The IDnow Blog: Ideas That Build Trust.

In the previous article ‘Why KYC Is No Longer Enough?’, we argued that traditional KYC, however well-executed, is structurally limited […]

For years, the identity verification playbook followed a reassuringly simple script. A customer applies for an account. Documents are checked. A face is matched. A sanctions list is screened. A Know Your Customer (KYC) process is completed. Done.  In a more predictable era, this was enough. Identity was treated as a fixed attribute; something verified once, filed away, and assumed to remain true indefinitely. The onboarding check was both the starting gate and […]

In our previous article ‘From KYC to TYC: What Changes, and Why It Matters’ we established the problem: KYC alone […]

FIBE is one of those events where you arrive with a clear agenda and leave with twice as many things […]

Behind the billions stolen by fraud lies a dark reality: hundreds of thousands of human trafficking victims, enslaved to carry out scams. This article explores how criminal networks recruit and train their forced workforce, and reveals the strategies banks can adopt, from enhanced identity verification to intelligence sharing, to break this cycle and protect their customers.

Behind the billions stolen by fraud lies a dark reality: hundreds of thousands of human trafficking victims, enslaved to carry out scams. This article explores how criminal networks recruit and train their forced workforce, and reveals the strategies banks can adopt, from enhanced identity verification to intelligence sharing, to break this cycle and protect their customers.

Regulations can be complicated, especially when it comes to KYC and digital identity. That doesn’t mean explanations need to be. […]

Discover how Finologee, IDnow and LSEG Risk Intelligence are helping financial institutions build a smarter KYC ecosystem – connecting identity verification, screening and monitoring to accelerate onboarding, strengthen compliance and reduce operational load. Watch the on-demand webinar for key insights and practical takeaways.

Patchwork of regulations are putting huge economic pressures on financial services. Will a more harmonized, pan-European approach to identity verification and AML make operations easier? Or will the associated costs of compliance make it worse? As of June 2025, there were approximately 4,752 bank […]

Digital identity verification should be inclusive, intuitive, and accessible to all, regardless of disability. That’s why, in 2025, we set out to enhance our solutions to comply with […]

The world’s most dangerous criminal organizations don’t look like what you’d expect – they resemble Fortune 500 companies. They are sophisticated, disciplined and scaled to the point of industrialization. In this part of our fraud series, we examine the inner workings of the world’s most pervasive crime: social engineering fraud. We go inside the compounds and their corporate-style departments to reveal the organized machinery that makes them so hard to dismantle. 

speed with security and compliance. We sat down with Christopher Krause, Senior Manager Customer Finance at congstar, to discuss how the company’s partnership with IDnow enables seamless eSIM activations and postpaid sign-ups in seconds through AI-powered identity verification, why digital trust has become as important as price or network speed, and why telcos are uniquely positioned to become anchors of digital identity in the era of EU Digital Wallets and decentralized credentials.