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Kyoto Bank Drops Selfie Checks for Chip-Based ID as Japanese Banks Speed Up eKYC Shift
Kyoto Bank will stop accepting photographed ID documents and face matching for new accounts opened through its mobile app, and will instead require customers…
SEON Integrates Fraud and Identity Checks With Yuno Payment Infrastructure
SEON has partnered with Yuno to make its fraud prevention and identity verification services available through Yuno’s global payments infrastructure. Customers…
AiID Emerges From Stealth With Document Authentication Platform
AiID has emerged from two years in stealth with Frictionless ID, a document authentication platform operating at beta locations. The company is preparing…
Zumigo Adds SIM-Swap Risk Checks to Silent Authentication
Zumigo has introduced fraud-aware silent authentication that combines mobile-number verification with checks for SIM swaps, number transfers and other changes…
OCR Studio and FinOn Partner on Identity Checks and Payment Authentication
OCR Studio and FinOn have partnered to explore combining identity document verification, card-data capture and payment authentication. The companies plan to…
UK Survey Finds Half of Biometric ID Providers Offer an Alternative Route
Almost half of UK digital verification providers using biometrics offer an alternative route for people who do not want to provide biometric information,…
Libyan Prosecutor Reports More Than 315,000 Unlawful National ID Numbers
Libya’s Attorney General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour says a nationwide review of citizenship records has identified more than 315,000 unlawfully issued national…
Socure Reports DocV Omega Fraud Detection Results
Socure has disclosed performance figures for DocV Omega, its document verification model combining biometric and document evidence with device, network and…
Grok Faces Second Illinois Biometric Privacy Lawsuit Over Photo Processing
Grok’s operators face a second proposed class action in Illinois over alleged collection of facial biometrics from uploaded photographs. Scott Wilson filed the…
Incode Adds Peer-to-Peer Cryptography to TrustGraph Fraud Network
Incode has introduced a peer-to-peer cryptographic architecture for its TrustGraph fraud network, enabling institutions to compare fraud and trust information…