Expert body set up to drive Nigeria’s financial inclusion amid digital trade gains
Nigeria is banking on financial inclusion as one of the avenues to usher in a stronger digital economy for the…
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OneID raises £16 million
UK digital verification service OneID has secured new funding amid a rise of interest in digital identity among the country’s…
Sardine nets $70M in Series C funding for automated fraud prevention platform
Sardine, a startup that employs machine learning for fraud prevention, compliance and credit underwriting, has announced a $70 million Series…
ID.me secures $275M credit facility to scale digital wallet
ID.me has closed a $275 million credit facility from funds operated by Ares Management, which also plans to invest a…
Amsterdam startup Ver.iD raises $2M for European expansion
Digital identity verification company Ver.iD has raised 2 million euros (US$2.05 million) in angel funding as it prepares to kick…
UK digital ID companies raised $1B since 2015
The UK digital identity market has generated £2.05 billion (US$2.5 billion) annual revenue during the 2023-2024 fiscal year while the…
Japanese govtech startup raises 600 million yen (US$4M) in funding
A release from the Tokyo-based digital ID firm Cross ID says it has raised a total of approximately 600 million…
Financial services need digital identity stitched together, investors take note
Investments in biometrics and digital identity have slowed in the wake of an early-2020s hype cycle, but investors are still…
ID.me closes tender offer valuing firm at $1.8B in year full of wins
ID.me has closed a recent tender offer that valued the firm at $1.8 billion, climbing from a $1.78 billion valuation…
Surveillance tech firm Auror raises NZ$82M for global expansion
New Zealand crime intelligence platform Auror has raised NZ$82 million (roughly US$48.7 million) that will be used to fund its…
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