Finovate is not the only company looking forward to doing more business in South Africa. Biometric identity technology solutions provider Daon has partnered with Stellenbosch South Africa’s Capitec Bank in a multi-year agreement that will leverage Daon’s IdentityX platform to develop new authentication solutions. Capitec initially will use the technology to enhance its onboarding process.

“Daon is excited to partner with Capitec to deliver digital onboarding and authentication to its clients,” Daon CEO Tom Grissen said. “We share in Capitec’s mission for simplicity and client empowerment through convenient and secure choices for mobile banking.”

With more than 10 million active clients, Capitec Bank is the fastest growing full service retail bank in South Africa. The bank has more than 820 branches and 4,600 ATMs across the country, and has more than three million customers using its banking app to access account information, as well as make payments, transfers, and pre-paid purchases.

“Capitec remains committed to providing an all-inclusive banking solution and harnessing the power of technology to make interactions easier and simpler,” Wim de Bruyn, Executive Information Technology at Capitec said. “We are eager to work with Daon to bring new and innovative solutions to our clients so we can continue to keep their banking experience affordable and secure.”

Daon demonstrated its universal mobile biometric authentication platform, IdentityX, at FinovateFall 2016. The platform leverages multiple authentication methodologies – from biometrics to geolocation and device binding – to enable firms to build the most appropriate authentication experience for their customers. This approach also future-proofs the platform, making it easy for companies to integrate new technologies and biometric modalities as they come to market.

Founded in 2002, the Reston, Virginia-based company has deployed its technology in a wide variety of verticals including digital banking, payments verification, employee credentialing, and cloud authentication. An authentication innovator with a broad, global reach, Daon teamed up with Tradelink to bring biometric authentication technology to Hong Kong’s Dah Sing Bank this summer, and began the year announcing a strategic partnership with North African security and document dematerialization specialist, GEMADEC.

RealMe Now, the new mobile app from the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), is leveraging the IdentityX platform from Daon to enable customers to establish a verified identity online. This verified credential will make it easier for individuals to prove their identities when using government and private sector services.

Previously, RealMe credentials were available only by visiting a New Zealand PostShop and securing a facial image capture as part of the onboarding process. The new solution will allow individuals to start the process of securing credentials “anywhere and at any time” by taking a selfie photo which is captured by the RealMe Now app and compared to the user’s passport photo on file with the DIA. If the photo matches, the user is then directed to complete a facial liveness test. Once that is successfully completed, the application is sent to a human Department of Internal Affairs agent for final review before the customer is issued a RealMe verified identity.

“At Daon, we have developed and are now implementing a veritable shopping cart of face liveness with cutting-edge technology like machine learning and other mechanisms to assist our digital onboarding clients across five continents to address the evolving threat vectors,” Daon CEO Tom Grissen said. He praised the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs’ commitment to providing a safe and secure digital onboarding experience for New Zealanders. “We continue to be very impressed by the agency’s market leadership and are honored to have been chosen to be its partner,” Grissen added.

Daon demonstrated its IdentityX platform at FinovateFall 2016. IdentityX is a universal mobile biometric authentication solution that leverages face, voice, fingerprint, and other biomarkers to provide identity verification. The platform combines biometrics with other techniques including geolocation, device binding, and liveness detection to provide a low-friction, multi-factor authentication experience.

The partnership with New Zealand’s DIA is the second big headline for Daon this summer. In June, the company teamed up with Tradelink to bring biometric authentication options to the customers of Hong Kong’s Dah Sing Bank. Daon began the year with a pair of partnerships, working with Digi-Sign to implement a FIDO biometric solution for a leading Hong Kong bank in February, and forging a strategic partnership with North African technology firm, GEMADEC in January.

Founded in 2002, Daon is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Biometric authentication specialist Daon has teamed up with Tradelink to give customers of Hong Kong’s Dah Sing Bank the option of biometric authentication when accessing bank services. The bank, one of the top 10 banks in Hong Kong, will leverage Daon’s IdentityX platform to offer both fingerprint and facial authentication.

“We are pleased to partner with Tradelink on this innovative initiative for Dah Sing Bank. Our partnership with Tradelink continues to make a significant impact in the financial and banking industry throughout Hong Kong,” Daon CEO Tom Grissen said. “Daon’s technology provides a trusted digital security experience for all of our customers. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Tradelink as the demand for more secure and convenient authentication increases among mobile banking customers.”

The IdentityX platform provides FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) capabilities that enable authentication based on a wide variety of biological attributes including voice, face, behavior, and palm. Institutions can integrate their current security systems into the platform, as well as add new authentication systems as they become available. This enables institutions to extend the lives of their older or customized security systems and devices. The component approach also makes it easier for organizations like Dah Sing Bank to make more specific decisions on which cybersecurity technologies best suit their specific customer preferences.

Daon’s collaboration with Tradelink to support FIs in Hong Kong is part of an initiative the two firms have launched to provide authentication solutions for banks in the region. In February, Daon reported on the successful implementation of a FIDO biometric solution with one of Hong Kong’s largest banks. The deployment was completed in partnership with Tradelink subsidiary, Digi-Sign, and has proven to be a model for similar implementations for “multiple financial institutions in the region,” the company noted in a statement.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia and founded in 2002, Daon demonstrated its IdentityX platform at FinovateFall 2016. The company began the year partnering with North African security and document dematerialization specialist GEMADEC. Last fall, Visa announced that it would leverage IdentityX to power biometric services for its Visa ID Intelligence platform. The Visa news came during a season of partnership activity for the company, which also announced agreements with Kony in September and Nations Trust Bank of Sri Lanka in November.

A new strategic partnership agreement has been signed between biometric authentication and identity assurance innovator Daon and GEMADEC. The partnership will enable GEMADEC, a North African security and document dematerialization firm to extend its services to customers in North Africa and French-speaking African countries.

“GEMADEC is already working in the field of security and biometrics, supporting the Postal organizations as a trusted third-party in the implementation of a legally valid electronic certificate (PKI) production platform and also offers electronic signature solutions,” GEMADEC CEO Touhami Rabii explained.

Daon CEO Tom Grissen praised GEMADEC’s “long-standing experience and demonstrated success internationally,” and sees the potential for the partnership to make a “significant impact in the financial and public sectors.” Founded in 1977, GEMADEC currently operates in 22 countries and serves as a world reference in hybrid mail for postal organizations looking to modernize their operations. The company has also provided security, biometrics, and digital identity services for public institutions in North African nations such as Gabon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and in Djibouti.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia and founded in 2002, Daon demonstrated IdentityX, its universal mobile biometric authentication platform at FinovateFall 2016. Daon provides multi-channel, biometric authentication and identity management solutions that leverage technologies such as device-binding, geolocation, and liveness detection. The company’s offerings have been deployed in a number of verticals including digital banking and payments verification, border management and employee credentialing, and national ID and cloud authentication.

In October, Daon teamed up with fellow Finovate alum Kony, bringing a suite of authentication tools to Kony’s digital banking platform. The company added Eyeprint ID to its platform in June, courtesy of a partnership with another Finovate alum, EyeVerify. This spring, Daon announced an integration with Experian’s fraud and identity platform, CrossCore.