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Finextra's year in review

With 2020 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

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Singapore builds platform that lets people consolidate financial data

Singapore has launched a data exchange platform that lets people on the island consolidate their financial information held across different government agencies and banks.

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BBVA puts more money into biometrics JV Veridas

BBVA and technology firm das-Nano are pumping EUR4 million into Veridas, the digital identity verification startup they created in 2017.

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Spanish banks lead development of blockchain-based digital ID model

Ten leading Spanish companies - including Santander, LiberBank, Bankia, Caixa Bank, and BME - are planning to roll out a self-managed digital identity model using blockchain technology.

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FCA changes Open Banking ID requirements for life after Brexit

In a bid to limit the risk of disruption to open banking services after Brexit, fhe FCA is to permit UK-based third-party providers (TPPs) to use an alternative to eIDAS certificates to access customer account information from account providers, or initiate payments.

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Privacy watchdog takes enforcement action against Experian over data sharing

Credit referencing agency Experian has been ordered to make fundamental changes to how it handles people’s personal data after an investigation into its data broking activities by the Information Commissioner's Office uncovered serious breaches of privacy laws.

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Fujitsu, JCB and Mizuho to test digital identity interoperability

Fujitsu, JCB and Mizuho Bank are to jointly test a system that enables secure transactions involving sensitive user ID information between companies and industries.

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Big banks invest in BioCatch

Barclays, Citi, HSBC and National Australia Bank have invested $20 million in Israeli behavioral biometrics company BioCatch, topping up a Series C funding round.

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UK's Tech Nation announces latest fintech cohort

Thirty one UK scaleups have been selected to participate in the third cohort of Tech Nation's fintech programme.

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Alloy raises $40m for identity operating system

Alloy, the New York-based startup behind an operating system that helps banks and fintechs make better identity and risk decisions, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Canapi Ventures.

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IDnow acquires Wirecard Communication Services

The fire sale of Wirecard assets continues apace, with digital identity firm IDnow picking up the disgraced German firm's Communication Services unit.

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Citi and Wells Fargo invest in digital ID firm Socure

Citi and Wells Fargo have joined a $35 million funding round for machine learning-based digital identity verification firm Socure.