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Socure and Trustly Partner on Pay-by-Bank Solution With Streamlined Onboarding
Socure and Trustly Partner on Pay-by-Bank Solution With Streamlined Onboarding
February 29, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Socure and Trustly have partnered to offer merchants a pay-by-bank solution that includes a streamlined customer onboarding process and guaranteed fast payments. The solution designed for all merchants...

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Entrust Enters Exclusive Discussions to Acquire Onfido
Entrust Enters Exclusive Discussions to Acquire Onfido
February 06, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Entrust has entered into exclusive discussions to acquire Onfido. This potential acquisition would add Onfido’s cloud-based, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered identity verification (IDV) technology to Entrust’s existing portfolio...

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Intellicheck Debuts Updates for Digital Identity Verification Tools
Intellicheck Debuts Updates for Digital Identity Verification Tools
January 04, 2024  |  Digital Identity

Identity verification company Intellicheck has rolled out enhancements for digital users of its identity platform. “Clients integrating the new Capture process can be up and running with no more...

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Google Lets Users in Three More States Save Driver’s License to Digital Wallets
Google Lets Users in Three More States Save Driver’s License to Digital Wallets
October 18, 2023  |  Identity

Google is letting users in three more states store their state IDs in the Google Wallet app. Already live in Maryland, the tech giant is...

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What If: Elon Musk’s X Becomes the Next Super App?
What If: Elon Musk’s X Becomes the Next Super App?
August 03, 2023  |  financial apps

Super apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat have become super successful in Asia. Their market dominance in turn has made Western entrepreneurs “super” interested...

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Socure Acquires Berbix to Bulk Up ID Verification Toolbox
Socure Acquires Berbix to Bulk Up ID Verification Toolbox
June 27, 2023  |  Identity

Digital identity provider Socure has paid $70 million to buy document verification startup Berbix. The cash and stock transaction, announced Tuesday (June 27), allows Socure to integrate Berbix’s technology...

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Plaid Launches Anti-Fraud Network
Plaid Launches Anti-Fraud Network
June 22, 2023  |  Identity theft

Plaid has launched a collaborative network designed to stop “the chain reaction of identity fraud.” The new Plaid Beacon network is open to FinTechs, financial institutions of all...

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FTC: Biometric Surveillance Could Threaten Civil Rights
FTC: Biometric Surveillance Could Threaten Civil Rights
May 18, 2023  |  Biometrics

The FTC says increased use of biometrics raises “significant” concerns about security, privacy and discrimination. In a policy statement published Thursday (May 18), the Federal Trade Commission...

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Oura Acquires Proxy to Expand Into Payments and Authentication
Oura Acquires Proxy to Expand Into Payments and Authentication
May 09, 2023  |  Biometrics

Oura has acquired Proxy in a bid to expand into payments and authentication. The acquisition adds Proxy’s digital identity signal platform to Oura’s lineup of...

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