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AU10TIX Adds KYB to Identity Verification Offerings
February 27, 2024

Israeli identity verification firm AU10TIX has launched a know-your-business (KYB) solution. “Increasingly rigorous regulatory demands are forcing businesses across all sectors to collect and analyze more data about the identities of their partners and vendors,” the company said in a Tuesday (Feb. 27) news release. “Companies must also ensure...

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

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 extending the program to users in Georgia, Arizona and Colorado, Google said in an announcement provided to PYMNTS Wednesday (Oct....

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Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools
August 24, 2023

Identity verification platform Trulioo has unveiled new person-matching capabilities.  The launch, announced Thursday (Aug. 24), gives companies an alternative to working with multiple vendors to verify identities using personally identifiable information (PII) and identity documents. “A piecemeal approach to person matching through multiple vendors has been a necessary...

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

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 and unveil its Predictive Document Verification (DocV) 3.0 solution. Based in San Francisco, Berbix offers a patent-pending forensics engine that...

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Airbnb to Begin Requiring Guests to Verify Their IDs
February 05, 2023

Airbnb will soon ask customers to verify their identity before booking a reservation. In an interview with CNBC Friday (Feb. 3), Airbnb head of operations Tara Bunch said that while 80% of the company’s bookings already feature identity verification as an option hosts can request,...

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Trulioo Debuts New ID Verification Platform
January 31, 2023

Identity security firm Trulioo has unveiled a global identity platform for personal and business verification. As the company noted in a Tuesday (Jan. 31) news release, the launch comes as a surge in eCommerce, mobile payments and digital currencies offers businesses chances for innovation and...

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NY Attorney General Questions Reliability, Safeguards Around Facial Recognition
January 25, 2023

Facial recognition technology and its uses are in the spotlight in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking Madison Square Garden (MSG) Entertainment — the operator of Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall and other venues in New York City —...

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AU10TIX Appoints Tech Industry Veteran Dan Yerushalmi as CEO 
January 17, 2023

AU10TIX has appointed tech and security industry veteran Dan Yerushalmi as its new CEO. The Israel-based provider of automated identity verification and identity management solutions said in a Tuesday (Jan. 17) press release that Yerushalmi joins AU10TIX from cybersecurity company Checkpoint Software Technologies, where he...

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Intelligent Tech Balances Customer Convenience With Identity Theft
December 19, 2022

Identity theft and other types of fraud will become even more widespread in 2023. That’s according to the latest report released by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), which predicts that next year will see a greater proliferation of payment app scams. Incidents of ID...