Do rising hacks threaten the future of DeFi?
Tuesday 14 June 2022
With hundreds of billions of dollars of total value locked into the decentralised finance (DeFi) market, this burgeoning sector is rapidly becoming an attractive target for cyber criminals and hackers. According to a CertiK State of DeFi Security Report released earlier this year, more than $1.3 billion was lost across 44 DeFi hacks due to centralisation
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Remote identity verification is shaping the future now
Tuesday 24 May 2022
On 26th April at Future Identity Finance, Laura Camplisson, our Future Identity Portfolio Lead, sat down with Daniel Ferak, DOT Business Unit Director at Innovatrics, to discuss the most exciting trends and technologies shaping the future of identity verification for financial services. Innovatrics are an EU-based provider of trusted biometrics solutions to governments, enterprises, and
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The infrastructure of identity innovation
Tuesday 25 January 2022
Identity today is a key security concern for businesses of all sizes, across all sectors. By going digital with identity, businesses can offer their customers a more compelling experience, and gain a competitive edge. The challenge is to integrate innovative verification and authentication tools into existing architectures, without compromising security. At the Future Identity and
An Interview with Lynne Morrice at Future Identity Festival 2021
Tuesday 30 November 2021
At the Future Identity and Fintech Talents festival on November 15th & 16th, we caught up with Lynne Morrice, iProov’s VP of Global Product Marketing. iProov are a global company providing secure verification for online users. Lynne told us what she thinks are the most significant trends shaping the future of identity in the financial
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Navigating the new normal with digital identity proofing
Monday 23 August 2021
Know-your-customer (KYC) checks have long been associated with high levels of customer friction. Traditionally, these assessments were largely carried out by financial institutions, conducting due diligence to safeguard against financial crime. Creating a seamless customer journey was not a priority in the design of legacy identity proofing systems. Until recently, customers looking to open up a bank account would expect to take paper-based documents into
- Published in Identity, Innovation, Regulations, Security
Goldman Sach’s CEO to DJ at Fintech Talents Festival (that is a lie) – FTT Bookmark Issue 20
Tuesday 15 June 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and fintech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around fintech. Our job at Fintech Talents is
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Decentralised identity in banking – The chicken and the egg, or the hare and the tortoise?
Tuesday 15 June 2021
Designing digital identity to meet high levels of trust, while ensuring credentials are interoperable, portable and protect the holder’s personal data, is no easy task. Customers are becoming more and more aware of their online identities, they want security, data privacy and control. On many occasions, when verifying your identity online you are really verifying
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Goodbyes, regional firsts and flying taxis! – FTT Bookmark issue 9
Tuesday 23 March 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and FinTech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around FinTech. Our job at FinTech Talents is
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Digital Identity: The Missing Piece of the FinTech Puzzle?
Tuesday 26 January 2021
In today’s increasingly digital, experience-driven financial landscape, one of the major challenges facing any financial institution is how to be certain of a customer’s identity. Accurately, securely and seamlessly, while meeting evolving regulation. As transactions grow in volume and complexity, customers expect ever more streamlined experiences, regulators demand greater insights, and the risk of identity
Fighting Back Against Digital Identity Fraud
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, instances of digital identity fraud and theft were increasing at an alarming rate. Experian’s Global Identity and Fraud report, launched in January 2020, found that 3 in 5 businesses had reported an increase in fraud incidents over the past 12 months. In the UK, fraud prevention service Cifas
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