Tagged: digital onboarding

July 24, 2021 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AuthenticID recently announced a $100 million minority growth investment that has been led by Long Ridge Investment The investment will be directed towards supporting AuthenticID’s ongoing innovation in automated identity proofing as well as the firm’s market expansion efforts. AuthenticID, an established provider of Identity… Read More

June 22, 2021 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, Europe’s Open Banking platform, reveals that it has launched a new approach to account ownership checks with its Verification API. As noted in the announcement from TrueLayer, the Verification API will be leveraging Open Banking along with with machine learning algorithms. This should help… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ezbob Ltd., a customer acquisition technology provider for financial services, has launched a new modular software-as-a-service or SaaS platform that addresses key trends in the financial services industry. The firm’s Ezbob Express aims to focus on providing financial services companies with the flexibility of filling… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UnifyID has announced that they’re teaming up with Prove. The UnifyID team notes that ever since they began offering services, they knew or realized that they were only addressing a relatively small piece of the identity problem. They also mentioned that they… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HeyTrade, a full-stack investing platform, is teaming up with Veriff, the international ID  verification solution provider ensuring both compliance and the highest level of security. The application makes the process between sign-up and investing simple and fast while Veriff adds on another layer of security… Read More

May 23, 2021 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 800,000 residents in the Philippines have reportedly signed up with the nation’s Identification System (PhilSys) through digital or online registration. This, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). As reported by Fintech News Philippines, the nation’s government has been asking locals to… Read More

April 22, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Survey results shared by Duff & Phelps, A Kroll Business on Tuesday (April 21, 2021) revealed that 81% of respondents either agreed or strongly agreed with the idea that digital IDs may improve our ability to combat financial crime across the financial services sector. Duff… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Juniper Research recently published a report titled, “The Role of Regtech in a Post-Pandemic World.” Juniper Research notes that during the past few years, the concept of Regtech or regulatory technology has taken on a lot of importance within the financial services sector and in… Read More

January 24, 2021 @ 8:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GBG, a global identity data intelligence provider for businesses, has reportedly launched a dedicated Intelligence Center. The Center is meant for organizations to better or more accurately validate, verify and assess user profiles, behaviors, and the intent of individuals and entities across branch, web, mobile,… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 7:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Signicat, the trusted digital identity firm, has shared new research which reveals that 63% of European consumers have abandoned financial applications during the past year. Signicat’s survey was carried out in May and June 2020 which was during the Europe-wide COVID-19 lockdowns or restrictions. The… Read More

August 31, 2020 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital challengers such as neobanks and various other Fintech service providers are beginning to transform many traditional business activities through the digitalization of many different services that previously required laborious manual processes (like accounting). Customer or user experience (UX) has become a key differentiator when… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 12:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Poland’s mPay has teamed up with iDenfy to use its biometric facial recognition software, (selfie) liveness detection, and ID verification tech, in order to take care of its Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance checks for processing mobile payments. The mPay app allows users to conduct… Read More

August 2, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore based DBS Bank Ltd, (SGX: D05), a multinational banking and financial services corporation with over $330 billion in assets, has teamed up with the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) to test out the SingPass face verification technology system. DBS Bank aims to attract… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Around 40% of European consumers responding to a survey claim that they’ve not been able to access new financial services because of lockdown measures enforced after the COVID-19 outbreak. These consumers also said they’re unable to access digital platforms, which is why they can’t use… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Negara Malaysia, the nation’s central bank, released a policy document on July 1, 2020, that covers electronic or digital know-your-customer (e-KYC) requirements. The document is an update to the reserve bank’s earlier exposure draft from December 2019. The new policy went into effect immediately… Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Lanistar, an alternative financial services provider, has reportedly chosen Jumio’s biometric ID verification technology to complete its customer onboarding process. Lanistar is planning to use Jumio’s software when it launches a polymorphic debit card later this year. The digital ID verification solution will… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The deVere Group, a global financial consultancy providing advice to expatriate clients and investors, has introduced a customer onboarding verification app. The company’s Ident Me app aims to offer a secure identity verification system, which could serve as an alternative to traditional customer onboarding solutions…. Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

First Foundation Inc. (NASDAQ: FFWM), a company that provides banking, real estate financing, wealth management and trust services, has announced that it’s expanding its digital bank. First Foundation confirmed that it will work with Digital Onboarding (the company) as its “go-to digital client engagement and… Read More

February 3, 2020 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, an established provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced end-to-end identity verification and authentication services, has teamed up with CIMB Bank Philippines’ all-digital bank to offer a convenient and user-friendly digital onboarding solution to Filipinos. Having completed its first full year of business operations, CIMB Bank… Read More