The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) has scheduled its first event in Ireland for 2 p.m. local time (8 a.m. eastern) on June 24. The topics of blockchain and identity will be discussed on Zoom. The GBA is an international nonprofit association focused on promoting blockchain… Read More
Persona, a U.S.-based identity infrastructure company offering businesses the building blocks to create a personalized identity verification experience for any use case, announced on Tuesday it secured $50 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Index Ventures with participation from Coatue…. Read More
XTM, a Canada-based fintech that provides mobile banking and payment card solutions, announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with KABN Systems North America to launch KABN Visa card and digital banking solution. According to XTM, users of KABN’s Liquid Avatar platform will have the… Read More
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is set to provide €15 million of growth funding to Germany-based identity verification platform, IDnow. Founded in 2014, IDnow covers a wide range of use cases both in regulated sectors in Europe and for completely new digital business models… Read More
LendingUSA, a U.S.-based fintech lender that provides loans to small businesses ranging from $1000 to $35,000, announced the launch of its instant ID verification feature. According to LendingUSA, the feature will improve identity security for borrowers, and streamlining the entire loan application & funding process… Read More
Onfido, a global identity verification provider, announced on Thursday it has extended its partnership with European challenger bank bunq to offer users with a trusted identity verification onboarding experience. The duo further explained: “Onfido’s identity verification solution enables secure and simple onboarding for bunq users…. Read More
Trulioo, an on-demand global identity verification company, announced on Monday it has expanded its identity verification coverage services to Nigeria and Ghana through GlobalGateway, its marketplace of identity data and services. According to Trulioo, GlobalGateway’s coverage in Nigeria and Ghana will help financial institutions accurately… Read More
IdentityMind Global, a SaaS RegTech platform that builds, maintains and analyzes digital identities worldwide, announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Acuant, a global provider of identity verification solutions, to strengthen digital identity proofing. IdentityMind reported that through the partnership Acuant’s identity… Read More
Civic Technologies, the premier blockchain-powered identity and payment solution provider, announced on Tuesday it has collaborated with BitGo to launch the Civic Wallet in beta, the first consumer digital wallet built on top of BitGo’s multisig technology, which will be released in the fourth quarter. According… Read More
During the ICO (initial coin offering) heyday of 2016 and 2017, no less than 28 “identity protection projects” raised money from investors through ICOs hosted on Ethereum. Token sellers promised to build systems that would allow individuals to control access to identifying information cached about… Read More
It appears that Canada’s financial services sector is making progress on incorporating blockchain tech for identity verification. SecureKey Technologies is out with a note saying their digital identity network, Verified.Me, is now available for use at TD, Scotiabank, RBC, Desjardins, and CIBC. SecureKey says that… Read More
R3, a bespoke distributed ledger technology (DLT) provider that is working with over 100 financial institutions, has formed a partnership with Evernym to apply self-sovereign identity to financial services. R3 seeks to create a standardized financial service focused DLT. R3 was the genesis of frustration amongst banks… Read More
SelfKey, a “self sovereign identity” firm, has just completed a pre-sale of KEY tokens raising $5 million. Now SelfKey is preparing to launch its public Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on December 15th. The token sale has a hard cap of US$21.78 million. The SelfKey white… Read More
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