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Business trends and innovations in biometric authentication and identity verification sectors

Digital Identity Verification Technologies
"Hey, this is a private residence, man!." It's the only thing The Dude (played by Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski) was able to say, while a pair of thugs came into his house after confusing him with a millionaire called Lebowski aswell. Gary Grant felt a similar...

Banco Agrícola launches a Digital Onboarding solution with Mobbeel’s MobbScan technology
Banco Agrícola, a leading bank in El Salvador, recently launched “Cuenta Fácil”, the first 100% digital product that allows the complete opening of a bank account through their App Banca Móvil. After the acquisition in 2007 by Grupo Bancolombia, Banco Agrícola becomes...

Mobbeel will attend Identity Week 2019 in London
From June 11th to 13th will be held in London 3 events of international projection: Digital:ID, Planet Biometrics and SDW. Identity Week will focus on identity verification technologies and we will be present having meetings with stakeholders, learning about trends...

Digital Onboarding Trends 2019
No matter which industry or sector it is applied to, whether we are talking about the digital universe or the real world, first impressions are so important that they can make the difference between success and failure. Human beings are trained to make decisions in...

Mandatory control of working hours: signing with biometrics
On May 2019, the obligation to set up a time and attendance tracking system came into effect in Spain. In this sense, the control of the employees' hourly register is compulsory and the vast majority of companies turn a blind eye until the bomb will blow up in our...

Mobbeel is Sponsor and Exhibitor at FODOx 2019
Future of Digital Onboarding and Customer Experience Summit for Financial Institutions, FODOx 2019, is a 2-day networking (April, 11th - 12th at London) event with revolutionary Keynotes, Case Studies, & Panel Discussions. And as you can imagine, Mobbeel couldn't...

Spanish ID cards, evolution and meaning of DNI 3.0 fields
We use the NID (National Identity Document) as the main mechanism to identify us before any public organism or authority, we daily take it everywhere inside our wallet and the great majority of us don't really know which version of the Spanish ID Card are carrying,...

StartUp Olé 2019, See you in Salamanca
During 3 days, from 26 to 28 March 2019, Salamanca will become the technological-business European epicentre due to the Startup Olé, a reference event where we will have a Stand this year. Thanks to the support of the European Commission and StartUp Europe, SICA...

ICE London Feb.2019. Mobbeel in the largest gaming ecosystem
Next 5th and 6th of February 2019 we will be at one of the most important events in Europe for online gaming companies (ICE London), presenting to customers and suppliers our KYC/AML identity verification solution for online gaming. According to the UK Gambling...

Mobbeel will be at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona
Once again, Mobbeel will be present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC2019) from February 25 - 27. From Monday to Wednesday we will be located in the Spanish Pavilion where we will have space to meet customers and suppliers. The attendance in the last...

The Magic of Biometrics
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. Arthur C. Clarke's famous aphorism has enjoyed for many years absolute validity among most of society regarding biometric identity verification technologies. We have all fascinated by scenes in...

What is KYC (Know Your Customer)? and AML (Anti-money Laundering)?
KYC and AML are acronyms for Know Your Customer and Anti-money Laundering and refer to the set of activities that both financial institutions and regulated businesses must perform to verify the identity of their customers and obtain sensitive information from them as...

Resolution to modify identity verification processes in gaming sector
On November 8, 2018, the new Resolution of modification of the user identity verification processes by the General Direction of Organization of the Game (DGOJ) was published in the Official State Gazette, which will come into force on March 30th, 2019. This resolution...

WEB SUMMIT 2018 We will meet you at our Stand
Next November, 6th-7th, we will be back in Lisbon at the Web Summit 2018 ready to hold meetings with any company interested in meeting us. On Wednesday, Nov 7th we will have our own Stand: A 335 (ALPHA industry category Security). Web Summit 2018, considered by many...

VAPT: Cutting-Edge Technologies for the Emerging Digital Identity
Over the last few years, we are witnessing a growing market demand for solutions to Know Your Customer (KYC), both at onboarding as in the update or maintenance of old profiles. Since SEPBLAC (Spanish regulator against money laundering practices) authorized customers...

