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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 04, 2020
Virgin Atlantic trials pre-flight Covid-19 testing for crew using FRANKD with Yoti
We’re excited to share the news that Virgin Atlantic is the first UK airline to introduce Covid-19 pre-flight testing for its cabin crew and pilots. Britain’s Global Five Star Airline has begun trialing our FRANKD with Yoti Covid-19 testing solution on flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong, with the introduction of Barbados and additional flights planned later in the month. The aim is a wider roll out to test every operating crew at least once per month. Rapid testing using FRANKD with Yoti This move follows Heathrow Airport trials in August using FRANKD, which is a
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Sep 28, 2020
Aldershot Town FC becomes the first UK Football League club to adopt digital IDs
As manager Danny Searle and his Aldershot Town FC players get ready for the up and coming 20-21 season in the English National League – they will be the first football team to get their player ID on their phone. The move is intended to boost security around key locations and digitally transform outdated processes, waving goodbye to paper around the pitch and training ground. The players will use a simple scan using their phone to share their verified digital identity from Yoti while protecting their privacy. Aldershot Town FC Chairman, Shahid Azeem, said “We’re focused on building
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Aug 29, 2020
Heathrow Airport trials FRANKD with Yoti - our 30 minute COVID-19 testing system
Summer 2020 has been and gone like no other, dominated by efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus and adapt to new norms. Travel restrictions and two-week quarantines have impacted summer and brought the travel industry to a near standstill, threatening the survival of many businesses and putting millions of jobs at risk. As the search for a vaccine continues, we must ensure we balance protecting the vulnerable with supporting the economy. Mass testing and tracing is our best answer to maintaining the spread of COVID-19 today. Which is why we’re so delighted to see the UK’s
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Aug 14, 2020
Strongpoint and Yoti partnership transforms retail experiences
14th August 2020, LONDON — Retail Technology company StrongPoint and digital ID platform Yoti have signed a strategic partnership agreement to drive automated retail innovation. The companies began collaborating in 2018 and have streamlined Click & Collect, tobacco dispensing and automated self-checkout solutions to reduce the need for staff interventions. This presents a double win for retailers looking to save time and money, giving shoppers a seamless and contactless checkout experience. StrongPoint will introduce Yoti’s integrated age estimation and verification solution across grocery stores that have installed its self-checkouts, Click & Collect lockers and Vensafe dispensing machines – as well
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Aug 14, 2020
Yoti powers Cryptograph with robust identity verification to ensure large bids on their blockchain-based collectible auction site are genuine
14th August 2020, LONDON – Cryptograph will leverage Yoti’s seamless identity verification technology to ensure large bids on its revolutionary crypto collectables platform are genuine. Cryptograph.com launches on July 8th 2020 with digital art and memorabilia secured by blockchain technology (known as NFT’s – Non-Fungible Tokens) from world-renowned artists and icons. Cryptograph has created a sustainably philanthropic platform that utilises the Ethereum Blockchain and smart contract technology to shake up the crypto sphere, making it the perfect partner for purpose-driven B-Corp Yoti. Cryptographs are one-off digital collectables from icons and artists that perpetually support charitable causes. Each is sold at