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Our Veriff Deepfakes Report 2026 reveals a pretty humbling reality check for human perception. While half of all consumers are entirely certain they can easily identify manipulated media, actual testing shows human accuracy lands directly at pure chance. That's the exact mathematical equivalent of flipping a coin. In fact, a staggering 70% of respondents in our research misidentified a highly sophisticated synthetic video as an authentic human face. This massive gap between personal confidence and actual competence is exactly where fraud syndicates thrive. When people believe they cannot be fooled, they stop looking for warning signs entirely. Relying on human eyes or manual moderation to secure your platform is an expired defense strategy. As our Fraud Platform Lead, Iryna Bondar-Mucci, emphasizes, the deepfake arms race is an AI problem that requires an AI solution. True organizational defense requires automated, biometric verification capable of intercepting synthetic media at the exact point of capture. Are you ready to test your own eyes? Take our two-minute quiz to see how you score, and download the full report to evaluate your platform's defense metrics: veriff.com/deepfakes-quiz

The lone scammer hiding behind a stolen picture is officially a myth. Today, catfishing is a highly organized, billion-dollar financial crime disguised as romance. Organized fraud rings now operate like rogue tech startups; they deploy fraud-as-a-service toolkits and real-time deepfake masking to infiltrate platforms at scale. For a dating app, this sophisticated threat model entirely destroys user confidence. Expecting someone looking for a genuine connection to spot a flawless deepfake is completely unreasonable. Outsourcing vigilance to your users is an expired defense strategy. Platforms must shift toward automated verification at registration to guarantee that a real person is actually on the other side of the screen. Read our latest blog to discover how we are turning identity verification into a premium safety feature that earns long-term loyalty: veriff.com/fraud/beyond-c…

It turns out that a teenager typing "1995" into a sign-up box is no longer just a harmless user hack. Today, it's a legitimate operational hazard that can land a platform's executive team in a criminal investigation. In this snippet from our recent Age Assurance in Practice webinar, Dr. Chris Allgrove explains how the era of polite regulatory warnings has officially ended. Global authorities have completely lost patience with the internet honor system, replacing it with an aggressive enforcement framework that carries severe penalties. We're talking about total service blocks in key markets like the UK alongside corporate fines that can easily wipe out £18 million or 10% of global revenue. The numbers prove that this is not an empty threat. With 90 active investigations and six major fines issued since February alone, regulators are aggressively auditing online platforms to ensure younger users are genuinely protected. If you want to make sure your compliance architecture can actually survive a regulatory audit, drop us a DM and we will send you the link to watch the full conversation.

Transforming an early entrepreneurial vision into a global infrastructure for internet safety is a rare achievement. Last night at the Gen-E 2026 European Entrepreneurship Festival in Riga, our Founder and CEO @KaarelKotkas was officially recognized as a 2026 FERD's List honouree by @JA_Europe. This prestigious initiative celebrates outstanding Junior Achievement alumni who have translated their early student experiences into impactful, purpose-driven ventures. From his days as a young student entrepreneur to leading Veriff today, Kaarel has remained focused on a singular mission: building a safer internet through trusted digital identity. Giving young people the opportunity to practice business early actively shapes entire industries. We're incredibly proud to see Kaarel celebrated alongside a brilliant cohort of global founders who are advancing renewable energy, biotechnology, and sustainable logistics. 👏 Congratulations to Kaarel and all of the 2026 FERD's List changemakers!

We're thrilled to partner with @JoyrideCity to prove that frictionless onboarding and public safety are no longer competing priorities. Micromobility operators face a massive operational challenge. You must get legitimate riders moving in seconds while simultaneously blocking fake identities and invalid driver's licenses. By embedding our automated verification directly into the Joyride platform, operators can instantly validate credentials, confirm age eligibility, and stop repeat offenders before they ever unlock a vehicle. Visit our website to read the full story and discover how we're building the future of trusted mobility, together.

When digitally presented media is suddenly three times more likely to be AI-generated or altered than it was last year, the static document check is no longer a safety baseline, it's a corporate liability. Fraudsters are intentionally targeting the API seams of legacy, point-in-time systems, using highly engineered synthetic profiles to clear initial gates effortlessly. The threat does not stop at onboarding. Once these synthetic or compromised profiles go live, they feed rampant account pooling and sharing networks. Unvetted third parties operate under a verified identity, creating an unsustainable drag on your unit economics and exposing your marketplace to severe regulatory penalties. Static checkpoints cannot address a threat that is continuous by nature. Security demands a permanent shift to automated lifecycle trust infrastructure. Our Future of Mobility Report 2026 quantifies the true operational cost of these advanced vectors and outlines the architecture required to intercept deepfakes at the exact point of capture. 👇 Download the full report (DM us for the link) to evaluate your current defense metrics.

