Streamlining Payments with digital ID: How banks, businesses and consumers can win

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...

Are UK banks already sitting on the solution to the biggest challenges in digital payments?

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...

How digital identity can safeguard football

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 ...

Cross-sector action critical in tackling APP fraud epidemic

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...

The Online Safety Bill must be a priority for new PM

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...

Cross-sector action needed to tackle APP fraud epidemic

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...

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – Companies House and Identity

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...

Identity is key in the fight against social media scams

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...

New SCA rules will reduce fraud, but at what cost to retailers?

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...

Will the Online Safety Bill protect people online?

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:...

Digital Identity Management

Government should turn to fintech for badly needed digital identity system

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...

Digital Identity Management

APP fraud is a growing problem for banks

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 ...

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