South African identity provider Comcorp chooses BioID as trusted technology partner

The South African on-boarding specialist Comcorp has chosen German biometrics company BioID to provide biometric face matching and liveness detection for their established digital identity proofing solution.

Comcorp is a proud South African software company. Their focus is on digital onboarding, system integration and digital identity. Comcorp’s latest innovation is Curata – a Biometric Authentication solution. Curata is designed to allow (a) users to authenticate themselves using facial recognition against (the) South Africa’s population register. BioID PhotoVerify enriches Curata to be a completely automated onboarding solution by performing highly trusted face match and biometric anti-spoofing in real time.

“Comcorp has chosen BioID as their Trusted Technology Partner. After 26 years in the financial services business, the need to protect our customers and their data remains at the forefront of our business model. As technology advances, we need to ensure a smooth but secure user experience.”, says Marcel Zeier, Head of Sales at Comcorp. “It is our view that BioID offers Curata the strongest levels of authentication with the frictionless user experience necessary for the financial services industry.” 

Strong customer authentication (SCA) involving facial recognition and liveness detection supports regulatory compliance in line with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information (POPI), PSD2, Open Banking and Open Data.

ABOUT CURATA

Presently our product stack includes a Secure Data Exchange that offers banks and other credit providers secure, encrypted access to proof of income, eKYC & FICA data. In a world of multiple digital identities, a person’s consent becomes all-encompassing when conducting face to face and non-face to face transactions. Curata’s facial recognition allows trusted authentication of their digital identity.

Curata offers the following benefits:

  • Other iterations of Curata include facial extraction and matching from a national identity document
  • A full API is available for integration into existing systems, websites or an App
  • Prevents Identity theft and eliminates fraud
  • Allows for fast credit application processes
  • Enhances non face-to-face transactions
  • Fully GDPR and POPI compliant
  • Open Data/Open Banking/PSD2 Ready and supports Zero Trust initiatives

Curata is being used in the following case studies:

  • Combatting fraud in the vehicle and asset finance industry
  • Secure bank card deliveries

ABOUT PHOTOVERIFY

BioID’s proprietary technology PhotoVerify combines anti-spoofing technology and face recognition to check the legitimate user’s presence. This process works with any device and any off-the-shelf camera, requiring two selfies and an ID photo only. Presentation attack detection is the strength of the BioID Web Service to prevent frauds using photos, videos or masks. With BioID PhotoVerify, service providers can be sure that the person submitting an ID is actually the owner of the ID. Therefore, BioID’s technology is an important factor in any automated identity verification solution, enabling eKYC with biometrics.

Über die BioID GmbH

BioID offers liveness detection, facial authentication & identity verification as a Service. With 20 years of experience its special focus is on biometric anti-spoofing Made in Germany. In line with this, the company’s facial authentication service offers data privacy and security by design. BioID is guided by the vision to enable software based biometric verification – with any device, for any application. The privately held company with R&D based in Germany has proven its technology through many years of use at enterprises, banks and government organizations.

Firmenkontakt und Herausgeber der Meldung:

BioID GmbH
Bartholomäusstrasse 26D
90489 Nürnberg
Telefon: +49 (911) 9999898-0
https://www.bioid.com

Ansprechpartner:
Shernal Chetty
Comcorp
Telefon: +27 (84) 832-568
E-Mail: enquiries@comcorp.co.za
Ann-Kathrin Freiberg
Telefon: +49 (911) 9999898-0
E-Mail: press@bioid.com
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