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What Airtel's new Face Match based eKYC Verification means for India

Airtel’s latest initiative prioritizes digital onboarding methods to assist online customer onboarding for its payments bank to create an account simply by doing a face match eKYC check on mobile devices. Airtel Payments Bank is the country’s first Payments Bank to offer this service, and it foreshadows India’s shift toward complete digital banking.

UIDAI says Aadhaar Verification required before accepting as proof of identity

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards, has advised states and organizations to verify a person’s Aadhaar number before accepting it as proof of identity in physical or online platforms. The UIDAI has proposed the move to prevent Aadhaar misuse and to verify the authenticity of the individual’s ID verification evidence in any form (Aadhaar Card, PAN card, Driver’s license, Voter ID).

Caller Identification: India's new in-house solution to curb fraud calls

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the government’s telecom authority, would implement a caller identification system similar to other caller ID applications on the app store within the next three weeks. The new system will employ KYC verification to guarantee that callers’ identities are real and aren’t forged with synthetic identities.

6 ways you can protect yourself from fraud this Christmas 2022

Since 2018, identity fraud rates have risen by up to 15% year on year throughout November and December, as criminals try to take advantage of an increase in online transactions, lowering businesses’ capacity to investigate suspected fraud and access credit using stolen personal information. The issue grows more acute around the holiday season, with incidents increasing over the previous four years to attempt to obtain credit using stolen personal information.

Why Online Passport Verification is practical for secure Digital Onboarding

There have been several reports of counterfeit passports. But what does a document verification for passport reveal? A passport is regarded as one of the most reliable sources of personal information. Passport verification checks the candidate’s personal information on the passport verification documents. It does not validate fraudulent passport issues, but just tampering with personal information to verify passport number and the passport MRZ code.

Student Verification: How Edtech can benefit from Student ID Verification APIs

Due to the growing acceptance of distance learning, digital courses, and most recently, the COVID-19 epidemic, online education has seen a significant increase. Online student identity verification has become more popular as a quick and secure method of verifying student IDs and a cost-effective approach to onboarding new students and employees. The rapidly disappearing manual and paper-based student verification procedures are neither scalable nor practical for educational institutions.

How ID verification can help verify users on Matrimonial sites

You cannot start walking on the road with your eyes blindfolded, you cannot get into a lifetime relationship by not knowing the person/family inside out. Wedding – once considered to be a family affair in India where parents used to decide and choose partners for their kids within their social circle. But nowadays the situation is different, youth is finding a partner in their friends, colleagues, clients, and sometimes strangers also whom they know through matrimonial sites.

Best Practices, Challenges and Trends in Employee Onboarding for BPOs

Employee Onboarding effectiveness defines whether your employee will be engaged or disengaged at work, depending on the impression created on them. Poorly managed onboarding can lead to abandonment, especially for youngsters. According to an SHRM article: India’s emergence as a global outsourcing hub sheds light on the contribution of the BPO industry in terms of development and innovation.

Framing the Modern Conversation Around Digital Transformation and Digital Risk

Following my recent AISA session about security transformation in October, I am digging further into the value that can come from both security and digital transformation, applying security service edge capabilities and zero trust principles as part of the broader digital transformation strategy.. In the first part of this three-part blog series, I am going to take a look at how an understanding of digital strategy and digital risk are foundational to a modern security transformation journey.