Latest Identity News: Finextra Research

Coinbase makes superapp play

Crypto platform Coinbase has rebranded its Wallet app as Base, consolidating payments, trading, chat and social features into a single, blockchain-based 'superapp'.

18 July 2025

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Keeta, Solo partner on blockchain-native credit bureau

Keeta Network, a high-performance blockchain that connects Web3 and traditional financial systems, aims to be a real-world tokenisation and financial interoperability frontrunner by working with Solo. Solo turns data into reusable, verified credentials, enabling banks, fintech firms and cryptocurrency platforms to make smarter, faster decisions, without compromising privacy.

06 June 2025

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Mastercard achieves 49% e-commerce tokenisation across Europe in one year

A year after announcing its target of 100% e-commerce tokenisation across Europe, Mastercard reports it is almost halfway there.

04 June 2025

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EBAday 2025: Authologic wins the Fintech Zone

EBAday 2025 hosted 16 pioneering startups to present their proof of concepts to a panel of judges in Paris, France.

28 May 2025

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Stripe alumni raise €10.7 million for business identity startup

Duna, a business identity startup founded by former Stripe staffers, has raised €10.7 million in a Seed funding round led by Index Ventures.

06 May 2025

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Persona raises $200m to build verified identity layer for an agentic AI world

Persona, the verified identify platform used by a host of fintechs, has raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation.

01 May 2025

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Google Wallet brings ID passes to the UK

Brits will soon be able to use their passports to create digital ID passes and store them in their Google Wallets.

01 May 2025

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Atom Bank to deploy AI decisioning platform from Provenir

Atom Bank is to deploy an AI decisioning platform from Provenir to support multiple consumer and business banking products.

29 April 2025

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IBM, BillGo on securing payments against quantum computing threats

At Nacha event Smarter Faster Payments 2025 in New Orleans, a weekend panel session explored how financial institutions must establish an internal risk committee that assesses and mitigates future quantum-related threats.

28 April 2025

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16 game-changing startups to pitch at EBAday’s Fintech Zone in Paris

EBAday, the premier conference for payments and transaction banking executives, set to take place on 27-28 May 2025 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, will yet again feature a dedicated Fintech Zone where 16 innovative startups have been selected to showcase their products to senior decision-makers in the European payments industry.

14 April 2025