Latest Identity News: Finextra Research

EBAday 2025 agenda released

EBAday will come to Paris on 27-28 May at the Les Salles du Carrousel.

27 March 2025

PwC Italy and SKChain Advisors prep blockchain-based digital identity product

PwC Italy has joined forces with blockchain consultancy SKChain Advisors to develop an enterprise-grade Web3 EU digital identity product.

25 March 2025

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Verification of Payee: Prepare for October 2025 deadlines at NextGen Nordics

In March 2025, the Eurosystem completed exploratory work for offering a Verification of Payee (VoP) service for payment service providers (PSPs) in SEPA, helping them comply with the EU’s Instant Payments Regulation across credit transfers in Euro. NextGen Nordics 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden, on 29 April 2025, will explore how VoP can reduce fraud and payment, and prepare for 5 October 2025, the effective date of the VOP scheme rulebook.

18 March 2025

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CFIT publishes Digital Company ID plan to slash UK fraud

The Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) has unveiled plans for a digital company ID that it says could help slash fraud and save British businesses billions of pounds every year.

06 March 2025

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OneID scoops new funding from ACF Investors

OneID, the UK’s only provider of bank-verified digital identification services, has secured new funding led by ACF Investors.

13 February 2025

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Are passkeys the future of payment authentication?

As the internet has developed, many of us have become reliant on a varying amount of passwords but our dependence on passwords has given way to just as many security risks. As such, the industry is beginning to turn to passkeys as a new promise of security and ease.

24 January 2025

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Finextra's year in review

With 2024 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

23 December 2024

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10 trends that will impact payments in 2025, according to Mastercard

In this preview of a Mastercard report being released in early 2025, leaders at the card processer say that generative AI is emerging as critical to boosting fraud protection rates by as much as 300%.

13 December 2024

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AI power centres are fresh targets for hackers - Experian

Experian’s 12th annual Data Breach Industry Forecast includes five 2025 predictions for 2025 that show that global data breaches show no signs of slowing down.

04 December 2024

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Finextra and the Euro Banking Association invite startups to join the EBAday Fintech Zone

EBAday 2025, the annual summit for the leading payments and transaction banking executives hosted by the Euro Banking Association (EBA) and Finextra, has opened applications for its Fintech Zone.

03 December 2024

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UK marks progress on creating digital ID for businesses

A coalition of leading financial institutions and technology companies, led by the UK's Centre for Finance and Innovation Technology, has worked to design a digital company ID to make securing finance and conducting day-to-day business quicker and less vulnerable to fraud.

02 December 2024

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Digital ID wallets bolstered as EU commission adopts technical standards

The European Commission has adopted rules for the core functionalities and certification of the European Digital Identity Wallets as 2026 deadline nears.

29 November 2024

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