Announced details
Proven capacity to process 3,000 requests per second globally. Reliably handles daily spikes in traffic approximately 3 times the normal level at the start of trading for major domestic online securities firms.
1.5 billion cumulative authentications for LIQUID Auth Passkey (period covered: October 2025 to August 2026). LIQUID eKYC has been adopted by more than 700 companies, and the ELEMENTS Group has processed 150 million cumulative identity verifications.
株式会社 Liquid is a group company of ELEMENTS, Inc. Liquid provides the service.
Based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. Its representative director and president is Hasegawa Keiki (長谷川敬起). Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market. Established in December 2013. Provides personal identity verification solutions using biometric authentication, image analysis and machine-learning technologies, among others.
株式会社 Liquid: 3-9-4 Nihombashihoncho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Nihombashi Life Science Building 6
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
Financial Services Agency, “Partial Revision of the Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc.”
Japan Securities Dealers Association, “Survey Results on Internet Trading”
Japan Securities Dealers Association, “Securities Companies That Have Decided to Make Multifactor Authentication Mandatory”
ITR, “ITR Market View: Identity and Access Management / Personal Authentication Security Market 2026”
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | LIQUID Auth Passkey, LIQUID eKYC, LIQUID Auth Face |
| Counterparty | ELEMENTS, Inc. (Securities code: 5246) |
| Counterparty overview | Based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. Its representative director and president is Hasegawa Keiki (長谷川敬起). Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market. Established in December 2013. Provides personal identity verification solutions using biometric authentication, image analysis and machine-learning technologies, among others. |
| Relationship with the Company | 株式会社 Liquid is a group company of ELEMENTS, Inc. Liquid provides the service. |
| Launch date | Service provision to the securities industry began in 2025 (actual results). |
| Applicable area | Securities industry, Financial industry, including banks and credit unions, E-commerce site, Electronic ticket sales, Web media, Social networking services and gaming |
| Location | 株式会社 Liquid: 3-9-4 Nihombashihoncho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Nihombashi Life Science Building 6 |
| Quantitative Effects | Proven capacity to process 3,000 requests per second globally. Reliably handles daily spikes in traffic approximately 3 times the normal level at the start of trading for major domestic online securities firms. |
| Usage history | 1.5 billion cumulative authentications for LIQUID Auth Passkey (period covered: October 2025 to August 2026). LIQUID eKYC has been adopted by more than 700 companies, and the ELEMENTS Group has processed 150 million cumulative identity verifications. |
| Source | Financial Services Agency, “Partial Revision of the Comprehensive Supervisory Guidelines for Financial Instruments Business Operators, etc.”, Japan Securities Dealers Association, “Survey Results on Internet Trading”, Japan Securities Dealers Association, “Securities Companies That Have Decided to Make Multifactor Authentication Mandatory”, ITR, “ITR Market View: Identity and Access Management / Personal Authentication Security Market 2026” |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The Financial Services Agency revised its supervisory guidelines following harm from securities account takeovers and other incidents, driving the introduction and mandatory adoption of phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, particularly across the securities industry.