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Jun 18, 2021
Electronic witnessing in line with HM Land Registry guidance
Her Majesty’s Land Registry (HMLR) has released new guidance that allows for registration transfers and certain other deeds to be signed electronically in the UK. This means that solicitors and conveyancers can now carry out the document witnessing process using Yoti eSign. What are conveyancer-certified electronic signatures? Conveyancer-certified electronic signatures which were recently referred to as eWitnessing, like physical witnessing, is the third-party overseeing of the signer, with the added benefit of being undertaken electronically. This means that, with an eSignature platform, witnessing documents is made much easier for law firms and conveyancers alike, with processes that
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Jun 17, 2021
Yoti named in the latest cohort of the FCA’s digital sandbox
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been accepted into the FCA regulatory sandbox, which is designed to test innovative financial products and services. We believe that the Yoti digital ID app will transform many everyday experiences. It’s great to be able to show how Yoti can make life simpler and safer for financial organisations and their customers. The reusable Yoti digital ID app with enhanced fraud screening capability will help transform the customer experience, access to finance and fraud prevention in the prepaid card market. We’ll be delivering this with two of our valued partners, Synectics Solutions and
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Jun 17, 2021
Our approach to tracking and analytics
We set up Yoti to give people a safer way of proving who they are. Instead of giving over your full identity details each time you had to prove one thing about yourself, we built an app that stores your ID as attributes that you can share individually. With the Yoti app, you can just share the fact that you are over 18, and keep the rest of your information, including your date of birth, private. This approach is called data minimisation and is designed to protect your privacy. We do verify your ID document is
Press releases
Jun 10, 2021
BitcoinPoint and Yoti partner to deliver faster sign up and simpler, cheaper crypto trading
London, UK – 10th June 2021: BitcoinPoint has today announced plans to leverage secure identity verification for KYC (Know Your Customer) checks from digital identity network Yoti, making it faster and easier for people to register, buy and sell Bitcoin. BitcoinPoint is an app that enables people to buy Bitcoin easily online or on the highstreet. It is also the largest Bitcoin Teller service in the UK enabling 18,000 standard ATMs to convert bitcoin into cash since December 2020. Beginning in June, the company has leveraged a network of 27,000 Point of Sales to ensure 99% of the UK population
Press releases
May 20, 2021
Yoti delivers secure identity verification for testFRWD’s IdentyME, the world’s first AI-assisted, digitised Covid-19 rapid home test
Yoti’s identity verification builds trust in the system designed to help society, tourism and event industries reopen safely with reduced testing process and cost 20th May 2021 – Global identity platform Yoti and Austrian technology company testFRWD have partnered on IdentityME, a rapid home PCR and antigen testing solution with digitally validated results. Using AI-assisted digital monitoring and facial recognition technology, IdentyME results can be integrated into systems including track & tracing apps, access control and travel certificates to facilitate the freedom of movement at a national and international level. The system has already played a key role in the
Press releases
May 20, 2021
Yoti delivers age verification for SMASH – the food discount app launched to inspire young people to save money and stay healthy
Yoti joins Zizzi, Whitworth’s, YO! Sushi & Simply Cook and 44 other high-street food brands to help 13 to 24-year-olds save up to 25% on balanced food options Backed by Impact on Urban Health (formerly Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital Charity) and Paul Lindley, Founder of Ella’s Kitchen Launching with charity partner FareShare to donate meals to food banks 20th May 2021 – SMASH is the food discovery app to inspire young people to “save money and stay healthy” and enables the UK’s 9 million 13 to 24-year-olds to eat well and save up to 25% at the places they buy
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May 14, 2024
Making age checks inclusive
In today’s world, we can access a range of goods, services and experiences online. As a result, regulations are being passed across the globe to ensure that young people safely navigate the digital world. From the UK’s Online Safety Act to age verification laws in the US, platforms are being required to check the ages of their users. To do this effectively, the age assurance methods offered must be inclusive and accessible to as many people as possible. Why can’t businesses just use ID documents? Most people tend to think of age assurance as checking a person’s age
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Mar 20, 2024
Say hello to our 2024 B Corp Impact Report
We’re delighted to reach our ninth year of being a B Corp. When Yoti was founded 10 years ago, we knew that we wanted to do business the right way. Because that’s the only way we can truly make the digital world safer for everyone. Our founders knew that in this industry, we were going to come up against some complex ethical questions. Working with identity, personal data and biometrics is a delicate matter. And that’s one of the reasons we became a B Corp – to hold us accountable to all our stakeholders including our people, clients, suppliers, the
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Feb 22, 2024
Addressing social challenges: How eSignatures can help solve everyday problems
Our purpose is at the core of everything we do. Our principles are integrated throughout our business, whether that’s how we go about our day-to-day operations, interact with one another or design and build our solutions. This series looks beyond just how our products can benefit businesses. It also explores how they are helpful to the people using them. This article focuses on eSignatures. Tackling fraud People are becoming more aware and better informed of the different types of scams out there. So fraudsters have had to respond with new and increasingly complex techniques. In turn, people and businesses