Identification/Background checks

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...
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...

News Stories

How bolttech is rethinking protection: preventing risk before it happens 

How bolttech is rethinking protection: preventing risk before it happens 

Insurance has traditionally been built around paying customers after something goes wrong, sometimes taking months to complete. But as customer expectations evolve, bolttech is...
Why climate insights still aren’t reshaping portfolios

Why climate insights still aren’t reshaping portfolios

Institutional investors are no longer short of climate data. What they lack, according to Ortec Finance, is a reliable way to turn that data...
Contour Underwriting taps KYND for global cyber push

Contour Underwriting taps KYND for global cyber push

Contour Underwriting has chosen KYND, a provider of cyber risk analytics, to support the worldwide rollout of its new cyber insurance proposition. KYND was picked...
Why explainable AI will decide the AML compliance race

Why explainable AI will decide the AML compliance race

Artificial intelligence in anti-money laundering (AML) has reached a decisive moment, according to Napier AI. Regulators, banks and vendors are no longer debating whether...
Zions turns to nCino as it advances its AI strategy

Zions turns to nCino as it advances its AI strategy

Zions Bancorporation is looking to move beyond generative artificial intelligence (AI) as it develops a banking strategy centred on agentic AI, stronger data infrastructure...

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