Identification/Background checks

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IDEX Biometrics has launched its first biometric payment cards in Turkey in collaboration with an unnamed issuer.

Aspire, a platform designed to help a businesses with their financial needs, has partnered with RegTech provider Know Your Customer, to facilitate access to its financial products to underserved SMEs and entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia.

HiddenLayer has launched its flagship product, which is a security platform built to detect and prevent cyberattacks that target machine-learning-powered systems, following a stealth period.

Ireland-based global identity verification provider ID-Pal has collected €7m in its Series A funding round, as it bolsters its expansion into international markets.

Changes to UK internet safety laws will mean social media platforms will have to proactively look and remove disinformation harmful to the UK from foreign state actors.

Much like the initial scepticism to credit cards when they were first introduced, there has been some apprehension over the use of e-trust solutions. However, the industry is proving they are secure and effective, and their use is on the rise. Electronic IDentification is on a mission to make digital identity solutions the norm.

Biometric face authentication company iProov has landed $70m in growth investment from Silicon Valley-based Sumeru Equity Partners.

Trinsic, an infrastructure for building user-controlled identity products, has raised $8.5m in a seed round.

Cyolo, which helps organisations in the IT and OT spaces stay secure and productive in an era of distributed workforces and unprecedented cyber threats, has raised $60m in Series B funding.