{
  "id": 16258790,
  "title": "Major Banks Rush to End ID Photo Checks Online Amid Leaks, Aiming to Go into Effect Ahead of New Regulations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/major-banks-rush-to-end-id-photo-checks-online-amid-leaks-aiming-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T21:00:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/business/companies/20261024-355217/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In response to a spate of personal data leaks from cyberattacks, major financial institutions have started working ahead of schedule to end the practice of verifying customer identities online via photo uploads of driver’s licenses and other IDs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}