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Equifax biometric cloud digital identity service joins online trust struggle
Equifax is joining the digital-identity-as-a-service market with a new biometric offering, and has unveiled a partnership with Bonifii to carry out…
| Oct 19, 2021 | Yoti seeks accreditation as private digital ID provider from Australian governmentYoti has received approval to begin the process for accreditation to enable Australians to carry out digital identity transactions and… |
| Oct 14, 2021 | Yoti says no biometric data in age estimation tech, takes issue with UK ICO opinionSome of the opinions about age estimation expressed by a UK regulator do not apply to Yoti’s facial age estimation… |
| Sep 13, 2021 | UK Post Office-Yoti biometrics tie-up allows users to buy ‘regulated crypto’ via SwarmThe latest functionality for holders of the UK Post Office’s digital ID app EasyID is proving their identity for putting… |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Privacy protections of digital health passes in focus with Quebec questions, Yoti endorsementYoti contributed to the Good Health Pass Collaborative’s Interoperability Blueprint to ensure the protection of principles around privacy, security and user… |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Can UK’s proposed age checks for social media work without biometrics?Social media companies and “tech giants” may voluntarily make age verification compulsory via physical credentials to prevent children encountering harmful… |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Vouched secures $4.5M for selfie biometrics in hot remote onboarding marketSteadily rising demand for remote onboarding and compliance with know your customer and anti money-laundering regulations has led to a… |
| Aug 24, 2021 | UK Post Office moves into digital ID space with biometric app developed by Yoti10,500 of the 11,500 Post Office branches across the UK now allow people to pick up parcels using the biometric… |
| Aug 10, 2021 | ‘Byzantine’ to ‘inclusive’: status update on UK digital IDThe good, the bad and the puzzling elements of the UK’s digital ID project and landscape were discussed by a… |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Scope of remote biometrics and identity verification deployments continues to widenRemote digital identity verification is being implemented outside of the traditional markets like consumer financial services and the sharing economy,… |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Digital health passes advance through testing as air traffic gradually recoversDigital health passes, including ones utilizing biometric identity verification technology from Yoti and Evernym, are advancing through various stages of… |
| Jul 29, 2021 | Digital ID technologies to extend KYC launched, funded, reach new use cases and grow revenueDigital ID and know your customer (KYC) solution providers are bringing new technologies to market, in the case of Socure… |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Failures in digital ID: Yoti Fellows on South Africa, Argentina, IndiaThe first three Digital Identity Fellows from a fellowship scheme launched in 2019 by Yoti have submitted their final reports,… |
| Jul 20, 2021 | UK plans to make digital ID ‘as trusted as passports’The British government is planning a governing body charged with making digital identities “as trusted as passports” by augmenting their… |
| Jul 20, 2021 | Data privacy, security concerns as corporate providers step into US health pass vacuumAirlines and non-governmental bodies are developing digital health passes to allow travel in the U.S. in the absence of a… |
| Jul 6, 2021 | Yoti, Pass provide biometrics for COVID test result apps as digital health pass issuance ramps upIndia is planning to allow other nations to use its CoWIN platform for digital health passes and COVID track-and-trace applications,… |
| Jun 28, 2021 | Selfie biometrics top digital onboarding methods for younger peopleDigital onboarding with selfie biometrics and ID documents is a favored method of younger people, according to research from Onfido,… |
| Jun 28, 2021 | Belgium launches digital health pass with Zetes trust servicesBelgium has launched its Digital COVID Certificate (DCC), with digital trust services provided by ZetesConfidens, Zetes’ digital transaction security business… |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Digital ID providers extend technology to support compliance with financial regulationsSeveral digital identity technology providers have reached new agreements to extend their software and services to help businesses meet financial… |
| Jun 23, 2021 | Age verification protecting children online is OK, but too little for most in UKAn app, called Report Remove, has been launched in the UK that enables children to report nude photographs of themselves… |
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Any online voting system requires robust digital identity
This is a guest post by Tshepo Magoma, a Yoti Digital Identity Fellow. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted citizens to worry about whether…
