers’ sovereignty

Digital sovereignty in wealth management is not decided by where a data centre sits, but by who retains control over data, technology and advisory...

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