Identity verification stories

Creditinfo snaps up the remaining stake in KIB Latvia, giving it full control of the bureau and a bigger platform in the Baltic market.

EU wallet rules could turn digital identity into the next payments backbone, forcing banks to rethink onboarding, fraud and customer trust.

Fime unveils neutral trust layer for AI-driven payments, aiming to verify autonomous purchases, compliance and auditability across networks.

BlackBerry survey finds government and infrastructure security chiefs relying on WhatsApp for sensitive talks despite major misunderstandings over encryption.

Retailers can cut misdelivery costs and fuel waste by cleaning customer address data, using verification, autocomplete and geocoding tools.

OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber with Bank of America, BlackRock and others, backing defenders, researchers and open-source security teams.

Raindrop says a surge in demand helped it trace GBP £447 million in forgotten pensions in the first quarter, with use still skewed towards men.

Survey finds AI agents are spreading faster than security teams can track them, with most firms lacking visibility, rollback controls and identity governance.

Appdome unveils mobile API defence that checks app, device and session identity before granting access, targeting bot abuse and takeover attacks.

Appdome expands IDAnchor with Risk Intelligence APIs to feed backend fraud systems mobile threat history, identity data and AI risk scoring.

Ecommpay urges eCommerce overhaul as fraud report says current controls miss social engineering, distort competition and leave merchants exposed.

Rue Gilt Groupe brings Riskified identity scoring into Zendesk as retailers race to stop refund abuse without slowing customer service.

UK banks face a sharp rise in authorised fraud as phishing, purchase scams and stolen-device attacks surge, BioCatch data shows.

SITA says aviation tech spend hit USD $50.8 billion in 2025, but poor data integration is still limiting returns across AI, security and sustainability.

Appdome widens its IDAnchor platform with server-side Risk Intelligence APIs, giving fraud teams verified mobile signals, threat history and AI-ready scores.

HackerEarth debuts AI interview platform with verification and proctoring to help enterprises screen technical candidates around the clock.

OpenAI broadens Trusted Access for Cyber to verified defenders, giving vetted users GPT-5.4-Cyber for tougher security work and code analysis.

Videosign deepens Brightsolid partnership as it adds AI note-taking and form-filling tools for regulated users, with cloud costs and governance in focus.

8x8 unveils AI Studio to let customer experience teams build agents with natural language, aiming to cut integration delays and costs.

American Express adds AI agent safeguards and purchase protection as it opens a developer kit for software-led buying.