Laura Camplisson, Product & Content Manager, VC Innovations

• What does it mean to have a digital identity in today’s financial landscape?
• How can banks, governments and technology providers come together to create an Identity framework for the future?

• Which entities will act as the guardians of users digital identity – Will responsibility fall to national governments, or will Big Tech take a leading role?
• With heavily regulated data usage, established KYC functions, and higher than average consumer trust, are banks uniquely placed to close the identity gap?

• How can banks on-board/off-board customers both securely and seamlessly, while meeting evolving regulation.
• With a growing demand for remote identity proofing, which new solutions promise to replace physical checks?

• How can we ensure to build Digital Identity which enhances privacy and consent, granting users control over how their personal credentials are shared?
• Will the financial service sector embrace a decentralised ID model?

• Identity systems are increasingly being attacked by fraudsters. Which innovations promise improved detection and prevention of financial crime?
• Can financial institutions make use of insights from beyond the sector such as data held by mobile networks?

• An estimated 1 billion people lack official identity and millions more have forms of ID that cannot be reliably verified, resulting in economic exclusion.
• How can Digital ID play a key role in enabling inclusion and supported underbanked individuals globally?

• Which solutions offer the strongest alternatives to password-based systems – balancing user experience with trust in the security of identity data?
• Ensuring secure verification across the digital economy, including in e-commerce, direct debits and other business transactions.

• Technology alone will not solve the issue of digital identity – the hurdles of governance, borders and business are yet to be overcome.
• Which global standards and principles will foster trust, compatibility and interoperability as we determine the path forward for ID applications?

VC Innovations Team