Unico acquires biometrics provider Valida, gaining entry into Argentina market
Unico has announced it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Valida, “an Argentine biometric identity verification platform with an established…
Trade Notes
Trade notes refers to significant developments in the biometrics industry. This includes corporate appointments, venture capital, funding, mergers, acquisitions, litigation and launches.
KPMG investment in Reality Defender backs hiring spree to fight deepfakes
U.S.-based KPMG LLP has taken a minority stake in deepfake detection developer Reality Defender and plans to integrate its fraud-protecting…
FARx announces new chairman, new seed funding in push for global growth
UK multimodal biometrics and deepfake detection provider FARx has appointed former BT executive Chris Bruce as its new chairman, following…
Hopae expands cross-border digital identity network with Saudi, Mexico deals
Hopae and Saudi Arabia’s Technology Control Company (TCC) have partnered to bring cross-border electronic identity verification to the Kingdom, allowing…
IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale
New Orleans-based ID verification provider IDScan.net has acknowledged the major breach of one of its databases, that exposed more than…
Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent
A new patent granted to Seventh Sense AI by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) protects the company’s…
Evrotrust, Trustfull combine pre-KYC fraud intelligence with IDV
Evrotrust and Trustfull have formed a strategic partnership to combine pre-KYC digital risk intelligence with identity verification, allowing organizations to…
Albania gives ALBTrace broader role in digital identity infrastructure
Albania has expanded the mandate of state-owned identity services provider ALBTrace, giving it responsibility for the country’s digital identity infrastructure…
Procivis expands EUDI footprint as Europe’s wallet deadline approaches
Procivis has added France to a growing list of European digital identity environments where its technology can issue and verify…
Unico responds to ‘DIY Deepfakes,’ fraud spike with authentication orchestration
Unico has put numbers to the dramatic rise in volume of sophisticated and AI-powered fraud attempts this year, and introduced…
