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Yoti launches eSign with Selfie

Digital identity company Yoti has launched eSign with Selfie, a new feature in their digital signing platform. In an industry first, Yoti is the first company to integrate selfie verification directly into the signing process. This new feature allows individuals to confirm their identity with a selfie before signing a document. This reduces the risk of impersonation and fraud, and provides transparency and confidence that the correct person has signed the document. The recipient captures a selfie and signs the document in one simple flow: Signer takes a selfie. The image is analysed by our passive liveness technology, Yoti MyFace®.

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Muzz introduces selfie and identity verification from Yoti for safer Halal dating

Leading Muslim dating and marriage app Muzz (formerly muzmatch) has partnered with digital identity company Yoti to give singles increased confidence and transparency over who they are connecting with online.  Muzz has integrated Yoti’s photo verification technology to confirm every dating profile belongs to a real person. On account creation, users are required to take a selfie, which will be analysed by Yoti’s proprietary passive liveness technology, MyFace. The technology checks that the selfie is captured from a real person by detecting different presentation attacks, such as printed and digital photos, videos and masks. If the technology detects the image

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Facebook Dating introduces age verification with Yoti to create age appropriate experiences

Facebook Dating introduces age verification test to help continue preventing teens from accessing the 18+ experience Meta continues to work with Yoti who specialise in privacy-preserving ways to verify age   The move follows age verification being introduced on Instagram earlier this year. Of those asked to verify their age, 81% of teens chose Yoti’s facial age estimation technology to complete the age check   5th December 2022, London, UK – Today, Facebook Dating has introduced age verification to verify that only adults are using the service and to help prevent teens from accessing it. This will initially be for

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Robin Tombs Named Amongst the Startup Elite in the Top 100 Startups, Businesses, and Entrepreneurs in 2022

November 30, 2022, LONDON, United Kingdom – We are delighted to announce that Robin Tombs, CEO of Yoti, has been awarded fifth place in the Top 100 Startups, Businesses, and Entrepreneurs in 2022 by TechRound, the UK’s fastest growing startup and tech news site. The competition followed a round of judging from an expert panel: James Mercer (tayp), Stephanie Affleck (Little Fashion House), Alex Buttle (Motorway), Jeffrey Faustin (Jenson Funding Partners), and Sabrina Chevannes (Complex Creative). The judges said: “With just over 3,000 applications this year, we were all blown away by the quality of entries including startups that operate in multiple countries

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THG Ingenuity partners with Yoti for digital age verification solutions

London, UK – 18th November 2022 – Yoti, the digital identity company, has today announced its partnership with THG Ingenuity, THG’s proprietary technology platform specialising in taking brands direct-to-consumers (“DTC”) globally.  Yoti will provide age verification solutions on the THG Ingenuity platform. This will allow THG clients to strengthen age checks and protect underage customers from buying age-restricted products.  Yoti’s age verification solutions include facial age estimation technology, a digital identity app and ID document verification. THG Ingenuity clients can choose which solution complements their business, and ensure they meet regulatory and local market requirements for selling age-restricted goods

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Yoti and Post Office certified for additional DIAFT identity profiles for DBS basic, standard and enhanced

Yoti and Post Office have been certified for additional identity profiles under the UK Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework (DIAFT) for digital ID verification for the Digital Barring Service (DBS) scheme.  These new routes give candidates more choice and flexibility in the documents they can use to complete ID verification as part of a DBS check. This functionality will be live in the Yoti Identity Verification service at the end of November and is made possible thanks to a longstanding partnership with data insight specialist and Attribute Service Provider (ASP) Synectics Solutions. Chris Lewis, Head of Solutions at Synectic

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