Pushback Against Online ID Checks
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24th Nov 2020 | 
3 Min. To Read
The 2020 Covid 19 pandemic and subsequent measures to deal with it in the UK have led to a reprisal of previously touted and abandoned national ID schemes. As the...
Online ID Checks Helping Fight Coronavirus
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17th Nov 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
One of the ironies in the current global health crisis is that people want, and may need, to have their health checked, but are advised not to physically attend clinics...
UK Government Sets Out Next Digital ID Steps
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10th Nov 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
The covid pandemic of 2020 has produced some surprising positives alongside all the negatives. One of these positives is a boost to the profile of digital online ID verification, and...
WHO Warns of Covid-19 Cyber Scams
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3rd Nov 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Cruel cyber scammers are taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis by sending fraudulent emails to trick you into clicking in malicious links or opening dodgy attachments. Many claim to be...
How to Detect Fake Social Media Accounts
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1st Sep 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
There are many reasons to beware of fake social media accounts, apart from the distinctly human one of not wanting to be made a fool. Of course, it is precisely...
How to identify an online scam/misuse of your identity
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25th Aug 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
A recent report by Citizens Advice said that around 4 million people in the UK fall victim to scams every year. These are usually targeted at the most vulnerable people...
New Account Fraud
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18th Aug 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Banks and other financial institutions (FIs) are rightly concerned about fraud. Becoming a victim of fraud is bad news for individuals, but trusted organisations like banks suffer in a number...
Selfies for Safety
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11th Aug 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
Online identity verification is a hot subject for an increasing number of businesses, as the web becomes ever more important in people’s everyday lives. Also, for any business, the opening...
Identity Theft
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4th Aug 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
In many ways, there is no theft more frightening than identity theft. This modern day version of stealing can affect a person’s life more profoundly than old fashioned theft, like...
Towards a Cashless UK?
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28th Jul 2020 | 3 Min. To Read
For some years now, financial commentators have expressed their opinions about the fall of cash circulating in British society. Some of these commentators see this is as inevitable and natural,...
