identity verification

Browser ID and ‘Silent Authentication’ Underpin Online Banking Security
Browser ID and ‘Silent Authentication’ Underpin Online Banking Security
May 30, 2024  |  Authentication

With so much focus placed on mobile banking and digital wallets, online transactions are often lost in the mix. While mobile devices have become ubiquitous,...

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Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Iris-Scanning Operations in Hong Kong
Worldcoin Ordered to Stop Iris-Scanning Operations in Hong Kong
May 22, 2024  |  Biometrics

Worldcoin, the eyeball-scanning digital identity startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has been ordered to cease its operations in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for...

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Intellicheck CEO: Identity Validation Needs Simplicity as Account Takeovers Spike
Intellicheck CEO: Identity Validation Needs Simplicity as Account Takeovers Spike
May 21, 2024  |  Identity

Staying one step ahead of the bad guys is becoming more difficult by the day for financial services companies. For example, identity verification is a...

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Proof and Socure Team to Combat Fraud on Consumer Forms
Proof and Socure Team to Combat Fraud on Consumer Forms
May 16, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

Online notarization firm Proof has launched a partnership with digital identity verification provider Socure. The collaboration, announced Thursday (May 16), is aimed at preventing fraud in consumer agreements and forms,...

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From AI to Mobile Devices: Technology Reimagines Debit and Credit Cards
From AI to Mobile Devices: Technology Reimagines Debit and Credit Cards
May 16, 2024  |  Mobile Wallets

The modern credit card’s history stretches back to just after World War II, when the Charg-It card came out of Brooklyn, tied to a single bank. Account...

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Block-Owned TBD and Chipper Cash Partner on Cross-Border Payments in Africa
Block-Owned TBD and Chipper Cash Partner on Cross-Border Payments in Africa
May 15, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

Block-owned TBD and African FinTech Chipper Cash partnered to facilitate B2C and B2B cross-border payments across 40 African countries. Chipper Cash has integrated with TBD’s open messaging protocol, tbDEX, to...

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Digital ID Startup Humanity Protocol Valued at $1 Billion
Digital ID Startup Humanity Protocol Valued at $1 Billion
May 15, 2024  |  Digital Identity

Decentralized identity startup Humanity Protocol said it is now a $1 billion company. The firm announced the private valuation in a Wednesday (May 15) blog post as it revealed...

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Prove: Spike in Business Identity Theft Calls for Phone-Based Approach to Authentication
Prove: Spike in Business Identity Theft Calls for Phone-Based Approach to Authentication
May 15, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

As the company that laid claim to the concept of “digital identity” more than 10 years ago, Prove Identity takes verification seriously, even when it’s...

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Intellicheck Posts Record Quarter as Identity Fraud Continues to Run Rampant  
Intellicheck Posts Record Quarter as Identity Fraud Continues to Run Rampant  
May 13, 2024  |  Earnings

As identity fraud continues to plague business verticals from banking to automotive and even higher education, verification company Intellicheck posted record Q1 earnings Monday (May...

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