Case studies
Feb 06, 2025
From 2 minutes to 10 seconds: how Diebold Nixdorf and Yoti are transforming and speeding up age verification at self-checkouts
“AI-powered age estimation technology has proved to have a hugely positive impact on the time taken at checkout and the levels of frustration felt by consumers. It also has the knock-on effect that the efficiency of the checkout improves, transaction times drop and there are fewer queues in the store. Additionally, it also frees up staff to better serve customers who need their help.” Matt Redwood Vice president, Diebold Nixdorf Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), Incorporated, automates, digitises and transforms the way people bank and shop. As a partner to the majority of the world’s top 100 financial institutions
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Jan 20, 2025
Yoti responds to Ofcom’s final guidance on highly effective age assurance for Part 5 pornography providers
Ofcom has published the final guidance on highly effective age assurance for (Part 5) providers of pornography, under the Online Safety Act. There are a lot of good principles and effective guidance to ensure children are protected online and there is a clear deadline of July 2025 for all sites (be that pornography sites or social media platforms which allow pornography) to have age verification in place to prevent children from accessing adult content. We are pleased to see that Ofcom has listed several popular age assurance methods, such as facial age estimation, Digital ID wallets, and document verification,
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Jan 09, 2025
What’s in store for 2025
As we get our heads back into work after the festive break, our team has shared a look at what’s coming up in 2025. A significant year for online safety 2025 will be a year of action. It will be a significant year for online safety, with a number of regulations coming into effect. And they have already started. In Florida, a law came into effect on 1st January requiring social media platforms implement age checks to prevent children under 14 from creating accounts. Additionally, children aged between 14-15 years old must get parental consent to create an
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Dec 18, 2024
Thoughts from our CEO
In this blog series, our CEO Robin Tombs will be sharing his experience, whilst focusing on major themes, news and issues in the world of identity verification and age assurance. This month, Robin chats about using digital ID for buying alcohol, the safetytech that can prevent intimate image abuse, and privacy-preserving age checks. Using digital ID to prove age when buying alcohol in pubs, restaurants and shops Ever since launching the Yoti ID app back in November 2016, users have told us they want to prove their age on their phone to buy alcohol at hundreds of thousands
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Dec 16, 2024
A look back on 2024
It’s been another busy year for the age and identity industry. A raft of new online safety legislation has been introduced around the world, digital IDs gained momentum, and the accuracy of facial age estimation continued to improve. It’s also been a really positive year for Yoti. We were named by Deloitte as one of the UK’s fastest-growing technology companies, recertified as a B Corp, and announced some exciting new product features. Here’s a look back on what’s been going on over the last 12 months. Digital IDs gained momentum It’s been great to see the new Data
Case studies
Dec 11, 2024
How Yubo pioneered 100% user age estimation to drive safety and trust among Gen Z
“Our team is grateful for the opportunity to work with partners like Yoti to continually break ground in online safety innovation and provide young people with the level of safety they are entitled to online.” Sacha Lazimi Yubo co-founder and CEO Yubo is a live social discovery platform that allows Gen Z to make new friends and hang out online with people from all over the world through group livestreaming, messaging, and an intuitive swipe feature. Founded in France in 2015, Yubo has been downloaded by over 80 million users and is used across more than 140 countries.