New identity checks reshaping US federal student aid
The U.S. Department of Education (DoE) publicly credited enhanced identity verification measures with preventing more than $1 billion in attempted…
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Impersonation, emulators and ecommerce lead sophisticated fraud trends: Veriff
Online fraud rates have held above 4 percent for the third year in 2025, according to new research from Veriff,…
Veriff reports 30-fold surge in authentication volumes amid digital ID boom
Veriff has reported explosive growth in authentication volumes as demand for secure digital identity surges across industries. The Estonia-founded firm…
Hypr integrates iProov’s biometric liveness detection to prevent workforce fraud
A new partnership between iProov and Hypr integrates biometric liveness detection into the user onboarding journey of the latter’s Affirm…
Agentic AI is supercharging the deepfake crisis: How companies can take action
By: Alix Melchy, Vice President of AI of Jumio Fraud is no longer limited to stolen passwords. It now includes…
ID-Pal enhances ID-Detect against PAD, synthetic identities
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the fraud landscape. The surge is forcing regulators and businesses alike to keep pace with increasingly…
Reality Defender brings web-based deepfake protection to enterprise
Reality Defender has unveiled Real Suite, a set of enterprise tools aimed at tackling AI-generated fraud, deepfake impersonation and disinformation….
Experts: Tackling AI-powered financial crime needs behavioral biometrics, ML models, data science
As artificial intelligence accelerates financial crime, the industry is racing to adapt. In an in-depth webinar, Glenn Fratangelo, head of…
XION rebrands as verification infrastructure pioneer to tackle Internet’s trust crisis
XION is becoming a verification infrastructure company, aiming to restore trust across the digital ecosystem. The company’s platform enables developers…
Biometrics ‘universal anchor’ for Regula’s ideal verification stack of the future
A research report from Regula suggests that advanced biometric identity verification (IDV) tools are considered the most effective in fighting…
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