Identification/Background checks

ID-Pal

ID-Pal upgrades defences against deepfake injection fraud

ID-Pal, an identity verification and fraud prevention platform, has announced upgrades to its Injection Attack Detection (IAD) capabilities within its Liveness Testing function, aimed...
Didit

Didit targets programmable identity with $7.5m raise

Didit, an AI-native identity and fraud infrastructure platform founded in 2023, has closed a seed round totalling $7.5m after securing an additional $6m in...
Hopae

IDENTT taps Hopae to unlock cross-border eID access

Hopae, a global digital identity infrastructure platform, has formed a strategic partnership with IDENTT, a prominent player in Poland's identity verification market, to bring...
Experian

Experian adds Akamai to AI agent trust ecosystem

Experian has announced that cybersecurity and edge computing firm Akamai Technologies has joined its Agent Trust partner ecosystem. The partnership centres on Experian's Agent Trust...
Calendar-based Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews are increasingly exposing banks to financial crime, compliance failings and operational inefficiencies, as regulators intensify scrutiny on outdated client monitoring processes, according to nCino.

Banks face rising risk as perpetual KYC becomes standard

Calendar-based Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews are increasingly exposing banks to financial crime, compliance failings and operational inefficiencies, as regulators intensify scrutiny on outdated...
Daon

Daon unveils identity tool for remote workforce trust

Daon, the digital identity trust company, has launched a new workforce identity fraud prevention solution aimed at helping organisations build stronger trust across the...
eIDAS

The eIDAS 2.0 deadline every FinTech product team is missing

The most challenging aspect of preparing for eIDAS 2.0 is not the technical complexity itself — it is recognising that the decision is not...
identity

Is identity now becoming the new perimeter of financial regulation?

Financial regulation has always been shaped by the boundaries it seeks to defend. Once, those boundaries were physical—bank branches, vaults, national borders. Then they...
Hopae

Hopae micro tool readies FSIs for eIDAS 2.0 deadline

Hopae, the digital identity infrastructure provider, has unveiled a free assessment tool designed to support financial institutions in gauging their preparedness for upcoming European...
Experian

Experian UK&I adds Konfir to boost digital verification

Experian, the global data and technology company, has announced the acquisition of digital verification firm Konfir, strengthening its verification offering across the UK market. The...

News Stories

Guidewire launches platform for agentic insurance

Guidewire launches platform for agentic insurance

Guidewire, a cloud platform provider for property and casualty (P&C) insurers, has introduced a platform-based approach to agentic insurance, designed to help carriers deploy...

FinTech market roars ahead with over $2.6bn raised this week

As we enter the final stretch of the year, FinTech funding was showing no signs of slowing down as a substantial funding package of...
Why AscentAI makes obligations the unit of RegTech change

Why AscentAI makes obligations the unit of RegTech change

Regulators publish documents, but financial institutions have to manage the individual obligations buried inside them. That mismatch is where a large share of the...
Collective secures $100m to power solopreneur finances

Collective secures $100m to power solopreneur finances

Collective, a financial platform built for self-employed business owners, has secured $100m in new funding to develop what it describes as a financial operating...
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...

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