No one likes passwords. An average person has more than 100 passwords to manage, often making it difficult and frustrating to complete even the simplest online transactions. Enter MiPass from Mitek, a passwordless identity authentication solution that makes digital account access effortless and secure for customers, using two features that are uniquely theirs: voice and face.

Recent technology advances have proven to be a double-edged sword. AI algorithms help with everything from cancer screenings to wildlife conservation. Yet, the same tools that enable positive life-changing experiences can also provide fraudsters new tools and capabilities. For example, the methods used for identity theft are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Malicious actors can combine personally

The high cost of cheap biometrics Banks and financial institutions are spoilt for choice when it comes to selecting a vendor in the remote identity verification industry. Once dominated by a handful of established firms, the sector has rapidly grown as a direct result of the pandemic increasing demand for a range of digital services.

At the Future Identity and Fintech Talents Festival 2021, we were delighted to be joined by John Wunderlich, who travelled all the way from Canada to give a in-depth presentation on the development of the Mobile Driving Licence in North America. A privacy and identity expert, John is also chair of the Mobile Driving Licences

At the Future Identity and Fintech Talents festival 2021 we caught up with Nick Mothershaw, Chief Identity strategist at the Open Identity Exchange. Open Identity Exchange is a non-profit members organisation, with a vision for individuals to have trusted and reusable digital identities, to prove who they are and what they are entitled to do.

How do businesses ensure that good customers have the most frictionless online authentication journey possible? How do businesses also ensure they are combatting fraud as much as possible? These are the questions Louise Maynard Atem, Research Lead at Women in Identity, sets out when introducing the panel discussion on ‘Better, Faster, Stronger Authentication’ at the

The Future Identity festival will take to the stage at The Brewery, London, on November 15th & 16th. In preparation for the event we caught up with Matt Wilson, Senior Enterprise Account Executive at festival sponsor, Ekata. Matt explored some of the reasons why we are seeing an increase in synthetic identity and account takeover fraud.

In the spirit of Halloween, here’s the spooky tale of the deepfakes capable of raising the dead… OK, maybe not literally. But, using deepfake technology, a company called MyHeritage allows visitors to upload a photograph of deceased family members, which can then be animated into video. The company says that it’s intended “for nostalgic use…to bring

Fighting money laundering with face biometric verification The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote an open letter in May 2021, to retail banking chief executives in the UK. It raised concerns surrounding weak financial crime controls and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance in the sector. UK retail banks were mandated to analyze, identify, and resolve issues around “common control