a16z highlights importance of decentralized digital ID for crypto in US gov’t feedback
The American government should reform its regulations for financial institutions to allow them to use merging technologies, particularly those related…
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US Corporate Transparency Act rollbacks create customer ID verification needs
U.S. companies will no longer have to comply with beneficial ownership reporting, thus pressuring banks to uphold KYC compliance and…
North American banks struggle with deepfakes, social engineering
Financial institutions in North America face a spike in fraud schemes, with social engineering scams increasing tenfold in the past…
Brookings nominates portable digital ID in response to FinCEN RFI on AML rule change
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) says the rules for financial institutions onboarding U.S. customers to open accounts need to…
Shohei Ohtahi interpreter scandal just one pitch in global game of bank ID fraud
Many will see the story of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani and the interpreter who embezzled millions from him to pay…
FinCEN underlines financial sector collaboration to address digital identity threat
Following the release of its Identity Financial Trend Analysis, representatives from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)…
Increase in FinCEN fraud reports reveals growing urgency for digital identity
Digital identity could be key in the growing problem of identity related cases of fraud. The FinCEN Identity Project found…
US pandemic fraud loss estimates keep rising as Congress dithers on digital identity
The wave of fraud suffered by the U.S. during the pandemic through unemployment insurance programs is even higher than previously…
Looking back at spring digital ID challenge, FDIC and FinCEN find familiar shortcomings
The U.S government has released its analysis of a digital ID-proofing challenge held this spring. As befits a global and…
US financial agencies highlight teams in remote digital identity proofing competition
Two U.S. federal agencies that oversee the law enforcement of financial crimes and seek to strengthen trust in the digital…
