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Verisec and Tieto team-up for digital ID service

Tieto and Swedish digital security company Verisec have entered into an agreement to collaborate on e-identification for the public sector.

11 April 2017

News/Digital certification

MyBank completes pilot transaction for digital ID service

A digital authentication service has completed its first transaction at the EBAday event in Milan.

07 June 2016

Company update/Digital certification

IdenTrust to speak on identity and security at Finextra Future Money Nordics

IdenTrust® (part of HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions), will showcase its digital identity and eSignature capabilities required by the financial market at Finextra Future Money Nordics 2015.

10 June 2015

News/Digital certification

Sweden's Assa Abloy buys IdenTrust

Just months after buying IdenTrust, private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group have offloaded the digital identity authentication firm to Swedish lock manufacturer Assa Abloy. Financial terms were not disclosed.

17 January 2014

News/Digital certification

PE firms buy IdenTrust

Private equity firms Parallax Capital Partners and StepStone Group have acquired a majority stake in digital identity authentication outfit IdenTrust. Financial terms have not been disclosed.

27 September 2013

News/Digital certification

Canadian banks to offer authentication backbone to government ID scheme

The Canadian government is to use bank-issued credentials from TD Bank, Scotiabank and BMO to enable citizens to obtain access to public services online.

07 November 2011

News/Digital certification

Polaris buys majority stake in IdenTrust

Indian fintech vendor Polaris Software has agreed to buy an 85% stake in digital identity authentication outfit IndenTrust for $20 million.

04 May 2011

News/Digital certification

Online security set to be critical imperative for banking industry

Online bank security is set to emerge as a hot industry topic over the coming months and years, with the White House set to release plans for a national digital identity strategy, Federal agencies sitting on new proposals for strengthening bank-to-customer authentication, and the emergence of new online channels and technologies such as social media and cloud computing.

15 April 2011

News/Digital certification

EC launches public consultation on e-signatures

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on electronic signatures and identification as it bids to boost e-business and e-commerce across the continent.

18 February 2011

News/Digital certification

MiiCard wins out as start-ups vie for VC attention in Sibos' Dragon's Den

Twelve technology start-ups are competing for venture capitalists' blessing at a session on the final day of Sibos, the annual event run by financial messaging body Swift.

28 October 2010

News/Digital certification

Sibos Innotribe Labs take centre stage

A business that aims to create a complete view of a bank's financial health by using recycled financial messages is the favourite to win the Innotribe Lab pitching contest held at Sibos, the annual conference held by financial messaging body Swift.

28 October 2010

News/Digital certification

Symantec spends $1.28 billion on VeriSign identity assets

Symantec has agreed a $1.28 billion cash deal to acquire VeriSign's identity and authentication business and a majority stake in the Californian security firm's Japanese business.

20 May 2010

News/Digital certification

PayPal, Google and Equifax back launch of Open Identity Exchange

Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton have announced the formation of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX), a non-profit organisation dedicated to building trust in the exchange of online identity credentials across public and private sectors.

03 March 2010

News/Digital certification

CBA signs five-year digital ID deal with IdenTrust

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is to assign digital identities to its corporate customers under a five-year deal with bank-backed digital certification scheme IdenTrust.

26 October 2009

News/Digital certification

Open ID pitch wins Swift's innovation competition

A business model pitch called e-ME won the competition part of the Innotribe side conference run for the first time at Swift's annual conference. The concept was workshopped as part of an assignment to develop ideas in cloud computing that delegates took part in over the course of the four-day event.

17 September 2009

News/Digital certification

City University London gets funding to develop m-banking security system

City University London has been awarded £135,000 in funding from the government's UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) for a three year project to develop new mobile banking security measures.

10 August 2009

News/Digital certification

Sparebanken Vest introduces electronic signing from EDB

Norway's Sparebanken Vest has partnered EDB Business Services to introduce electronic signatures for customers buying financial products online.

26 March 2009

News/Digital certification

SunGard adds IdenTrust digital certification to AvantGard

SunGard is incorporating digital authentication technology from IdenTrust into its AvantGard treasury management product.

15 September 2008

News/Digital certification

Citi to issue digital IDs to corporate clients

Citi's Global Transaction Services Business unit is rolling out a digital ID service for corporate customers transacting online.

15 July 2008

News/Digital certification

Lloyds TSB chooses IdenTrust to secure Bacstel-IP customers

UK bank Lloyd TSB is to use IdenTrust authentication technology to provide corporate customers with secure access to the Bacstel-IP payments platform.

25 June 2008