Jumio has released a new report that suggests that age-restricted websites in the UK have have been a bit lax when enforcing those age restrictions. The report found that more than half (54 percent) of the country’s sites had failed to stop minors from gaining access to their age-restricted products and services, despite the fact…
Intellicheck is offering to help retailers, banks, and other financial organizations struggling to deal with surging rates of online fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, the company is making its Retail ID Web anti-fraud solution available for free for a period of 90 days. Retail ID Web leverages document recognition to verify people’s…
Jumio, the AI-powered trusted identity as a service provider, announced gains in the speed and accuracy of its verification services, as well as a more intuitive user experience. These gains come after a two year period during which Jumio invested heavily automation enabled through a variety of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and optical character recognition…
Signicat’s identity verification services are now available in more than 208 countries around the world. The company has also rebuilt its API to make it easier to integrate new digital identity verification methods into its flagship Signicat Digital Identity Platform. The news suggests that Signicat is already seeing a return after its recent acquisition of…
“Our customers recognize that a secure and optimized customer journey begins with a strong validated identity.” Onfido has created an international partner program in an effort to find new applications for its identity verification technology. The Onfido Partner Program currently includes major players like IDEMIA, ForgeRock, Checkr, and iovation, while Visa has made Onfido’s selfie…
CheckpointID is teaming up with IDScan.net to provide better fraud prevention services for property managers, security guards, and other people monitoring multi-unit apartment buildings. The new platform will combine document verification and facial recognition to make sure the name on an application matches the name of the person who will be living in a unit.…
The demand for digital identity and document verification services is expected to skyrocket as the technology continues to improve. At least, that’s the takeaway from a new report from Goode Intelligence, which predicts that the market for such tech will hit $15 billion by 2024. According to the report, identity and document verification is so…
Onfido and Berbix are partnering with Checkr to create an all-in-one background check and identity verification platform. The new solution is called Checkr Connect IDV, and it will blend Onfido’s selfie authentication tech with Berbix’s photo ID verification tech to match a face to an ID and confirm the identities of candidates during the hiring…
Latvia-based eID specialist X Infotech has been acquired by Silverlake Axis (or “SAL”), a Malaysian FinTech solutions provider focused on the BFSI, retail, and logistics industries. Announcing the acquisition in a statement, SAL did not disclose its fiscal details, but indicated that it now possesses 80 percent equity in SIA X Infotech Group. Its CEO,…
“Working with Mitek to integrate its best-of-breed identity verification technology into our platform, means that our customers can be assured that the critical onboarding step is simple and secure.” – Ted Oorbals, CEO, Biocryptology Madrid’s Biocryptology has teamed up with San Diego-based Mitek to improve onboarding for its biometric authentication platform. Biocryptology has adopted Mitek’s document…
