Digital Identity Friday Five: November 1, 2024

Covering the most interesting news for the week of October 26 to November 1

Today is Friday, November 1. Here are five things in #digitalidentity that I found interesting this week

🙏 to all the leaders I connected with in #LasVegas this week

1/ Money20/20 Unveils 7 Fintech Startups Industry Disruptors

#Money2020USA had many announcements but the most interesting to me was the startups highlighted in their press release

Congrats to Eli Wachs 👣 of Footprint for making the list!

Full list in the press release below 👇

2/ Identity Theft Resource Center - Nonprofit Center Report Finds Consumers & Businesses Making Changes to Cyber Habits

According to a new report from ITRC, "more consumers are freezing their credit, changing their password habits and adopting technologies like passkeys"

🔗 to download the report: https://www.idtheftcenter.org/publication/itrc-2024-consumer-and-business-impact-report/

I’m also pleased to announce I’ve joined the ITRC's Advisory Board!

Thank you to Eva Casey-Velasquez for the opportunity - I look forward to contributing to the center’s mission

3/ LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) Unveils Two New Verification Solutions

LSEG announced:

** Global Account Verification &
** Document and Biometric Verification to combat #deepfake enabled fraud

Check out the FinTech Magazine interview with Daniel Flowe, Head of Digital Identity for LSEG:

4/ 1Kosmos Partnership with Carahsoft Awarded Identity Proofing Agreement

1Kosmos & Carahsoft were included in a 10-year blanket purchase agreement worth up to $194.5M by the GSA for the purchase of #identityproofing technologies as part of Login.gov

Congrats to past PEAK IDV EXECUTIVE SERIES VIDEO PODCAST guest Michael Engle, Chief Strategy Officer of 1Kosmos

#publicsector #identityverification #authentication

5/ Veriff Launches Aadhaar Verification

Veriff launched Aadhaar Verification as an add-on to their #IDV product

Aadhaar is a governmental g#biometric proof of identity in #India

More details in Veriff's press release 👇

And those are this week’s #fridayfive

*** LINKS

MONEY2020: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241030764010/en/Money2020-USA-Unveils-Seven-Incredible-Fintech-Startups-And-Industry-Disruptors

ITRC: https://www.prweb.com/releases/identity-theft-resource-center-2024-consumer--business-impact-report-finds-consumers--businesses-making-changes-to-cyber-habits-302287041.html

LSEG: https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/2024/lseg-risk-intelligence-unveils-two-new-verification-solutions-combat-advanced-fraud-techniques-globally

1KOSMOS: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241030277335/en/1Kosmos-Partnership-with-Carahsoft-Awarded-Login.gov-Next-Generation-Identity-Proofing-Blanket-Purchase-Agreement-BPA-Worth-up-to-194.5M

VERIFF: https://www.veriff.com/identity-verification/news/aadhaar-verification-idv-addon