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Executive hires across NEC, ID.me, RealSense, Women in ID signal growth push
A series of senior leadership moves across the digital identity, biometrics and government technology sectors this week signal continued momentum…
| Mar 13, 2026 | Medicare beneficiaries get new online identity verification optionsThe U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that is rolling out what it calls enhanced login options… |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Github reveals how North Korean hackers create synthetic identities to infiltrate businessesNorth Korean state-backed hackers are systematically building fake personas to infiltrate companies as contractors and employees, in some cases relying… |
| Jan 6, 2026 | US Treasury awards ID.me $1B five-year contractIn a significant development for digital identity verification across U.S. federal agencies, ID.me has secured several notable contracts with U.S…. |
| Dec 17, 2025 | ID.me scores big roll outs with FINRA and CMSStricter identity checks are coming to two of the most sensitive corners of the U.S. digital ecosystem: financial regulation and… |
| Oct 20, 2025 | ID.me expands reach of digital identity wallet for healthcare managementU.S. patient access and healthcare records management provider Flexpa has signed on to use ID.me’s digital identity wallet to give… |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Socure unveils no-code platform to create branded onboarding flowsIdentity verification continues its journey of becoming more seamless, protective and simplified as biometrics companies partner up and launch new… |
| Sep 3, 2025 | ID.me adds $65M series E equity fundraise to massive credit facilityID.me has raised $340 million between a series E funding round and a credit facility agreed to earlier this year,… |
| Aug 1, 2025 | US govt, Big Tech unite to build one stop national health data platformThe U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in coordination with the White House and more than 60 leading… |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Paravision reveals biometrics partnerships with Toppan Next Tech, PopID, ImprivataA group of partnerships with Paravision providing face biometrics to Toppan Next Tech, PopID and Imprivata have been revealed in… |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Auditor demands better accounting from IRS for biometric identity proofingThe U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) effort to modernize digital identity verification stands at the intersection of fraud prevention, AI… |
| Jun 12, 2025 | GAO finds major gaps in IRS biometric ID verification program oversightA new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit found the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has not exercised sufficient oversight of its… |
| May 17, 2025 | Leadership teams strengthened at Thales Identity & Biometrics, Incode, ID.me, iDen2Digital identity leaders and startups have announced executive additions strengthening marketing, product, sales and design. A former biometrics executive is… |
| May 6, 2025 | US Patent Office joins federal trend in outsourcing digital identity verificationThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has formally integrated ID.me as a digital identity verification provider for users accessing… |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Entrust, ConnectID tapped for biometric fraud prevention as ID theft growsThe importance of fraud prevention with selfie biometrics for user onboarding is evident around the world with Entrust, ConnectID and… |
| Mar 19, 2025 | SSA ID verification overhaul sparks backlash over accessibility and securityThe Social Security Administration (SSA) is mounting a significant overhaul of its identity verification procedures in a move that is… |
| Jan 30, 2025 | ID.me secures $275M credit facility to scale digital walletID.me has closed a $275 million credit facility from funds operated by Ares Management, which also plans to invest a… |
| Jan 28, 2025 | ConnectID, Visa, ID.me illustrate central place digital ID plays in digital economyConvenience is king, even in identity verification. Customers want to be able to prove their identity without constantly submitting the… |
| Jan 24, 2025 | GovTech to deliver $10 trillion in value by 2034, says WEFAt the meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week, tech is front and center – and… |
| Jan 10, 2025 | ID.me bolsters board, Identiv names SVPID.me has appointed Brian Robins and William “Bill” Welch as independent members to its Board of Directors. Robins, GitLab CFO and… |
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ID.me and the future of biometric zero trust architecture
By Mike Vesey, Founder and CEO of IdRamp The backlash against the recent IRS policy requiring taxpayers to access tax…
