Category Archives: Know Identity

The Expanding Under and Unbanked Market – How to Verify Thin Files

What is a thin file? A thin file is basically just that – the “file” or information on a particular individual is thin or rather, lacking sufficient credit history. Typically, this could mean that the individual is young, as they … Continue reading

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Most Effective Use of Identity Verification in a Call Center Environment

Identity verification solutions are just as important in a call-center environment as they are online. Delivering a satisfying customer experience on the phone can be a make-or-break opportunity for many organizations. Whether companies are dealing with new or existing customers, … Continue reading

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Identification Verification on Steroids – the Business Challenges Addressed

Are your customers who they say they are? That is the fundamental question asked by companies of all sizes who do business in a customer-not-present environment. However, mapping a person’s online identity to their real life identity is a lot … Continue reading

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How do Risk Managers utilize Identity Verification?

Organizations have long followed a variety of risk management practices in order to keep costs down, protect their business from fraud and maintain compliance with an assortment of different rules & regulations including CIP (Customer Identification Program) and Know Your … Continue reading

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Large Enterprise Organizations Need Identity Verification

Well… of course, right? These sizeable businesses in most cases are structured to comply with a variety of rules and regulations – CIP, KYC, OFAC, FFIEC and the list goes on. Furthermore, they are also some of the most common … Continue reading

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Underbanked Financial Services Market – 68 Million people; $78 Billion Opportunity

Awhile back we wrote a whitepaper covering the under and unbanked market.  At the time, there was little research about this market besides the fact that it was estimated that there were some 70 Million people living outside the credit … Continue reading

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KBA Innovation Recognized

Great news!  We were selected to demo our innovative solution, ExpectID Enterprise at the FinovateFall 2012 show in New York.   We will have 7 minutes to show how the next generation in KBA helps the financial world.  Here’s the boilerplate … Continue reading

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Best 2 minutes you’ll spend learning about Knowledge Based Authentication

We recently released another short animated video.  This one explains  dynamic knowledge based authentication, or KBA for short.  Some people call this kind of a solution an out-of-wallet question solution.  We just call it, ExpectID IQ. Enjoy! //

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Knowledge based Authentication Mitigates Fraud in Mobile Payments

What’s the magic number for knowledge based authentication (KBA) in the mobile payments industry?  According to a report by Aite Group, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, it’s 40…40% of payments executives are using KBA already and another 40% plan … Continue reading

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Identify Yourself as an Organ Donor On Facebook

I’m a minority. I’m among the 43% of the population registered as an organ donor. I’ve been an organ donor ever since I started driving many, many years ago. I was excited to hear Facebook’s announcement on Tuesday about sharing … Continue reading

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