⚠️ The cost of falling behind in the AI era is no longer minor inefficiency. It's the collapse of core government functions. During the last digital transformation, governments were consistently five to ten years behind the curve. The result was mostly minor inefficiencies and a few lost percentage points of GDP. The stakes in the AI era are entirely different. In this clip from the latest episode of our Veriff Voices Deepfakes Series, AI policy expert Luukas Ilves issues a stark warning. The cost of the public sector lagging behind generative AI will be devastating. We're no longer talking about simple user friction. We're looking at systemic failure for nations that fail to keep up. The timeline for adaptation is shrinking. The urgency is measured in years, not decades. If you assume your business or public institution will not fundamentally change over the next ten years, you are already in serious trouble. Watch Luukas break down the macroeconomic reality below. 👉 Listen to the complete conversation between Luukas Ilves and our CTO Hubert Behaghel wherever you get your podcasts.

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Your fraud team might feel confident they can spot AI-generated content. Statistically, their accuracy is no better than a coin flip. Our latest Deepfakes Report reveals the most dangerous dynamic in modern fraud: overconfidence. We tested 3,000 adults across three global markets. While half believed they could easily identify synthetic media, their actual detection scores were indistinguishable from random guessing. Fraudsters know exactly how to bypass human detection. People are still looking for unnatural skin textures or robotic movements. Modern generative AI has already eliminated those flaws. When shown a side-by-side comparison in our study, 70% of respondents misidentified the AI-generated video as authentic footage. We put our own team to the test to show exactly how difficult visual verification has become. If your onboarding flow relies on manual review, you're inheriting a massive vulnerability. Defeating generative AI requires an automated defense that looks beyond what the human eye can process. 👉 DM us to get the full report and the quiz link.

🦹‍♂️ Hackers no longer break in, they log in. You just spent half a million dollars on zero-trust architecture. A teenager with a spoofed phone number and a fake cough just bypassed it in four minutes. July marks the start of Ransomware Awareness Month, which means we need to stop pretending this is strictly a malware problem. It is fundamentally an identity problem. Bad actors know the softest spot in your armor is usually the helpdesk, relying on human empathy and manufactured urgency to completely bypass your technical controls. All the network encryption in the world means absolutely nothing if someone can simply call IT, claim they lost their phone, and talk their way into a password reset. Identity verification shuts down that vulnerability. When you demand an automated biometric check for high-risk account recoveries, social engineering hits a wall because you simply cannot sweet-talk a liveness check. Where is the weakest link in your digital front door right now?

"There are a lot of people who are otherwise very security conscious who are practicing the sort of technical equivalent of very unsafe sex right now when they let agents on their machine go out and do things." 👀 AI policy expert Luukas Ilves doesn't hold back in the latest episode of our deepfakes podcast series. While most organizations are rushing to deploy autonomous AI agents to increase productivity, very few are considering the massive security vulnerabilities they introduce. As Luukas explains, cyber-aware humans know not to download random files from sketchy domains. Your AI agent, however, will do exactly that if instructed to gather research, leaving your entire system completely exposed to malicious injection attacks. In this episode, Luukas sits down with host, Anisah Osman Britton and our CTO Hubert Behaghel to explore how the rise of autonomous agents forces a complete rethinking of digital security. When bots and humans share the same platforms, identity verification ceases to be a gatekeeper for users. It becomes the absolute foundation for tracking accountability and legitimacy across every single interaction. Watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=K674FL… 🔗

🤳 A static selfie cannot tell you if an identity check is being forced or faked. To stop modern fraud rings, you need to see exactly what is happening on the other side of the screen. We're proud to share that G2 just named Veriff the top platform for fraud prevention, specifically highlighting our video-powered verification. The recent G2 analysis reflects what our customers experience daily. Our video-first architecture adds a critical layer of security that static document scanning simply cannot match. Verified reviews from compliance and security teams emphasize how this approach stops sophisticated AI and synthetic fraud at the door while maintaining a frictionless user experience. Thank you to the customers trusting Veriff to secure their digital borders. If you are ready to upgrade your identity infrastructure, let’s talk. 👉 DM us to book a personalized demo.

📢 FINAL CALL: WE'RE GOING LIVE IN 3 HOURS! 📢 Regulators have made it clear that legacy age checkboxes are officially a compliance liability. Join us today for Age Assurance in Practice with Rasdeep Kaur, Raul Liive, and Dr. Chris Allgrove (Ingenium Biometric Laboratories). We're breaking down exactly what global mandates require from your tech stack and how to implement secure age verification without tanking your conversion rates. Reminder: Live attendees unlock an exclusive, one-on-one consultation with our compliance experts. Secure your spot before we start: veriff.com/events/webinar… 👈 See you soon!

There's a lot in the news right now about under-16 social media bans. While age gates dominate headlines, we asked our team about another massive trust and safety challenge: how concerned are you about the impact of deepfakes on social media platforms? The verdict is clear. When synthetic media becomes indistinguishable from reality, digital trust collapses. If users assume everything on their feeds is fake, the entire platform suffers. Relying on human eyes to spot deepfakes is a liability. Platforms need automated, multi-layered AI defenses to block them at scale. Watch the clip below for the team's take. 👉 Download our Deepfakes Report to see the solution (DM us to get a free copy).

