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The KYC playbook is breaking.

For years, identity verification followed the same script: upload a document, take a selfie, wait for approval.

But the conditions KYC was designed for no longer exist:

→ Sophisticated fraud has jumped 180% year over year
→ 2% of all fake documents are AI-generated
→ Deepfakes grew 269% YoY in South Africa, 158% in Singapore, 124% in Canada
→ 73% of users have refused to share their ID with a service they didn't trust 

Static, one-time checks can't keep up with fraud that adapts in real time — or with users who increasingly walk away when onboarding feels heavy.

We mapped what's actually changing into a flagship guide. Inside:

• The 5 shifts reshaping identity verification
• How AI is rewriting both attack and defense
• Industry playbooks — fintech, crypto, iGaming, mobility, trading, marketplaces
• What "continuous trust" looks like in practice
• A 10-question self-assessment to score where your KYC stands today

If you're shaping the KYC strategy for the next 12 to 24 months, this guide will help you think clearly about it.

📩 Download the guide → https://sumsub.link/ih5

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The Award recognizes companies shaping the future of the iGaming industry across compliance, payments, technology, and user safety, and we’re proud to be shortlisted among them.

Thanks to everyone supporting us 🖤

And the next generation of fraud is already here, and fighting it requires AI itself.

At Sumsub, AI isn’t just a feature or a trend in our messaging. It’s already embedded into how we detect fraud, automate compliance, and help businesses scale securely.

Our AI models analyze visual, behavioral, and network signals at scale to identify fraud patterns humans simply can’t detect fast enough on their own.

From detecting deepfakes and synthetic identities to automating AML reviews and reducing investigation noise, Sumsub AI Agents help compliance and risk teams move faster, smarter, and with greater accuracy.

At the same time, we believe powerful AI systems must remain explainable, transparent, and human-controlled — especially in regulated industries where accountability matters.

That’s why we combine:
• Autonomous AI for scalable fraud detection
• AI Copilots that accelerate investigations and decision-making
• Human oversight for high-risk and sensitive cases
• Audit-ready explanations and transparent workflows

This is the future of compliance and fraud prevention: AI-powered, explainable, and human-controlled by design.

Explore AI at Sumsub: https://sumsub.link/ihn

We’ve rolled out a new set of features designed to make investigations more structured, scalable, and easier to manage day to day.

Here’s what’s new:

🔹 4-eyes review flows
Build automated multi-step approval processes directly inside Case Management.

🔹 Case Analytics
Track workloads, bottlenecks, review flows, and operational performance in real time.

🔹 Majestic Overview for investigators & managers
A dedicated workspace for investigators and managers to prioritize cases, monitor queues, and spot blockers early.

🔹 Smart prioritization & escalation
Set case priorities, deadlines, SLA rules, and escalation triggers to keep operations moving efficiently.

Less manual coordination, more visibility, and faster decision-making for risk and compliance operations.

Modern compliance operations need infrastructure, not a queue.

Learn more: https://sumsub.link/edm

Sumsub just launched its Partner Hub.

It’s a single partner platform created to support both new and existing partners across the full partnership lifecycle, from onboarding and certification to deal activation and co-marketing.

Most partnerships don’t fall apart because the strategy is wrong. A lot of the time, the real problem is friction: slow onboarding, scattered resources, unclear deal support, or too much back and forth before anything moves.

That’s what the Partner Hub is meant to make easier.

Instead of chasing different resources across different teams, partners get one place to access training, sales materials, deal tools, webinars and co-marketing support.

Makes the whole path from first conversation to deal activation a lot smoother.

There are two partner models available. You can refer clients and earn commission, or resell Sumsub and keep your margin.

So if you’re a platform, consultant, infrastructure company, or any partner working with businesses that need compliance support, this is probably the best place to start.

Request access here:
https://sumsub.typeform.com/to/IRbKWYTS

Billions of people will watch the World Cup, and millions will place bets.

For betting platforms, that kind of volume is great, but it also gives fraudsters a much bigger crowd to hide in.

Sumsub’s latest What the Fraud episode looks at why major tournaments create such a risky window for betting fraud, from bonus abuse and multi-accounting to synthetic identities and coordinated betting groups working across borders.

The episode also gets into why fraud risk increases so quickly during events like the World Cup, how AI and automation are making betting fraud harder to catch, and why operators cannot deal with this alone when the activity spreads across platforms, markets, and jurisdictions.

The guest is Ludovico Calvi, Honorary President of United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports, who has spent decades working in betting operations and sports integrity.

Worth a listen if you work in betting, compliance, fraud prevention, or sports integrity.

Watch the full episode here.

Sumsub just teamed up with r/Chainlink 🤝 to bring privacy-preserving, cross-chain identity to on-chain compliance. Together, we’re enabling users to verify once and reuse their identity securely across multiple blockchain ecosystems, without exposing personal data. Here’s what this means in practice:

• Reusable, privacy-first KYC credentials
• Seamless access across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, and Base
• No need to repeat verification for every new wallet or platform
• Stronger compliance without sacrificing user experience

Powered by Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine (ACE), this partnership introduces a Cross-Chain Identity (CCID) framework — allowing verified claims (like “Age > 18”) to be reused on-chain while keeping sensitive data off-chain.

This is just phase one — more coming soon.

AI is making crypto fraud harder to spot.

Deepfakes, fake identities, wallet scams, phishing, social engineering, on-chain laundering.

It’s all getting faster and harder to detect.

We’re joining MEXC for a YouTube Live to talk about AI-driven crypto fraud, on-chain protection, and whether current defenses are keeping up.

Date: May 5, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM UTC
Topic: AI-driven crypto fraud and on-chain protection
Watch here: https://youtube.com/live/y6kttD5NLWs

Would be cool to hear what people here think:

Are crypto platforms actually ready for AI-powered fraud, or are attackers moving faster than the defenses?