As we stated back in a Veriff blog in August, deepfakes are one of the biggest fraud trends out there at the moment. Worryingly, this questionable practice isn’t just being used for facial recognition fraud but is seeping into many other facets of life as well. So, what really is a deepfake? The term refers to
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The best cryptocurrency exchanges for 2020
There is plenty of mystery surrounding cryptocurrency for many people, but once you have the main questions answered the picture becomes a lot clearer. Veriff can help here. We are experts in the financial services space. We generally want to find parallels with the money we’ve been using everyday our whole lives. To do this, we have to understand that there
What’s New – October 2020: Veriff Product Update
We’re moving steadily towards the winter months in Estonia – the air is getting crisper, the leaves are succumbing to gravity, and the smell of gingerbread is starting to waft through the air. Our development teams have been working hard as always, and we’re here to highlight some of the most important changes for you,
Veriff launches category extraction – New Feature
The new feature helps Veriff’s mobility sector clients who provide different ride-sharing services like car- or moped-sharing or rental and need to check whether the person using the service has a valid driving license in the right category. According to Janer Gorohhov, the co-founder and COO of Veriff, the new feature was built in just
Best Cryptocurrency Wallets For 2020
Cryptocurrency is now bigger than ever, and there is such a bewildering array of crypto wallets, exchanges and other products and services, that it can be quite daunting to the newcomer. So, let’s make things a bit clearer. Let’s define some of the terms. What do we mean by wallet and exchange? (By the way,
Is Facial Recognition As Scary As It Seems?
Facial recognition has been around for many years now and many of us use this futuristic technology simply by looking at our phone. In its essence, facial recognition is a biometric technology that recognises and collates distinctive facial features in order to verify someone’s identity – such as the systems used here at Veriff. It’s
Cryptocurrency is out of the shadows
Far from the shady suspicious image of the past, Bitcoin and its digital peers are hitting the bigtime with an ever-growing list of household names integrating crypto into their payment solutions. Giving these companies a competitive edge, cryptocurrencies not only widen appeal, but they bolster an innovative and forward-thinking image. Adopting the use of crypto
Six of the hottest cryptocurrencies out there right now
As cryptocurrency rapidly gains credibility and trust, many are turning their attention to what is currently on offer in the marketplace. We’ve chosen the following currencies for their prominence in the cryptocurrency space, their investment potential, or the fact they have unique features and mechanisms. There are hundreds of ICO (cryptocurrencies) out there, but based
A Brief Review of Online Trust
Trust exists across a variety of domains and industries. This trust can be observed on a spectrum of faith at one end and confidence at the other. All that falls in between the decision to trust and the end-result of that trust relationship, or that which lingers at the edges, is an ongoing process. A process which
August & September 2020: Veriff Product Update
It’s been an ever-changing couple of months for the Veriff team, as we moved back to fully remote working in early September as a precautionary measure. Our office sits quietly, but like earlier in the year, we do not. Here’s what our product teams have been up to over the last 6-7 weeks. Big updates