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A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateFall on September 23 through 25, 2019 in New York City. Register today and save your spot.
Trulioo presents EmbedID, a fast and simple way for startups and developers to verify customers across borders while supporting AML/KYC compliance requirements.
Features
Integrate and test Trulioo’s identity verification API in minutes
Fully customize onboarding fields and forms
Verify customers in real time
Why it’s great With only a snippet of code embedded into any website, Trulioo’s EmbedID enables organizations to verify over 5 billion identities worldwide.
Presenters
Anatoly Kvitnitsky Kvitnitsky has a wealth of experience working in fintech and identity markets, and is committed to helping solve identity challenges that organizations face in scaling their products for global use. LinkedIn
Marat Asadurian A software engineering manager at Trulioo, Asadurian enjoys building new products as well as new teams. In his current role, he is managing a team that generates new business lines for GlobalGateway. LinkedIn
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To 100 countries and beyond! Identity verification specialist Truliooannounced this week it is bulking up the list of countries for which it is able to conduct electronic identity verification (eIDV).
Customers in Bahrain, Georgia, Iceland, and Qatar can now be verified via GlobalGateway, a database that enables organizations to run identity verification checks on a wide range of the global population. GlobalGateway’s online eIDV service helps businesses comply with AML and KYC rules, as well as a range of international electronic identity verification requirements. The service offers organizations real-time access to more than 400 data sources to verify five billion people in more than 100 countries.
Each of the four countries has recently enhanced its efforts to counter online fraud. For Bahrain and Iceland, this move was motivated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which said that Bahrain needed to bolster its AML and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) systems. The task force also recommended that Iceland take steps to mitigate money laundering.
Qatar recently created a Memorandum of Understanding signed by both the country’s General Authority of Customers and the Financial Information Unit. And Georgia is participating in an EU partnership program to promote AML and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) in accordance with European and international standards.
“Fraud and money laundering have hit these four countries especially hard and as a result they are navigating complex regulatory waters. Adhering to strict compliance requirements while successfully fighting financial crime is no easy task,” said Stephen Ufford, CEO and founder of Trulioo. “By extending our identity verification capabilities, organizations can quickly verify the identities of consumers in these markets, while also increasing trust, privacy, and access to digital financial services.”
Combined, these four countries have more than 8 million residents. Being able to verify identities of this group places Trulioo one step closer to its mission to provide (KYC) and AML-compliant identity verification for every individual around the globe.
In addition to today’s four countries, Trulioo recently added Malta, Bangladesh, Poland, and the Philippines to its Global Gateway coverage. The company is now able to verify more than two-thirds of the world’s population.
In addition to Global Gateway, Trulioo offers a data exchange platform that allows data partners to provide access to consumer data for electronic identity verification purposes, allowing them to set bid prices for electronic ID verification on a region-by-region basis.
At FinovateSpring 2019, Trulioo’s Head of Growth, Anatoly Kvitnitsky, demonstrated GlobalGateway’s instant onboarding with EmbedID. EmbedID enables businesses to query Trulioo’s GlobalGateway API and instantly verify customers in multiple markets by embedding a snippet of code to their website. Trulioo will demo its latest technology later this year at FinovateFall, which begins September 23rd in New York. Register today to be part of the action.
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Identity verification company Truliooannounced this week it will be promoting financial inclusion across the globe via a new partnership with financial market data provider Refinitiv.
The two are hoping to foster financial inclusion by promoting access to digital identity solutions. By combining Trulioo’s GlobalGateway solution with Refinitiv’s risk intelligence, banks can verify billions of customers online while remaining compliant with AML and KYC regulations and ultimately reduce fraud.
“The combination of Refinitiv’s trusted data and compliance expertise and Trulioo’s identity verification capabilities and global coverage, will bring modernized KYC processes to thousands of financial institutions around the world, and in turn, help millions of underbanked gain access to the financial services they deserve,” said Stephen Ufford, CEO of Trulioo. “Both organizations share a common mission of supporting financial inclusion through the power of world-class data and technology.”
