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Avoco’s Multi-factor verification and identity products are now on G-Cloud 14 for UK Government Procurement Avoco has consistently qualified as an official Cloud Software supplier for the UK government. Avoco are proud to be included on the latest government procurement platform, G-Cloud 14. Avoco’s verification orchestration service and related products are now available as part…
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October 2024 – iProov, a leading provider of science-based biometric identity solutions, today delivered its quarterly business update, highlighted by a surge of 63% in transaction volume on its platform compared with the same timeframe last year. The identity verification market is showing consistent growth, fueled by the rapid digitization of services, and the escalating…
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Identity systems are evolving down the same pathways that authentication followed. Welcome to the era of multi-factor verification (MFV). In the tech world, change is sometimes evolutionary, sometimes revolutionary, and often fails. Over time, technology comes and goes, and sometimes technology improves. One of the areas that has seen a lot of change is authentication.…
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Discover how deepfake technology is revolutionizing synthetic identity fraud, costing businesses billions. Learn how to protect your business from deepfake fraud. #DeepfakeFraud #IdentityVerification #AIFraud

Discover the complexities of the identity space and the concept of “identifying journeys” as a new approach to building more inclusive digital services in 2024.

When your customer or a citizen can’t get a verified identity using online services, you must turn to vouching Avoco’s has been designing effective vouching services for over a decade. Back in 2011, Avoco developed a vouching service alongside our partners for the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). The underlying identity system had matching issues because…
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When a new technology or process appears, you need something distinct, uncomplicated, and beneficial to prove the point. Open banking is an example of a disruptive force that looks set to shake up incumbent systems such as direct debits; Juniper Research expects open banking to handle more than $116 billion in global payment transactions by 2026. Variable Recurring Payments…
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Avoco Secure began work on the initial one-year project in February 2022 with an option for further extensions. A key commitment within Scotland’s Digital Strategy is the introduction of a digital identity service. The digital identity service will establish a trusted and secure service for people to prove who they are and/or that they are…
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The humble, much-maligned password has been in the news again lately. The FIDO Alliance and W3C announced in April the release of the password killer web API named WebAuthn. But, are we singing the “Bye, bye password” song, only to start up a chorus of “You say goodbye and I say hello”? Let’s take a…
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In a previous article, I talked about how we need to build a smart identity for a smart city. The article, hopefully, pointed to building a perspective on what smart actually means. But, smart cities are built up from many smart pieces. These ‘smart pieces’ are really just an evolution of our current critical infrastructures…
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