FATF SAYS DIGITAL ID SYSTEMS CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TRADITIONAL CHECKS
February 1st, 2020
GLOBAL AML body FATF has released technical guidance on how to ensure digital ID solutions, including ePassports, digital driving licences, plus face, iris and fingerprint scans, are secure and reliable. FATF thinks, if installed and operated correctly, using risk-based approaches, “non-face-to-face customer-identification and transactions that rely on reliable, independent digital ID systems with
appropriate risk mitigation measures in place, may present a standard level of risk, and may even be lower-risk” (than traditional ID systems). In its optional ...
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