Trulioo’s GlobalGateway maintains information on more than 5 billion people. Combined with Trulioo’s Digital Identity Network, the GlobalGateway database enables organizations to run identity verification checks on a wide range of the global population.
Founded in 2011, Trulioo leverages 400 data sources to offer verification of 4.5 billion personal identities and 250 businesses in 80+ countries. The Canada-based company also offers a data exchange platform that allows data partners to provide access to consumer data for electronic identity verification purposes, allowing them to set bid prices for electronic ID verification on a region-by-region basis.
At FinovateSpring 2019, Trulioo’s Head of Growth, Anatoly Kvitnitsky, demonstrated GlobalGateway’s instant onboarding with EmbedID. EmbedID enables businesses to query Trulioo’s GlobalGateway API to instantly verify customers in multiple markets by embedding a snippet of code to their website.
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This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.
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Kantoxappoints Maria Chamorro as its new Chief Financial Officer.
Truliooadds Malta to its Global Identity Verification coverage.
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This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.
A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateSpring on May 8 through 10, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Register today and save your spot.
Trulioo presents EmbedID, a fast and simple way for startups and developers to verify customers across multiple markets while supporting AML/KYC compliance requirements.
Features
EmbedID will allow companies to:
Integrate and test Trulioo’s identity verification API in minutes
Fully customize onboarding fields and forms
Verify customers in real-time
Why it’s great
With only a few lines of code embedded into any website, Trulioo’s EmbedID enables organizations to verify over five billion identities worldwide.
Presenter
Anatoly Kvitnitsky, Vice President of Growth
Kvitnitsky has a wealth of experience working in fintech and identity markets, and is committed to helping solve identity challenges that organizations face in scaling their products for global use. LinkedIn
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Brewin Dolphin, one of the U.K.’s largest wealth managers, selectsAvaloq’s software as a service solution for its back office infrastructure.
The Paypers: Worldlinerolls out payment solution for online marketplaces.
Payjo relaunches as Interface.ai with a new interface, a new brand, and a platform for intelligent virtual assistants.
TurnKey Lenderreceives accreditation from the Singapore government’s IMDA, a certification that enables companies to expand into international markets easier.
Mambuto open a second North American-based office this year.
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This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.
As Finovate goes increasingly global, so does our coverage of financial technology. Finovate Global: Fintech News from Around the World is our weekly look at fintech innovation in developing economies in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mastercardpartners with Kenya-based PSP, DGO Group, to enable 40,000+ African merchants to accept Mastercard payments.
Forbes looks at the founding role of women in Africa’s fintech industry.
QuartzAfrica’s review of 2018 begins with a discussion of partnerships between Nigerian fintechs and “global payment giants.”
Central and Eastern Europe
Estonian fintech startup CostPocket wins Rockstart pitch competition at the Digital Freedom Festival.
Truliooannounces its ID verification services are now available in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Russia-based Oz Forensics winsFintech Startup of the Year award at India FinTech Awards 2018.
Middle East and Northern Africa
ACI Worldwidehelps the National Bank of Kuwait launch Swift’s global payments innovation (gpi).
Albawaba asks “What UAE Startups Should Expect in 2019?”
Daily Sabah calls 2018: “The Year of Million-Dollar Startups in Turkey.”
Central and South Asia
InstaReM introduces new feature to enhance ability to make multi-currency payments to multiple beneficiaries.
Pakistan’s CareemPay is the latest fintech to challenge the country’s payment industry.
Indian government announces new initiatives to support fintech innovation.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Forbes profiles “corporate credit cards for startups” specialist Brex and the potential of the company to expand to Brazil by 2021.
Mexico’s El Empresario considers the potential for the country’s fintech sector in 2019. In Spanish.
iProUP’s Mundo Fintech looks at the fintech industry in Argentina i the wake of the financial crisis. In Spanish.
Asia-Pacific
Chinese ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing launches in-app financial services including credit, financing solutions.
PaySendinks payments partnership with Vietcombank.
TechCrunch features Chinese online consumer lending platform, 360 Finance.