Risks and Ethics of Digital Identity Verification

The traditional face-to-face identity check has exhausted its welcome. 

Instantaneously proving our identities when online banking and booking flights has made things such as physically opening a bank account or applying for a mortgage seem incredibly inefficient - and only limits access to those who are busy during working hours or unable to travel. 

In this episode of the EM360 Podcast, Editor Matt Harris speaks to Russell King, CEO at Xydus, about:

• Driving factors behind the growth of digital identity verification
• Challenges when verifying workers and customers
• The ethics, bias and risks of recognition