ID verification

States Move to Centralize Digital IDs as More Services Go Online 
States Move to Centralize Digital IDs as More Services Go Online 
October 23, 2026  |  Digital Identity

Your phone can already hold your credit cards, your boarding pass and your insurance card. In a growing number of states, it can hold your...

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Circle and Proof Help Businesses Trust AI Agent Transactions
Circle and Proof Help Businesses Trust AI Agent Transactions
October 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Proof and Circle Internet Group said Monday (Oct. 19) that they will demonstrate at Money20/20 how open identity and payment protocols can work together to...

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Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents
Sam Altman’s World Debuts ID Verification for AI Agents
October 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman’s iris-scanning project World is making what it calls its “first industry-specific push.” The company on Sunday (Oct. 18) announced World ID for banking...

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Banks Rethink Identity Checks as AI Fakes Voices and Faces
Banks Rethink Identity Checks as AI Fakes Voices and Faces
September 30, 2026  |  Identity theft

The next generation of payment fraud doesn’t seem very suspicious. In fact, it already sounds like a familiar customer, types at a perfectly ordinary pace...

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Duna Raises $12 Million to Bolster Business Identity Platform
Duna Raises $12 Million to Bolster Business Identity Platform
May 06, 2025  |  Investments

Duna, a business identity platform founded by two Stripe veterans, has raised $12.1 million. The Dutch startup announced the seed funding Tuesday (May 6), noting...

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ID Verification Platform IDnow Gets $295 Million Corsair Capital Investment
ID Verification Platform IDnow Gets $295 Million Corsair Capital Investment
March 12, 2025  |  Investments

Investment firm Corsair Capital has acquired a majority stake in German identity verification platform IDnow. The company announced the deal last week, and while no...

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Intellicheck CEO: Parents, Platforms and Legislation Critical for Age Verification as TikTok Comes Back Online
Intellicheck CEO: Parents, Platforms and Legislation Critical for Age Verification as TikTok Comes Back Online
January 21, 2025  |  Authentication

TikTok’s existential crisis is seemingly over — the platform went dark for only a matter of hours this past weekend. And so, the millions of...

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iCapital to Add ‘Reusable Financial Identity’ With Parallel Markets Acquisition
iCapital to Add ‘Reusable Financial Identity’ With Parallel Markets Acquisition
January 16, 2025  |  Partnerships

FinTech company iCapital plans to enhance its alternative investment marketplace platform for the wealth and asset management industries by acquiring Parallel Markets. The company entered...

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Intellicheck Partners With Screening Software Company on Employee Background Checks
Intellicheck Partners With Screening Software Company on Employee Background Checks
December 10, 2024  |  Partnerships

Background screening industry platform provider Accio Data has teamed with identity verification company Intellicheck. The collaboration involves Accio integrating Intellicheck’s identity validation technology into its...

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