313 Results from /identity
Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design
In a world where people wear their brands like badges of identity—from the phone in their hand to the sneakers on their feet—banking remains curiously invisible. Its digital products are often indistinguishable, stripped of soul, wrapped in sameness. But this week, something rare happened. Because here’s the paradox: while consumer brands chase em...
04 August 2025 /retail /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
For the past seven years, I have been advocating for faster adoption of organisation wallets to enable verifiable credentials to start streaming through the European Trust Infrastructure (TI). Much of this has been in support of the public–private not-for-profit Findynet co-operative in Finland, and as a co-founder or active contributor in initia...
30 July 2025 /ai /identity Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
I first asked ChatGPT to describe me. My modesty forbids me to share the glowing terms in an astonishingly thorough description. Then I asked what I should do next. ChatGPT said: "Great question — and fitting, given Bo Harald's long-standing role in driving digital trust, identity, and economic infrastructure forward in Finland and Eu...
28 July 2025 /ai /identity Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Slava Mehovich Founder at AKDev Group
Biometric technologies such as Face ID and fingerprint scanning are actively discussed in the financial technology industry. Let's figure out which one is more reliable in the context of financial transactions. Face ID uses an infrared TrueDepth camera that projects more than 30,000 dots to create a 3D map of the face. The data is converted into a...
24 July 2025 /security /identity Biometrics
Clare Rowley Head of Business Operations at Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Instant payments are transforming treasury operations for the better. Yet, their immediacy and irrevocable nature raises significant fraud concerns. In Europe, instant credit transfers already experience much higher fraud rates than regular credit transfers. And now, with the rise of AI and deepfakes, the fraud threat is compounding. To address fr...
07 July 2025 /payments /identity
Jamie Smith always worth reading: " Despite the froth, something deeper is happening. While the early numbers might be unimpressive, the broader shift is unmistakable. AI Agent systems are starting to appear across every layer of business, and investors are betting on consumer applications for everyday life. The real question isn’t whether t...
07 July 2025 /ai /identity Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
GDC25 was a successful milestone gathering. Here’s what I hope will be addressed more visibly going forward: 1. Stronger EU Member State Leadership on Organisation Wallets What I missed most was a more visible and vocal commitment from EU Member State governments — especially in enabling simple, high-impact credential flows through widely avai...
05 July 2025 /ai /identity Innovation in Financial Services
There can be no doubt: bringing together driving authorities, generalists, and domain experts from many fields proved both eye-opening and energising — and must continue. Especially now, as AI development accelerates at breakneck speed, it is essential to ensure that those deeply immersed in it don’t lose sight of a critical foundation: Trust and ...
03 July 2025 /ai /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Adam Preis Global Strategist at Ping Identity
Without the right identity foundation, your partnerships become your weakest link. Embedded finance is no longer on the horizon, it’s here, and it’s redefining how consumers and businesses interact with financial services. From retail apps offering one-click loans to HR platforms integrating earned wage access, the experience is fast, seamless, an...
02 July 2025 /security /identity Embedded Finance
Alex Ford President, North America and Chief Revenue Officer at Encompass | RegTech Association | Women in RegTech
For years, banks have debated whether to build their own Know Your Customer (KYC) systems or invest in third-party solutions. But that binary choice is evolving with a new opportunity emerging in the form of blended KYC. A hybrid approach offers the best of both worlds: the control and flexibility of in-house systems combined with the speed and aut...
30 June 2025 /regulation /identity
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