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A comprehensive guide to KYC in Australia

If you plan to launch or expand financial services in Australia, understanding Australia's evolving Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) requirements is critical. While the country supports innovation, its robust regulatory regime also maintains clear guardrails. Australia’s fintech and financial services markets are among the most regulated in the world with heavy penalties for noncompliance.

A guide to ISO 27566-1: The new standard for age assurance systems

As global regulations requiring age-appropriate access to online content and services expand, organizations face a critical challenge: How do you effectively check a user's age without creating a frustrating experience or compromising their privacy? The International Organization for Standardization (the ISO) has provided a clear answer with its new standard, ISO 27566-1.

MWC Las Vegas 2025 recap: Verified identity is pivotal for trust in communications

As Persona’s telecom lead, I've spent much of my career speaking to communications platform as a service (CPaaS) and network providers about verification and consumer protection in the wireless industry. Sometimes, it felt rare to see the telecom and identity worlds truly intersect at industry events, but at this year’s Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, that intersection was impossible to miss.

Money20/20 2025 recap: Crypto is in its infrastructure era

Money20/20 has always been a window into what's next for money movement, and in 2025, crypto and stablecoins took center stage with a new energy and focus. This year, the discussions for crypto were all about infrastructure, collaboration, and building systems that last. Across sessions, one message kept surfacing: Crypto's future depends on collaboration. During our Money20/20 panel, Lee Bagan from Bridge put it best: "We're not asking if crypto can work within the system anymore.

Persona and Yardstik Join Forces to Deliver the First Truly Integrated Identity Verification and Background Screening Solution

The partnership marks the first time organizations can access both identity verification and background screening through a single integration, helping organizations reduce risk and onboard trustworthy workers faster.

How to check if a company is legitimate: a step-by-step guide

Find out which verification methods to use — and how a KYB tool can streamline the process. Joshua Rodriguez is a product marketing manager at Persona focused on our Graph product and financial institution and public sector verticals. You'll find him around the Bay Area exploring museums with his wife and young daughter. Joshua Rodriguez is a product marketing manager at Persona focused on our Graph product and financial institution and public sector verticals.