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Banks and corporates face the same key problem online as consumers – reliably overcoming anonymity. Solving this problem causes friction, frustrating consumers and denying revenue to businesses and fi...
Digital payment services are revolutionising e-commerce in the UK – but there are obstacles to overcome before they deliver their full potential. Here we run through the key challenges facing the sect...
The 2022 Qatar World Cup highlighted how the sports industry is increasingly merging with technology. Technology took centre stage, helping officials make critical calls, keeping spectators safe and ...
Over £600 million was stolen by criminals through authorised and unauthorised fraud in the first half of 2022. This is down 13% compared to the same period in 2021. According to the 2022 half year fr...
Back in 2019, the Conservative Party committed to making the UK “the safest place to be in the world online”. Key to this pledge was the protection people from online abuse and children from access to...
UK Finances’ 2021 fraud report revealed a staggering increase in online payment fraud. To tackle this fraud epidemic, we need to focus more on digital identity, argues Martin Wilson, CEO of OneID®. I...
If the government’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill and its plan to bring more transparency and accuracy to company’s ownership is to be effective, it must focus on how digital identity...
Scams on social media platforms like Instagram are soaring. While legislation and awareness campaigns are helpful, a proper process for verifying identities is what’s really needed, argues Martin Wils...
Extra security checks for online purchases will reduce fraud but they could also cause e-commerce chaos for unprepared retailers unless a new frictionless approach to verification is adopted, writes M...
The Online Safety Bill is a landmark piece of legislation designed to lay down in law a set of rules about how online platforms should behave to better protect their customers and users. It aims to:...
The UK government recently announced that Deloitte had won a new £9m contract, having previously won a £4.8m deal, for work on One Login, which largely slipped under the radar. One Login, aims to prov...
Authorised push payment (APP) fraud is currently rampant in the UK. In the first half of 2021, cases rose by a shocking 71% and for the first time overtook card fraud in terms of the amount of money ...