Digital Identity Friday Five: January 10, 2025
Covering the most interesting news for the week of January 4 to January 10
Today is Friday, January 10. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week
But first, I’m pleased to share I’m representing PEAK IDV at Secure Technology Alliance’s Identity & Payments Summit, Feb 24-26, 2025
The event features leaders in identity such as Frances Zelazny (Anonybit), Blair Cohen (AuthenticID), Tuan-Minh NGUYEN (Onfido), Catherine Porter (Prove), & David Kelts (Decipher Identity, LLC)
I’m especially interested in the #mDL Tech Showcase
Link: https://www.stasummit.com/
1/ Micah Willbrand joins GBG Plc as Chief Product Officer
Micah announced he’s done baking & hiking and settled into his new role as CPO for the identity business at GBG which includes #IDV assets from Acuant, IDology, & Cloudcheck
Congrats on the new gig!
#CPO #product
2/ The Prism Project Forecasts $315B Revenue Opportunity in Digital Identity
Acuity Market Intelligence published its 2024 Biometric Digital Identity Flagship Report which evaluated 250+ industry players
"The scale of biometric digital identity adoption reflects its pivotal role in shaping the evolution of digital transformation across the world," said C. Maxine Most, Founder
🔗 to download: https://lnkd.in/edQXRYZu
#biometrics digitalidentity
3/ Financial Times: The silent business of digital identity as remade RELX
Interesting article by John Gapper of Financial Times
He describes a "company once known as Reed Elsevier has moved from legal and scientific publishing into AI fraud detection"
RELX owns LexisNexis Risk Solutions
"The risk division now holds 290mn US unique identities, 13bn names and addresses, 8bn vehicle records, 9bn device records, and 3bn digital identities."
Full article in links below 👇
4/ Lemonway Unveils Online Onboarding Solution for Marketplaces
Lemonway, a European payment institution, announced the launch of Online Onboarding, a solution designed for merchant onboarding in marketplaces
Per the press, Lemonway will use the Entrust / Onfido #identityverification platform
Congrats, Terry Denzer & Onfido team!
5/ Reuters: Britain to make sexually explicit 'deepfakes' a crime
Creating and sharing sexually explicit "deepfakes" will soon become a criminal offense, those found guilty could face up to two years behind bars
The UK has been a trailblazer in these type of #deepfake laws
*** LINKS
WILLBRAND: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/willbrand_id3-identity-activity-7282737134174711808-s_Vn
RELX: https://www.ft.com/content/4c206920-405f-430b-87f2-dde0f68bfccb
DEEPFAKES: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain-make-sexually-explicit-deepfakes-crime-2025-01-07/