In today’s top FinTech news, authentication gateway and data provider Plaid moved further into identity verification with the acquisition of Cognito, while Ibercaja Bank eyed...
Identity verification and compliance service Cognito has been acquired by Plaid, the company’s CEO announced Thursday (Jan. 20). “Plaid Link is nearly ubiquitous across the...
Sometimes the most interesting thing that comes from trying to solve a problem isn’t the eventual solution, but the other problems that are found along...
What was the color of the car you owned in 2005? Still remember it? Probably not. But you can bet someone knows — that someone...
In the pre-digital age of financial services, AML/KYC was a very slow process. The government would put out their lists of sanctioned entities – hostile...
The rise of the digital economy has resulted in growing concerns about identification, not the least of which is making sure that people who try...
The biometrics backlash has already begun. Local officials have started to at least consider bans on official use of facial recognition. States are moving to...
Cognito CEO Alain Meier and his colleagues at the identify verification service have a peculiar way of freaking out payment and commerce operators. The trick?...