Press releases
Nov 05, 2020
Kingston Unity customers can take control of their CTFs with Yoti Digital ID
We’ve partnered with Kingston Unity to give Child Trust Fund (CTF) holders an easy way of taking control of their accounts with our digital identity app. Kingston Unity Kingston Unity is a friendly society based in Yorkshire. Unlike banks, they’re owned by their members, they don’t run for shareholder profit. They’ve been looking after their members’ money and best interests since 1840, and will be verifying thousands of CTF account holders over the next 8.5 years. What’s a CTF? Child Trust Funds (CTFs) are tax-free savings accounts that were introduced by the government as a
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Oct 31, 2020
Teens put our age estimation technology to the test
Our anonymous age estimation technology allows anybody to have their age checked by simply looking into the camera on a device. This privacy-friendly approach to age verification doesn’t require any personal details or documents, and all information is instantly deleted once someone receives their estimated age – nothing is ever viewed by a human. We challenged teens, or should we say they challenged us. And the results were brilliant. Product: Facial Age Estimation Read the white paper
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Oct 30, 2020
'FRANKD with Yoti' selected for CivTech 5.0 Accelerator Programme
We’re really excited to announce that our COVID-19 testing system ‘FRANKD with Yoti’ has been selected to enter a 12-week accelerator programme run by the Scottish Government, CivTech 5.0. CivTech is a worldwide network of public, private and third sector organisations working across the Civic and GovTech space to solve real-life problems and make people’s lives better. This is the fifth edition of the CivTech accelerator programme, which this year focuses on helping Scotland rebuild and recover from the coronavirus crisis. We’ve been selected to tackle Challenge 9; ‘How can innovation help NHS Scotland support employers to
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Oct 20, 2020
Introducing the New College Lanarkshire student digital ID card
We’re helping New College Lanarkshire make life easier for their students with digital ID cards on their phone. The contactless, digital student ID cards are remotely issued via the Yoti app and can be digitally updated in real time. All students need to do is set up a Yoti account, add their photo, student email address and as if by magic, their card will appear on their home screen. No printing plastic, no queuing for photos – just your student ID card delivered straight to your phone. New College Lanarkshire New College Lanarkshire
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Oct 20, 2020
Our CEO Robin Tombs is a Meaningful Business 100 Leader for 2020
We’re honoured to see our CEO Robin Tombs be recognised as a Meaningful Business 100 Leader for 2020. This award recognises outstanding business leaders across the world who are combining profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. One of the SDGs is to ‘provide legal identity to all’. Since Yoti was founded in 2014, we’ve been fully committed to the concept of digital identity for all. Our commercial activities are centred around online tools and apps that allow people to prove who they are, whilst our social purpose activities support the building of
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Oct 19, 2020
ID checks in your website or app
We combine world-leading technology with expert human recognisers to ensure only genuine customers can get through your identity checks. For your customers, it’s as simple as taking a photo of their government-approved ID document and a photo of themselves. Customers can also add proof of address in the same session. Solution: Identity Verification