The history of ID

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The history of identification dates back thousands of years. In fact, the first mention of a government collecting the personal information of its citizens dates to 3800 BC, during the Babylonian Empire.   Since then, the way we have proven our identity has changed massively. Initially just pieces of paper, today’s identification documents contain a number

Veriff Identity Verification Solutions Now Available to Alloy Identity Decisioning Platform Clients

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Through this partnership, Veriff will provide Alloy customers with additional identity verification capabilities and KYC solutions to leverage during client onboarding in more than 230 countries and territories.  Veriff’s identity verification technology will be made accessible through Alloy’s platform, allowing  fintechs and banks to quickly and effectively verify identities during new customer onboarding while meeting

Biden and FinCEN aim to combat corruption with AML legislation

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At the close of 2021, the Biden administration announced its comprehensive U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption. This strategy emphasized two key enforcement priorities: anti-corruption and anti-money laundering. In an effort to root out corruption, the Biden administration plans to issue regulations that will improve transparency in regard to beneficial ownership and real estate transactions. In

Veriff Closes $100M Series C Funding Round

The new financing will be used to accelerate Veriff’s global growth and invest in R&D, especially to advance product expansion. The company will also grow its sales and marketing teams to onboard more global clients and build on recent customer success programs. In addition, Veriff will expand its global workforce, 360 strong today and made

What happened with fintech and fraud in 2021?

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You might have heard by now, but if you haven’t — Veriff published its 2021 Identity Fraud Report (available to download now) and we’re taking an even closer look at our expert findings. Up this week: what happened in the fintech world in 2021?  The year in Fintech  Fintech was possibly the most newsworthy industry, outside

Veriff crosses the 10K line – 10,000+ documents in our database!

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Recently, Veriff turned 6 years old, having been founded back in 2015 with the ultimate goal of making the online world a safer and fairer place. Since then, we’ve been working hard on making our external products, and our internal tools, the absolute best for everyone to use on a daily basis. And we’re here

Anti-Money Laundering Act 2020 – What it Means

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Generally, Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) is a set of policies and procedures that financial institutions should implement to obtain knowledge of their clients, in order to prevent financial crimes. In order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, AML regulations have been enacted around the world. These are mainly applicable to credit and financial institutions, and certain other entities