Nigerian digital ID startup Regfyl raises $1.1M to address Africa’s AML compliance challenges
Regfyl, a Nigerian digital identity verification and fraud detection startup, has secured $1.1 million in a pre-seed funding round. This…
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Turing research discounts deepfake influence on elections as govts ramp up regulation
The year 2024 will be remembered for several globally important national elections but also for warnings over the deepfake misinformation…
Deepfake financial fraud to surge over the next 12 months, Deloitte reveals
According to a recent Deloitte poll, more than half of C-suite executives and other senior leaders anticipate a rise in…
BixeLab highlights need for proactive security measures in ID fraud update
Real-time face swapping has been found among romance scams being perpetrated from Nigeria, and is described in the latest I.D….
Spanish startup B-FY brings offline biometrics to US cloud authentication market
Spain-based biometrics startup B-FY has launched in the U.S. market, introducing its cloud-based identity verification and authentication software. B-FY’s technology…
Rwanda conducts pilot to implement biometric SIM registration, verification
Rwanda plans to become one of the countries in African where SIM cards are biometrically registered or verified. Before then…
ATO attacks surge in Q2 2024, Sift warns of growing ‘Fraud-as-a-Service’ threat
A recent report highlights the growing threat of account takeover (ATO) attacks, which surged by 24 percent in the second…
New studies warn of difficulty detecting audio deepfakes, but progress is being made
As the evolution of AI-enhanced audio deepfakes advances, the ability to distinguish between what’s real and what’s fake is becoming…
ProvaDiVita unveils biometric platform to combat identity theft with blockchain security
ProvaDiVita, a company specializing in biometric technology, has introduced a new platform aimed at strengthening security in identity verification. The…
Global efforts to combat deepfakes intensify with new laws, biometric tools
With rapid technological advances, the fight against deepfakes has taken on greater urgency worldwide. From academia to governments and businesses,…
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