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Toward a European digital identity
Retired Member

Retired Member

Toward a European digital identity

Last June the European Union announced the future creation of digital identity wallets as part of a change in its electronic identification regulations. The measure represents a major step forward in the harmonization of identity systems in Europe. Obviously, the Covid-19 crisis has provided an extraordinary boost to digitalisation, and the capacit...

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The future of payments: Digitising identity
Paige McNamee

Paige McNamee

The future of payments: Digitising identity

As almost one billion people lack a formal means of identification, and almost half of the entire global population have some form of ID but no digital trail, calls to rectify this situation are wide and intensifying. In addition to the humanitarian factor, opportunity for value creation through the development and delivery of digital identity pla...

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The Westminster Series: Why the UK needs a trusted digital identity system
Chris Holmes

Chris Holmes Peer at House of Lords

The Westminster Series: Why the UK needs a trusted digital identity system

My heart sank last week when I noticed the hashtag #NHSDataGrab trending on twitter. Public anxiety about the use of their medical – or indeed any personal data - is entirely understandable. As Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner said “It is clear that there remains considerable confusion regarding the scope and nature of the [data-shari...

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How digital identity is the catalyst for increasing financial inclusion among women
Madhvi Sonia

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

How digital identity is the catalyst for increasing financial inclusion among women

Women make up 55% of the world’s unbanked population. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Finextra interviewed several experts in the financial services community about how women can be granted the autonomy to take control of their own financial decisions and the barriers that need to be removed, namely the lack of a formal ID. The digital divide ...

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