"Are you 18? Click yes." Regulators like Ofcom have made it clear that legacy checkboxes are officially non-compliant. Join us live on June 24th for Age Assurance in Practice to unlock an exclusive bonus: a free, one-on-one consultation with our compliance experts, available only for live attendees. Veriff’s Rasdeep Kaur and Raul Liive will be joined by Dr. Chris Allgrove, co-editor of the international standard for biometric liveness, to break down what global mandates require from your tech stack, how to protect young users without destroying onboarding conversion, and what a compliant implementation looks like in practice. Watch the clip below for a quick preview from Ras, then click the link below to reserve your spot. See you there!👇 veriff.com/events/webinar…

A clean background check on day one means absolutely nothing if the account is rented out on day two. For mobility and delivery platforms, relying on point-in-time identity verification is eroding unit economics. High onboarding friction pushes legitimate drivers away, while fraudsters easily bypass static gates using rented accounts and AI-generated deepfakes. Our brand new report quantifies why legacy verification is broken. With AI-altered media up 300% and account pooling rampant, the solution is architectural. Platforms must move beyond one-time checks and adopt continuous, lifecycle-wide trust infrastructure to protect both sides of their marketplace. 👉 Download the full report for unit economics breakdowns and customer case studies: veriff.com/resources/eboo…

If 1 in 25 people walking onto a casino floor were using a stolen identity, the house would change the rules overnight. On digital platforms, that's just the daily baseline. Day two of @Identiverse 2026 is nearly underway at Mandalay Bay. The platforms handling the most economic activity online share a unique structural reality. They have two distinct identity surfaces to protect: buyers and sellers, riders and drivers, lenders and borrowers. When 4.18% of global verifications are fraudulent and AI-altered media is up 300% year-over-year, protecting just one side is a losing bet. At 2:35 PM today, Veriff’s Director of Product, Raul Liive, is taking the stage to break down the exact architecture required to manage this high-stakes environment. He will walk through a three-layer defensive framework designed to secure all seven stages of the dual-sided trust lifecycle, backed by real data from global production deployments. If you are trying to scale a marketplace or fintech platform without letting fraud destroy your onboarding momentum, make sure this session is on your afternoon schedule. Where to find us today: 📍Raul’s session: Scaling Dual-Sided Trust at 2:35 PM in room Breakers H 📍The Veriff booth: come meet the team on the ground to talk about deepfakes, architecture, and secure conversion. See you there! 🎲

How do you verify the age of a user who isn't old enough to have a driver's license? As regulators crack down on legacy age gates, platforms are stepping up their identity checks. This creates a massive operational headache when onboarding minors or verifying guardian relationships. If you require a photo ID, you block an entire demographic. If you accept civil documents like birth certificates, you usually end up with a massive, expensive manual review bottleneck. For teams building onboarding and compliance flows: what's the hardest part about verifying youth accounts right now?👇 Vote below and let us know in the comments. 🚨We just published a deep dive on how intelligent document automation is finally solving the birth certificate issue: veriff.com/identity-verif…

The debate over whether AI will transform fintech is officially over. The only question left is who can operationalize it the fastest? Yesterday at FinSummit, hosted by ABFintechs, Veriff’s Andrea Rozenberg took the stage to break down what happens after the initial AI hype fades. While organizations are already seeing real productivity gains, many are hitting a wall trying to move from experimentation to sustainable, long-term value. Nowhere is this tension more obvious than in fraud prevention. AI is actively lowering the barrier to entry for bad actors, spawning sophisticated new threat vectors by the day. But simultaneously, it's giving platforms the exact tools they need to analyze risk signals at an unprecedented scale. The arms race isn't about the technology itself anymore, it's about agility. The organizations that win will be the ones that learn, adapt, and deploy these capabilities fast enough to stay ahead of threats, rather than just reacting to them. A huge thank you to ABFintechs and the fellow panelists for such a sharp, forward-looking discussion! 👏

Regulators and vendors are currently using the exact same words to mean completely different things. When authorities demand "highly effective" or "technically accurate" age assurance, they aren't talking about the basic age gates most platforms have relied on for years. That translation gap is exactly where massive compliance risk lives. With the UK Online Safety Act, the EU DSA, and 30+ US state laws actively being enforced, the question is no longer whether age assurance regulations apply to your platform; the question is whether your current setup can actually survive an audit. On Tuesday, June 24, we're bringing in the expert to clear this up. Join us for a live session with Chris Allgrove, co-editor of the international biometric liveness standard referenced by regulators themselves, alongside Veriff’s Rasdeep Kaur and Raul Liive. They'll be breaking down: 👉 What a compliant age assurance implementation actually needs to demonstrate to a regulator. 👉 How to navigate the overlapping rules across the UK, EU, and US. 👉 How to build secure workflows that satisfy the law without destroying your onboarding conversion rates. Stop guessing what the regulatory bar looks like. Come hear it directly from the experts. 👇 Save your seat for the live session here: veriff.com/events/webinar…