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Signicat, Smile ID and Regula make new strides in financial industry
Identity verification, KYC and AML companies are making deals from Europe and Africa to Asia, including collaborations designed to boost…
| Jan 30, 2025 | GenAI fueling employee impersonation with biometric spoofs and counterfeit ID fraudA new report on the state of identity fraud has revealed the startling statistic that half of businesses in North… |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Synthetic identities drive need for enhanced fraud prevention in AfricaA comprehensive new report from identity verification vendor Smile ID digs into critical digital identity fraud trends across Africa. A… |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Smile ID updates selfie biometrics software and aces Fime Level 2 PAD assessmentSmile ID has introduced upgraded liveness detection technology which has already passed an independent assessment by Fime for compliance with… |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Smile ID rides Nigeria’s surge in biometric verifications to 200M milestoneSmile ID has completed 200 million identity verification checks across the African continent, after celebrating 150 million checks in June…. |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Nigeria embraces DTCs amid talks on passport-free travel in AfricaThe Nigerian federal government has unveiled its intention to adopt digital travel credentials (DTCs), in a bid to streamline the… |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Mastercard, Smile ID partner to scale up merchant KYC in 50+ African countriesMastercard’s Digital Merchant Onboarding Program (MDOP) has integrated Smile ID’s identity and document verification suite to facilitate merchant onboarding in… |
| Jul 22, 2024 | Smile ID surges past 150M identity verifications completedSelfie biometrics provider Smile ID (formally Smile Identity) has achieved the completion of 150 million identity verifications – five months… |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Biometrics needed to protect Africa’s digital economy ambitions from growing fraudThe spiralling trend of identity-related fraud in Africa, perpetrated mostly through national ID documents, portends great dangers for Africa’s lofty… |
| Jul 28, 2023 | ID authentication vendor seeing fewer financial fraud attempts in AfricaID fraud attempts are falling across Africa compared to the previous year, a new marketing KYC report from authentication firm… |
| Jul 20, 2023 | New partnerships for document scanning and KYC expansions show ID verification demandIdentity verification providers are partnering and signing up new customers to extend the reach of their technologies, including Shufti Pro,… |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Smile acquires Appruve to expand identity verification footprint across AfricaWith company valuations down KYC and face biometrics provider Smile Identity, with offices in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and London,… |
| Feb 16, 2023 | Digital ID firms close two seeds and a series B funding round. One of them is a giantThe pipeline for early investments in biometric identity companies is nothing to dismiss. While jumbo series C through E deals… |
| Jan 31, 2023 | African demand for digital ID infrastructure growing, as is fraud: Smile Identity reportDigital ID verification company Smile Identity has highlighted increasing interest among African countries in developing critical digital identity infrastructure. This… |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Africa needs biometric de-duplication, Smile Identity arguesNobody loves an enticing promotional customer campaign more than an accomplished identity fraudster. That is as true in Africa as… |
| Apr 18, 2022 | Biometrics capture with feature phones to boost Africa’s financial inclusionThe potential of biometrics captured on feature phones, the importance of regulatory sandboxes, and the need for more flexible identity… |
| Feb 28, 2022 | Fintech-focused biometrics and KYC partnerships, new platforms unveiledFace biometrics providers continue to rapidly sign up new customers and partners for technologies to support remote customers, with FYNXT… |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Investment pours in for biometric startups developing new servicesBiometrics firms Smile Identity, Zenus and OneWave are reporting successful funding rounds for products ranging from ‘ethical facial recognition’ to… |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Biometrics investments roll on with $7M for Smile Identity, up to $8.7M for DaltreySelfie biometric authentication provider Smile Identity has closed a $7 million Series A funding round to advance its aim of unifying… |
| Jun 9, 2020 | IDology and Smile Identity biometrics tapped for financial KYC, onboarding, authenticationHydrogen has integrated its fintech platform with GBG subsidiary IDology to provide its clients with technology to run KYC checks… |
