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Civitas ID wins Gates grant to build DPI for undocumented populations

By Lu-Hai Liang

- A U.S. nonprofit has been awarded half a million dollars to develop digital public infrastructure for those lacking official documentation.…

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Brazilian Federal Police expands Regula forensic document technology nationwide

By Joel R. McConvey

- Regula has launched a major forensics update for the Brazilian Federal Police, continuing a long-standing partnership. A release from the…

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Socure hits $364M ARR in Q2 on strong cross-sector growth

By Chris Burt

- Socure has reported strong partial financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2026, with $37 million in new bookings,…

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State Department broadens Guatemala biometric system procurement

By Anthony Kimery

- The U.S. Department of State has reopened its competition to build Guatemala's national migration biometric system after substantially expanding the…

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FinCEN expands student aid fraud crackdown beyond identity verification

By Anthony Kimery

- The U.S. Treasury Department is expanding its campaign against federal student aid fraud beyond applicant identity verification, asking banks and…

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Social engineering reshapes financial fraud as attacks scale

By Lu-Hai Liang

- Social engineering is becoming the dominant attack vector against financial institutions and consumers alike. New data from BioCatch shows impersonation…

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Czechia enlists citizens to stress test digital ID ahead of elections

By Lu-Hai Liang

- Czech authorities are asking citizens to help stress test the country's eDoklady digital ID app before municipal elections, hoping to…

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Mexico's new banking rules signal a new era for biometric identity verification

By Jesus Aragon

- By Jesús Aragón, CEO and Co-founder of Identy.io Opening a bank account today looks very different than it did a…

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LexisNexis wins $218M in Login.gov identity proofing awards

By Joel R. McConvey

- LexisNexis Risk Solutions has secured the final pieces of Login.gov's next-generation remote identity proofing program, winning awards for biometric verification,…

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ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

By Stephen Mayhew

- ICE intends to award LexisNexis Risk Solutions a sole-source contract worth an estimated $6.7 million to continue supplying investigative data…

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Resemble AI expands multimodal deepfake detection approach for new accuracy highs

By Chris Burt

- The field of deepfake detection has a problem: Detectors are much less effective on deepfakes created by generators newer than…

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GuyID combines IDV with reputation for online dating

By Joel R. McConvey

- Ravi Shankar wants you to trust him. The founder of Ottawa-based startup GuyID is combining identity verification with vouching in…

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ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration
Stephen Mayhew |
Resemble AI expands multimodal deepfake detection approach for new accuracy highs
Chris Burt |
FinCEN expands student aid fraud crackdown beyond identity verification
Anthony Kimery |
Civitas ID wins Gates grant to build DPI for undocumented populations
Lu-Hai Liang |
State Department broadens Guatemala biometric system procurement
Anthony Kimery |
Brazilian Federal Police expands Regula forensic document technology nationwide
Joel R. McConvey |
Socure hits $364M ARR in Q2 on strong cross-sector growth
Chris Burt |
Social engineering reshapes financial fraud as attacks scale
Lu-Hai Liang |
LexisNexis wins $218M in Login.gov identity proofing awards
Joel R. McConvey |
Czechia enlists citizens to stress test digital ID ahead of elections
Lu-Hai Liang |
GuyID combines IDV with reputation for online dating
Joel R. McConvey |
Italy approves IT Wallet framework ahead of eIDAS rollout
Lu-Hai Liang |
Thailand pushes mandatory MFA after major credential leak
Lu-Hai Liang |
Mozambique’s digital humanitarian response system set for October launch
Ayang Macdonald |
Texas targets internet infrastructure to enforce age assurance law
Joel R. McConvey |
Home Office provides answers on using digital ID to prove age for alcohol sales
Joel R. McConvey |
NIST 1:1 results show facial verification accuracy race is tightening
Ashok Singal |
Western Australia Police criticized for cutting corners on LFR consultation, PIA
Chris Burt |
British Transport Police extends live facial recognition trial into Underground stations
Lu-Hai Liang |
Signicat certified for IDV, digital identity orchestration in UK by Kantara
Chris Burt |

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GuyID combines IDV with reputation for online dating

By Joel R. McConvey

- Ravi Shankar wants you to trust him. The founder of Ottawa-based startup GuyID is combining identity verification with vouching in…

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New framework argues government AI depends on strong DPI
Lu-Hai Liang |
Why Veridas and Fourthline are building a new kind of identity platform
Joel R. McConvey |
Asia becomes testing ground for social media age assurance models
Joel R. McConvey |
NIST shifts focus from mobile driver’s license technology to adoption
Joel R. McConvey |
Age assurance explained: The laws reshaping the internet
Joel R. McConvey |
Listen: trust, identity and governance in the agentic age, with Alice Sesay Pope
Joel R. McConvey |
Diia architect warns against treating EUDI Wallet as another infrastructure project
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Taceo CEO sees market for distributed biometrics processing coming together
Chris Burt |

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Mexico’s new banking rules signal a new era for biometric identity verification

By Jesus Aragon

- By Jesús Aragón, CEO and Co-founder of Identy.io Opening a bank account today looks very different than it did a…

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Continuous adaptive trust is the new fraud detection mandate
Dan Holmes |
Trust needs intelligence: Why credit unions must rethink fraud prevention
Dave Rossi |
Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity
Michael Hubbard |
Beyond the password: Why behavioral biometrics is becoming banking’s last line of defense
Divija Vijaya Ganiga |
Continuous authentication is the new trust infrastructure
Bob Long |
How AI is driving a new wave of motor fraud
Dave Rossi |

Digital Identity in Developing Nations

With UN SDG 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries.

UN moves to renew Palantir deal despite unresolved privacy, governance risks

By Anthony Kimery

- The United Nations (U.N.) World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to renew a five-year agreement with Palantir Technologies even though…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
Cameroon: When birth certificates represent children who do not exist
Ayang Macdonald |
New framework argues government AI depends on strong DPI
Lu-Hai Liang |
Pakistan fast-tracks digital identity as Digital Nation Act takes effect
Lu-Hai Liang |
Rwanda turns digital public infrastructure into a continental growth strategy
Lu-Hai Liang |
Kazakhstan bets DPI will drive its next phase of growth, private sector innovation
Lu-Hai Liang |
Digital identity’s next phase is about trust, not technology
Joel R. McConvey |

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