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May 20, 2025
Effective ways to improve your AML compliance
Managing financial crime presents a complex challenge for financial institutions. Due to its covert nature, the full scope of money laundering is difficult to truly know. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that between 2-5% of global GDP (up to $2 trillion in US dollars) is laundered every year. As financial crime becomes more sophisticated and regulations grow tighter, businesses must prioritise robust anti money laundering (AML) measures. Industries like banking, fintech and financial services need strong AML processes to protect themselves from fraud, penalties and legal risks. We explore how your business can strengthen
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May 07, 2025
What is identity verification?
As we spend more of our lives online, protecting our personal data has never been more important. Identity verification helps businesses check their customers’ identities whilst allowing people to navigate online services with confidence. Understanding identity verification is essential. We break down what identity verification is, why it matters and how it works. We also discuss the different methods used for verifying identity and the benefits of secure identity checks. Why do we need identity verification? Identity verification helps protect both individuals and businesses from things like identity theft, fraud and other malicious activities. It’s especially important in
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Apr 29, 2025
Complying with Ofcom’s Protection of Children Codes: what you need to know about age assurance
With children’s online engagement at an all-time high, the UK government passed the Online Safety Act in 2023, aiming to make the UK ‘the safest place in the world to be online’. It places legal obligations on online services to prioritise user safety, particularly for children. As the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom plays a pivotal role in enforcing the Act’s provisions. As part of phase two of the Act’s implementation, Ofcom published its Protection of Children Codes of Practice on 24th April 2025. Made up of over 40 practical measures, they outline how digital platforms must safeguard younger users
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Apr 28, 2025
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 discusses the future of digital ID wallets in the UK, Yoti’s revenue growth, Ofcom’s role in protecting women and girls from intimate image abuse and the US Supreme Court’s ruling on age verification for accessing adult content. Growth of digital ID wallets Last month, I attended an event by the City of London Corporation and EY where they presented their report Securing growth: the digital
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Apr 23, 2025
Strengthening existing age verification methods to meet modern challenges
In today’s digital landscape, effective age verification is key to helping us build a safer, more trusted online world. Whether it’s ensuring young people have age-appropriate experiences or preventing underage sales of age-restricted items, accurate age checks are crucial for safeguarding online users. We’re seeing a wave of age-related legislation come in around the world. With this, online services face the significant challenge of balancing user privacy with user safety. Alongside newer age-checking solutions, existing age verification methods still have their benefits. We look at how these methods can be strengthened for greater security, efficiency and user privacy.
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Mar 27, 2025
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 the UK’s new identity verification requirements for online knife sales and parental vouching for age assurance. Stricter identity checks for online knife sales The UK Government has published the National Police Chief Council’s (NPCC) review of online knife sales. There is much to digest over 81 pages, but one clear recommendation, repeated often in the ‘Clayman Report’, is that the online buyer should
