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Wink and Vouched partner to deliver biometric proof of personhood for agentic commerce. PR Newswire Today at 6:31am PDT Integration brings Wink's multi-modal biometric authentication and scoped credential binding into Vouched's Know Your Agent workflow, enabling verifiable human intent and payment authorization for AI agent-driven transactions PLANO, Texas, March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Wink, the AI-powered biometrics as a service open payments platform, and Vouched, a leader in digital identity verification (IDV) and Know Your Agent (KYA) infrastructure, today announced a strategic integration that embeds Wink's proof-of-personhood technology directly into Vouched's agent creation and authorization workflow. The integration establishes a verifiable, biometrically anchored chain of human consent for AI agent-driven transactions - addressing one of the most critical unsolved challenges in agentic commerce. "Know Your Agent is the next frontier of digital identity. Wink's biometric depth transforms KYA from agent-level authorization into human-anchored authorization. That distinction is everything," said Peter Horadan, CEO of Vouched. As AI agents become capable of booking travel, making purchases, managing accounts, and executing financial transfers autonomously on behalf of consumers, the identity frameworks built for human-to-system authentication are proving structurally insufficient. Traditional proof-of-ownership mechanisms - OTPs, passkeys, hardware tokens - confirm that a credential was used. They cannot confirm that a living, consenting human authorized the action. The gap exposes enterprises to agent hijacking, unauthorized transactions, prompt injection fraud, and growing regulatory scrutiny over who is accountable when an agent acts. Through the Wink and Vouched integration, when a user creates or activates an AI agent inside Vouched's workflow, Wink's multi-modal biometric authentication, including real-time liveness detection across face, palm, and voice, is invoked to confirm the identity and intent of the authorizing human. At the moment of authorization, Wink's platform queries the user's biometric profile to retrieve bound credentials and surface them in the agent's authorization context. These can include payment tokens pre-scoped to a specific merchant and transaction amount, government-verified identity, loyalty accounts, and membership status - giving the agent exactly the financial authority its user intended, and nothing more. The entire authorization event is logged with biometric, behavioral, and intent signals, creating a tamper-evident audit trail that propagates through multi-agent architectures - providing the compliance and fraud evidence that enterprises and regulators will increasingly require as agentic commerce scales. "Know Your Agent is the next frontier of digital identity. Wink's biometric depth transforms KYA from agent-level authorization into human-anchored authorization. That distinction is everything," said Peter Horadan, CEO of Vouched. "Agentic commerce is the new frontier of checkout - and it needs a new frontier of trust," said Amitaabh Malhotra, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Wink. "Our partnership with Vouched means every agent action can be anchored to a verified human, with the credentials and scoped payment authorization to match. This is what Know Your Agent actually requires." A key element of the integration is scoped payment authorization. Rather than granting an agent broad access to a payment method, Wink's credential binding model allows users to authorize a specific payment token at the moment of agent creation - bounded by merchant, amount, and use case. This is the difference between giving an agent a credit card and giving an agent a signed, parameterized payment authorization. Wink and Vouched are making that precision a first-class, native capability of agentic commerce infrastructure. The integration is available to enterprise customers and development partners today. Merchants, platforms, and enterprises interested in deploying human-authorized agentic commerce capabilities are invited to contact Wink or Vouched to arrange a demonstration. ABOUT WINK Wink connects commerce with identity as the industry's first multi-factor biometric and AI platform, combining face, palm, voice, and device recognition to help businesses securely and instantly recognize customers across every channel. Built for privacy and security, Wink's biometric technology enables faster checkout, reduced fraud, and more personalized experiences without reliance on passwords, cards, or devices. In 2025, Wink was recognized by Javelin Strategy & Research as Best in Class for Biometrics-as-a-Service, reflecting its role in advancing biometric payments and authentication. In addition to the industry-leading Biometric platform, Wink also operates a fully PCI Level 1 and SOC2 compliant Payment Gateway and Network business which has been adopted by top-tier ISOs and Fintechs, performing hundreds of millions of transactions every year. Learn more at www.wink.cloud ABOUT VOUCHED Vouched is a leading digital identity verification platform serving healthcare, financial services, automotive, and agentic AI verticals. Vouched is the creator of the Know Your Agent (KYA) framework and the MCP-I open specification for agentic identity, donated to the Decentralized Identity Foundation. Vouched verifies identities in under 10 seconds with 99% accuracy, using 20+ proprietary fraud models and 98% global ID coverage. Vouched is ranked No. 2 on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a 2025 FinTech Breakthrough Award winner for Best Identity Verification Solution, and a 2025 Inc. 5000 honoree. For more information, visit vouched.id. Media Contact SOURCE Wink This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact PR Newswire directly.

Vouched wins "Identity Verification Solution of the Year" Designation in 2026 FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program. Prestigious Annual Awards Program Celebrates a Decade of Recognizing the World's Most Innovative Financial Technology Companies SEATTLE-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Vouched, the leading provider of identity verification solutions, today announced that it has been selected as winner of the "Identity Verification Solution of the Year" award in the 10th annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by FinTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global FinTech market today. This follows Vouched's "Best Identity Verification Solution" award win in 2025 and underscores the company's accelerating momentum and technological leadership. Vouched's AI-powered identity verification (IDV) solution applies multiple AI models and robust data checks simultaneously, enabling financial services institutions to onboard legitimate customers while blocking fraudulent activities in real-time. With Enhanced ID Capture and Extraction, live video is utilized for accuracy, and customizable risk models adjust verification thresholds for unique use cases. The Identity Proofing and Corroboration feature verifies identities across diverse user groups and maintains compliance with KYC and AML regulations. "Winning this award two years running validates the innovation our team is driving," said Peter Horadan, CEO of Vouched. "The identity landscape is transforming - from Mobile Driver's Licenses to AI agents acting on behalf of people online. Vouched is building the trust infrastructure for this new era, and we're proud to be recognized leading that charge." Since its 2025 award, Vouched has expanded into agentic identity with its Know Your Agent (KYA) suite and Agent Checkpoint, a full platform for AI agent identification and permissioning for website operators, with Agent Detect providing real-time AI agent detection, while Agent Govern enables agent permissioning via MCP-Identity (MCP-I). The suite also includes KnowThat.ai, a community-driven agent trust directory. Together, these tools enable organizations to detect, govern, and build trust with AI agents operating on their platforms. "Vouched's AI-powered IDV helps financial services companies mitigate fraud, ensure compliance, and deliver seamless user experiences," said Steve Johansson, Managing Director, FinTech Breakthrough. "Vouched delivers next-generation visual identity verification that combines cutting-edge AI with biometric intelligence, all designed to stop fraud before it starts, while keeping the user experience fast and intuitive. Congratulations on winning 'Identity Verification Solution of the Year.'" The FinTech Breakthrough Awards is the premier awards program founded to recognize the FinTech innovators, leaders and visionaries from around the world in a wide range of categories, including Digital Banking, Personal Finance, Cryptocurrencies, Lending, Payments, Investments, RegTech, InsurTech and more. The 2026 program represents a milestone year, reflecting a decade of spotlighting the companies driving measurable innovation across the global financial technology ecosystem. About Vouched Vouched is pioneering the future of identity verification by delivering technology that quickly and securely validates the identities of both AI agents and humans. The recognized leader in identity verification for healthcare, Vouched has expanded its capabilities across financial services, automotive, and other industries. 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