Japan moves toward age verification for social media filters and risk labels
Japan’s policymakers are considering their own version of age assurance for social media with content filtering taking the limelight. Nikkei…
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Regula analysis finds ID document verification hardest for Arabic, Chinese, Japanese
While the Latin alphabet is the alpha and omega for around 40 percent of the world’s people, that still leaves…
Entrust upgrades IDV as Australia expands AML/CTF rules to new sectors
Australia is expanding its Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) framework, with the most significant changes in nearly two decades. The…
Vietnam’s Hanoi targets near‑universal e-IDs under new digital transformation plan
Vietnam’s capital city has approved an ambitious digital transformation plan involving AI. Hanoi will require all municipal agencies to use…
Plaid, Idemia, Entrust and Ping Identity make senior hires
A cropful of senior leadership appointments across the identity and payments sector underline the shifts of AI‑driven fraud, real‑time payments…
UIDAI selects 20 bug bounty hunters to bolster India’s digital ID security
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched a structured bug bounty program. The authority will open its core…
Greece exempts Britons from EES biometric registration for summer
Alarm at severe delays caused by the EES rollout in European airports may have dampened British enthusiasm for the traditional…
Scaling Nepal’s digital economy will require interoperable identity infrastructure
Two recent studies on Nepal’s digital transformation paint a picture of robust growth but somewhat fragile foundations. Nepal’s digital economy…
Mitek, Synectics partner on IDV, fraud intelligence integration for insurers
Mitek and Synectics Solutions have formed a new partnership to help UK insurers identify fraud earlier in digital insurance applications…
FBI report reveals cybercrime losses hit $20B high with phishing, spoofing dominant
Cybercrime losses have risen significantly, surpassing $20 billion, while phishing and spoofing is the dominant cyber-enabled fraud activity, reports the…
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