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Inaugural Deepfake Summit convenes digital ID community to address AI fraud threat
A new event is launching this year to address the fraud threats that come with deepfakes, synthetic identities and agentic…
| Sep 25, 2025 | Identity and Access Forum highlights role of wallets, standards in mDL evolutionThe Secure Technology Alliance’s Identity and Access Forum (IAF) has released its seasonal market snapshot, which features fresh insights on… |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Biggest network of mDL verification devices in US proves scalability, diversityBiometric authentication and verification systems provider TokenWorks Inc. and mobile driver’s license verification software vendor Oneproof have announced the successful… |
| Aug 18, 2025 | US pushes digital identity as cornerstone of crypto ambitionsThe Trump administration is escalating its campaign to make the United States the “crypto capital of the world,” placing digital… |
| Jul 23, 2025 | New mDL resource from STA explores real-world age verification use casesThe Identity and Access Forum (IAF) has published what it calls the industry’s first comprehensive guide to how standards-based mobile… |
| Apr 25, 2025 | AuthID joins Secure Technology Alliance, Idemia exec named secretaryBiometric identity verification and authentication firm AuthID has announced it has joined the Secure Technology Alliance (STA). The industry association… |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Launch of Alaska Mobile ID brings number of states with mDL to 19Alaska has launched its mobile driver’s license (mDL) program, referred to locally as Mobile ID (mID), bringing the total number… |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Documents aim to lay out use cases, standards for mobile driver’s licensesThe Secure Technology Alliance’s (STA) Identity and Access Forum has released a new resource on mobile driver’s license (mDL) use… |
| Mar 6, 2025 | STA Identity and Payments Summit stars mDLs but looks ahead to post-quantum futureThe Secure Technology Alliance‘s 2025 Identity and Payments Summit was preceded by a unique showcase of mobile driver’s license (mDL)… |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Evolution of fraud demands layered response: AuthenticID, Aware, Daon panelBy now, everyone has received a scam call or a phishing email. Yet amorphous and invisible threat actors – “fraudsters,”… |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Wallets, mDL, biometrics combine to offer a new paradigm for ID and paymentsAs the name of the Secure Technology Alliance’s (STA) Identity and Payments Summit suggests, identity and payments are still mostly… |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Mobile driver’s licenses take center stage at STA’s mDL showcaseOn the surface, mobile driver’s licenses (mDL) are among the simpler technologies on offer in the biometrics and digital identity… |
| Feb 21, 2025 | ID-Pal, Facephi join influential payments, security groupsID-Pal and Facephi have announced new memberships in trade bodies, for payments and security, respectively, while ArcBlock is taking on… |
| Jan 28, 2025 | STA announces new Steering Committee for U.S. Payments Forum, mDL showcase at forumA release from the Secure Technology Alliance (STA) says the U.S. Payments Forum, a cross-industry non-profit organization that works toward… |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Illinois to get mobile driver’s licenses in Apple Wallet by end of 2025Illinois is “working to bring IDs in Apple Wallet to Illinois residents in the future with the goal of launching… |
| Dec 11, 2024 | States encourage acceptance of mobile ID for age assurance, air travelThe U.S. continues to open up to mobile driver’s licenses and other digital identity credentials, as the larger ecosystem of… |
| Nov 14, 2024 | mDLs shift into high gear as legislative roads open upMobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) could soon be the norm in the United States. Experts predict that by the end of… |
| Nov 13, 2024 | Use mDLs for trust and accountability in financial transactions: reportA new white paper from the Secure Technology Alliance’s Identity and Access Forum (IAF) says mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) can… |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Identity and Access Forum releases fall snapshot, highlights digital identity advancesThe Secure Technology Alliance (STA) Identity and Access Forum (IAF), a nonprofit dedicated to advancing secure identification, has released its… |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Digital IDV standards, updated regulation needed to fight sophisticated cybercrimeAs digital payment preferences increase in frequency, a recent study reveals that nearly one in five consumers have fallen victim… |
