Identity News Digest – May 23, 2024
Welcome to FindBiometrics’ digest of identity industry news. Here’s what you need to know about the world of digital identity and biometrics today: INTERPOL…
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INTERPOL Warns of Deepfakes and ‘Pig-Butchering’ in Financial Fraud Report
INTERPOL has published its latest Global Financial Fraud Assessment, warning of the increasing prevalence and diversification of financial fraud. The…
ITRC Report Uncovers Human Cost of Identity Crime
“We need to fundamentally change the way we support identity crime victims to ensure no one feels ignored or dismissed the way they do today.” – Eva Velasquez,…
Shufti Pro Warns About Phishing in 2021 Fraud Report
Shufti Pro has released a new Global ID Fraud Report that indicates that fraud has continued to climb during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company placed the…
Consumers Show Growing Interest in Innovative Payment Tech, Biometric Security: Mastercard
Mastercard has released a new report that suggests that merchants will need to embrace new payment options if they want to stay in good standing with…
Biometrics Can Ensure Access to Crypto Holdings: Onfido
Onfido is encouraging cryptocurrency exchanges to adopt secure identification technology. In doing so, the company called attention to the recent story of…
Kaspersky Warns About New Malware and Cyberthreats Heading into 2020
The cybersecurity experts at Kaspersky are predicting that cybercriminals will increase their focus on the financial sector in 2020. The company believes that…
Biometrically Secured Crypto Wallet Gets a UI Upgrade
Having been live in the App Store for only a few weeks, ZenGo has updated its eponymous cryptocurrency app. Most of the enhancements concern the app’s…
ZenGo is First Ever Crypto Wallet with Biometric Account Recovery from FaceTec
“The lion’s share of credit for this achievement goes to FaceTec, which provided the ZoOm authentication software used by ZenGo.” Toward the end of June,…
Onfido Safeguards Civic Cryptocurrency Wallet
Onfido is teaming up with Civic to provide secure customer onboarding for the latter’s upcoming cryptocurrency wallet. The blockchain-based Civic Wallet will…