Digital Identities? We haven't got a clue!

Today is a day that’s all about authentication, identification and verification.

First, I have been asked to make a speech at a payments conference all about how to minimise risk; and, second, we have a meeting of the Financial Services Club this evening, in the form of an Oxford Society style Debate with the motion: “This house believes our current authentication and identification systems are good enough”.

I’ll report on the latter topic tomorrow, but thought I would write a summary of my speech just to see how it plays out.

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