Tag: verification

18 JUL

Twitter puts verification fixes on hold as elections loom

Twitter has spent the past several months trying to fix its verification mess, but it looks like you’ll have to wait a while longer for a solution. New product lead Kayvon Beykpour has announced that Twitter is putting its verification reform efforts on hold to focus on “information quality” in the run-up to the US […]

22 MAR

IDENTITY VERIFICATION IN BANKING: How banks are using new authentication methods to boost conversions and keep their customers loyal

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. The way incumbent banks onboard and verify the identities of their customers online is inconvenient and insecure, resulting in lowered customer satisfaction and loyalty, and security breaches leading to compensation […]

12 MAR

IDENTITY VERIFICATION IN BANKING: How banks are using new authentication methods to boost conversions and keep their customers loyal

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. The way incumbent banks onboard and verify the identities of their customers online is inconvenient and insecure, resulting in lowered customer satisfaction and loyalty, and security breaches leading to compensation […]

09 MAR

Twitter may open up verification to everyone

During a Periscope livestream yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that the company is working on making verification an option for everybody. He and David Gasca, Twitter’s director of product, said that the company is currently rethinking and reworking its verification process because they believe it’s broken as it exists now. “The intention is to […]

03 MAR

Pornhub’s owner reveals its age verification tool for the UK

Pornhub owner Mindgeek has unveiled what might become the default gatekeeping tool for porn in the UK. AgeID will ask porn site visitors to create an encrypted login that verifies their age across any compatible site, saving them from having to prove they’re 18 or older every time they want to view some racy material. […]

24 JAN

Facebook acquires ID verification startup Confirm.io

(Reuters) — Facebook Inc is buying a software firm that specializes in authenticating government-issued identification cards, the two companies said on Tuesday, a step that may help the social media company learn more about the people who buy ads on its network. U.S. lawmakers have expressed alarm at Facebook’s limited ability to know who is […]

16 NOV

Twitter: Our blue check marks aren’t just about “verification”

(credit: Twitter / Sam Machkovech) A Twitter rules update rolled out on Wednesday to address the site’s “verification” system, and it attached a new set of standards to any user whose account receives a “blue check mark.” Twitter’s “verification” system is used to confirm accounts of celebrities and other accounts of “public interest.” However, the […]

28 SEP

London-based identity verification startup Onfido raises $30 million from Microsoft, Salesforce, others

Onfido, an identity and document verification startup based in the U.K., has raised $ 30 million in a series C round of funding led by Crane Ventures Partners, with participation from existing investors, including Salesforce Ventures. Microsoft Ventures also joined the company’s roster of investors for the first time. Founded out of London by three […]

23 FEB

Google improves two-step verification on phones

Last summer Google introduced phone prompts as a way of approving sign-in attempts protected by two-step verification. Instead of an email or text, users receive a simple pop-up alerting them to a new sign-in request. While useful, there wasn’t much information on the card, save for the location and device being used. Now, Google is […]