Digital Identity Friday Five: March 29, 2024

Covering the most interesting news for the week of March 23 to March 29

Today is Friday, March 29. I don’t have five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week. I have ten!

But first, a sneak preview announcement:

Acuity Market Intelligence & PEAK IDV are partnering up on The Prism Project! More details and a formal announcement coming soon #staytuned

No commentary on news this week due to character count limitations, just the headlines! Links to sources are below 👇

1/ Nametag Launches Self-Service Account Recovery Solution That Stops Deepfake Attacks

2/ AU10TIX Introduces Identity Verification Hub to Enable the Transition to Digital Identity

3/ Telesign Unveils Verify API, an Integrated Verification Solution in the Global Battle Against Cyber Fraud

4/ COTI Group & Civic Technologies Enter Strategic Partnership to Give Users Full Self-sovereignty over Their Digital Identity

5/ Gartner’s Akif Khan: The impact of AI and deepfakes on identity verification

6/ Mitek Systems’ Christopher Briggs: Let’s get digital: navigating the evolution of identity

7/ 1Kosmos Names Christine Owen Field CTO

8/ Sandbox Banking Partners w/ Plaid to Strengthen Identity Verification

9/ Signicat acquires Icelandic digital identity and fraud player #SmartWorks

10/ Amazon launches app to make sign-up for palm-recognition service easier

Wow! What a week, that’s my #epicten

*** LINKS

NAMETAG: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/03/25/2851645/0/en/Nametag-Launches-Self-Service-Account-Recovery-Solution-That-Stops-AI-Generated-Deepfake-Attacks.html

AU10TIX: https://www.au10tix.com/press-releases/au10tix-introduces-one-stop-identity-verification-hub-to-enable-the-transition-to-digital-identity/

TELESIGN: https://www.telesign.com/press/telesign-unveils-verify-api-an-integrated-omnichannel-verification-solution-in-the-global-battle-against-cyber-fraud

COTI/CIVIC: https://www.coinspeaker.com/coti-civic-digital-identity/ 

KHAN: https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-impact-of-ai-and-deepfakes-on-identity-verification

BRIGGS: https://www.techradar.com/pro/lets-get-digital-navigating-the-evolution-of-identity

1KOSMOS: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240327902761/en/1Kosmos-Names-Christine-Owen-Field-CTO 

SANDBOX/PLAID: https://sandboxbanking.com/blog/sandbox-banking-partners-with-plaid-to-strengthen-identity-verification-and-elevate-banking-solutions/

SIGNICAT: https://www.signicat.com/press-releases/signicat-acquires-icelandic-smartworks

AMAZON: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-one-app