Mobbeel will be at PayExpo 2018 London
Next October 9 -10, 2018 we will be at the Business Design Centre (London) to attend PayExpo 2018, the UK’s largest payments event and one of the most influential around the world. There will be two intense days of business meetings with financial institutions, banks,...

Benefits derived from the biometric authentication
"The Business Case for Biometric Authentication" (Goode Intelligence) emerged in 2018 as a comprehensive research assessing biometric authentication's benefits in key sectors such as banking, financial services and other industries. This study, based on primary...

Mobblog, opening our thoughts abroad
Mobbeel, MobbID, MobbSign, MobbScan… How could we name this cosy corner of our website whose essence shows to the world the knowledge acquired after years of specialization in biometric identification for mobile devices? Sure, It only could be named Mobblog! ...

The biometrics journey to support a real digital identity
Single biometrics When Woodrow Wilson Bledsoe began the development of the first facial recognition solutions in the 1970s, he probably never imagined the great evolution that technology would undergo, the multitude of applications it has today and its tremendous...

Mobbeel sponsors Digital Trust World 2021
Trust is at the heart of fruitful relationships, both personal and business. This is true for both the physical and digital worlds. In the physical world we create trust through security, effective process, and reputation. These pillars guide us through our decision...

Identifying customers with the new Bitcoin Law in El Salvador
On 7 September, the Bitcoin Law came into force in El Salvador, establishing the famous bitcoin cryptocurrency as legal tender alongside the dollar. It is a historic and pioneering measure that places the Central American country in the international spotlight, as it...

Startupole 2021 with a stand
Next week, from 8 to 10 September, will take place in Salamanca the seventh edition of Startup OLÉ 2021. We were at the 2019 edition and after the break caused in 2020 by the Covid pandemic, we return with renewed energy to an event that has gathered along with its...

6 Things you need to know about identity fraud
Identity fraud means the usurpation of a person's identity in order to use it to carry out criminal acts (theft, obtaining private data, cyberbullying, etc.). It is currently one of the biggest concerns of technology users, who are increasingly aware of their privacy...

What is the difference between KYC and CDD?
Although KYC (Know Your Customer) and CDD (Customer Due Diligence) are very similar, there are some nuances or differences between them that we will address in this article. KYC and CDD policies are the cornerstone of any AML (Anti Money Laundering) policy developed...

Caceres Digital Destination: Software Forum to attract talent
Cáceres Digital Destination is a programme that will be organised in Cáceres on the 30th of June in the San Francisco complex, an event that will have as its main topic the relocation of technology-based jobs to the rural world. In a context of high digitalisation...

Escribanos de Buenos Aires use our digital signature
Colegio de Escribanos from Buenos Aires city (Argentina) has decided to take a step forward in the digitalisation of its processes in its commitment to add technological resources to the notarial activity and to meet the needs of society. That is why on 27 May, the...

New National ID Card in Spain: DNI 4.0
On 2 June we said goodbye to the old Spanish National ID card to welcome a new document with lots of new features: The new DNI 4.0, which adds additional security measures to comply with the EU Regulation 2019/1157 of the European Parliament and of the council of 20...

Cryptocurrencies have to comply with AML requirements in Spain
Spain has updated its regulations for the cryptocurrency industry and the companies that provide services to it, aligning national regulations with European anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing dispositions. On 28 April, the Council of Ministers...

International digital identity verification webinar
International trends on digital identity verification On 6 May 2021 we had the opportunity to participate in a RoadShow (webinar) organised by the Innovation office (Fundecyt-Pctex), in order to let you know about the latest international trends in the field of...

New regulation in Spain allowing Digital Signature in hotels for check-in
It was only a matter of time before the Government would allow the digital signature of hotel check-in forms, and the new regulation, published in the BOE, will come into force on 28th April. In addition, the hotel register may now be kept in digital format. New order...