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A new bipartisan bill introduced in the House this week looks to create an interagency task force consisting of local, state, and federal officials to come up with a comprehensive and standards-based approach to digital identity verification across public and private sectors. The Improving Digital Identity Act of 2020 (IDIA) — introduced by Reps. Bill […]
In his fourth field diary, Yoti Digital Identity Fellow Tshepo Magoma is warning about the alarming number of scams that have tried to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Magoma called particular attention to the province of the Western Cape, which has accounted for 59,315 of the 132,000 positive cases in the country. […]
Goodix has been forced to address a somewhat unusual situation. In a statement, the company revealed that a former employee has been masquerading as a current employee to secure appearances at various public-facing events, including investment exchange conferences. The individual in question would speak on behalf of Goodix and its current business operations even though […]
Jumio has released its annual Holiday New Account Fraud Report, finding that new account fraud has doubled in the years since 2014, and increased 27.8 percent over 2018 alone. Fraud rates were generally higher in emerging markets than they were in more developed areas. For the purposes of the report, new account fraud occurs […]
Sterling has released a new report that examines the gig economy within the context of identity fraud and broader hiring trends. The White Paper was published in collaboration with HR.com’s Research Institute, and was based on a survey of 300 HR professionals from large and small organizations alike. The least surprising finding in the study […]
Acuant, a global provider of identity verification solutions, announced Friday it has enhanced its image capture and liveness detection technologies, that form the core of their key services Acuant AssureID and Acuant Face. Their image capture services allow for the automatic recognition of the document type being presented, being able to distinguish between a driver’s […]
The access management specialist BeyondTrust has issued a series of security predictions for the next five years. The company highlighted the threats facing enterprises and consumers, as well as the steps that cybersecurity providers will take to stop them leading up to 2025. Most notably, BeyondTrust suggests that people should pay more attention to the […]
The online security specialist Buguroo is the latest addition to NICE Actimize’s rapidly expanding X-Sight Marketplace. The Marketplace was set up to offer approved products and solutions that will help reduce the threat of financial crime for providers of financial services. The listing of Buguroo comes only days after Facebanx was added to the X-Sight […]
The US Federal Reserve System has released a new White Paper that calls attention to the growing threat of synthetic identity fraud. The paper defines a synthetic identity as one that combines false information – such as a fake name or date of birth – with legitimate information like a social security number that has […]
The United Nations’ refugee agency has been vocal about the benefits of biometric identification for those in its charge for years, but recently the organization invoked this technology in its own defense. The UNHCR was responding to an extensive investigative report from NBC alleging widespread corruption at the refugee agency. Usually this involves bribery in […]
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