Identity verification

‘Neither Mad Max nor Orwell’: ID startup walks a fine line

07/28/17

GlobalID stands out from scores of similar companies and projects by attempting to wed self-sovereignty with regulatory compliance. If its technology works, it could alleviate a major cost for banks.

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Where did your financial data go? Wells Fargo’s app will soon tell you

07/19/17

The bank's new Control Tower app is designed to empower customers to track where their financial data is stored and to simplify their control over where it goes and what is done with it.

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The credit union for people who breathe air: Comments of the week

07/14/17

Readers slam credit unions’ ever-inclusive membership criteria, weigh in on the OCC’s proposed fintech charter, encourage a rewrite of the CRA, and more.

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Security questions don’t answer digital onboarding challenges

07/10/17

The challenge of juggling security and convenience is escalating as banks realize digital channels are for sales as much as they are to display account balances.

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'Existential requirement for banks': Comments of week

07/07/17

Readers this week highlighted the need for banks to upgrade payments systems, debated a small bank’s decision to ditch its legacy core vendor, lamented populist initiatives of the GSEs, and more.

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Digital identity profession (yes, it is one) now has a guild

06/30/17

Enabling peers to compare notes will help ID management specialists at regional, midtier banks who face the same requirements as large banks but command smaller operating budgets, IDPro’s founder says.

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Regtech vendors partner to make mobile account opening ‘frictionless’

06/22/17

IdentityMind Global will offer Confirm.io’s remote document verification technology to its clients.

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How liability stands in way of banks’ digital ID ambitions

06/21/17

Portable digital identities could improve customer experience, cut costs and generate revenue for banks. But who’s on the hook when something goes wrong?

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'Bubbles and busts are sometimes good'

06/21/17

Vinny Lingham, founder and CEO of Civic, discusses the froth in cryptocurrency markets, the mania for "initial coin offerings," the right way to do token sales, the future of digital identity and the banking system's security failings.

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Banks can profit from digital ID movement (even if they don't control it)

05/17/17

Some banks seek to dominate the digital-identity business, but they stand to benefit even if their efforts fall short.

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