In February 2026, Entrust, a US-based identity security provider, announced a strategic partnership with Google to develop advanced AI-driven tools for identity verification and fraud monitoring in regulated industries.

This collaboration integrates Entrust’s identity verification platform with Google Cloud’s infrastructure and Gemini AI models to enhance analytics and fraud detection mechanisms.

The partnership focuses on sectors such as financial services and insurance, which are subject to stringent anti-money laundering regulations requiring rigorous customer due diligence processes. According to Entrust, there has been a 40% year-over-year increase in injection attacks during the onboarding of new customers.

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Injection attacks involve fraudsters using manipulated or synthetic identity documents during digital onboarding, exploiting document verification systems by inserting fraudulent data into legitimate templates or employing deepfake-generated credentials.

The Google-Entrust solution will leverage threat intelligence and incident response tools from Google Cloud’s security suite. Organisations can gain insights into the performance of identity verification, fraud patterns, and emerging threats via integrated reporting dashboards.

Financial institutions are bound by regulations like the Bank Secrecy Act in the US, EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives, and Financial Action Task Force guidelines. These require robust customer identification programmes for document verification and information validation.

Entrust competes with peers such as Jumio, IDnow, Trulioo, and Veriff in the identity verification market, while Google Cloud faces competition from Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in offering cloud infrastructure and AI services for enterprise security solutions.

Further specifics on product features and launch dates will be disclosed later in 2026. Both Entrust and Google have yet to specify deployment timelines, pricing plans, or technical details of the integration. The solution is targeted at financial institutions, insurance companies, and other organisations with stringent identity verification needs.