Both onboarding and a claim that occurs involve a lot of work for insurers. For example, the items to be insured, the medical history or the living situation have to be precisely determined and evaluated depending on the type of insurance. This results in both the amount of premiums to…

Nowadays, the smartphone replaces numerous physical proofs of identity. Users can deposit their flight ticket digitally just as they can their train card or credit card information. The trend is not surprising, since almost everyone has a mobile device these days. This is why the self-sovereign identity also relies on…

Legislation requires financial institutions to verify customer data and keep it up to date. Since authentication procedures are an integral part of banks’ daily business, they will play a key role in the creation of decentralised identities in the coming years. Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is only more secure if the…

For many people in urban areas, public transport is the first choice for getting around. Furthermore, new mobility services are currently emerging everywhere. Car and bike sharing can be highlighted here, but e-scooters have also long since established themselves in the urban landscape. New mobility offers are a positive trend…

The web has evolved steadily over the past thirty years. In Web2, interactive content moved into focus. Closely linked to this development is the creation of digital identities. In the analogue world, one’s identity is proven, for example, with a driving licence or an identity card. The digital identity is…

The circumstances for a smart city concept differ from city to city. Likewise, the potentials in the cities are different. The smart city is not a concrete goal, but rather a rough vision of a next-generation city. Cities should become more efficient, more digital, greener, more social and closer to…

Many people today use single sign-on (SSO) when logging in to a web service. Users then have the option of using an existing login to gain access to another digital service. New services can then be accessed without having to create a new login or password. Ultimately, this makes it…

In 2022, it will be worthwhile to keep looking at digital identity. As soon as users are involved in new digitized processes, data protection becomes significantly more important. Data economy in the collection, processing and storage of personal data is also becoming an increasingly greater challenge for companies. …

The possibilities to carry out a digital age verification are steadily increasing. A large number of providers now offer various methods of verification online. For example, it is possible to upload a selfie of yourself. The face is then compared with other faces with an already known age, and the…