5min chapter

Fintech Business Podcast cover image

Interview: Alain Meier, Plaid's Head of Identity

Fintech Business Podcast

CHAPTER

Is There a Better Way to Do It Than 50 State IDs?

In the Netherlands, we have a sort of more limited version of it called DigiD. It is pretty much limited to serving as your credential for any government related services. The best bet right now for those kinds of decentralized credentials are a big financial institution verifies someone's identity. They issue a credential and then that credential can be used for trust and safety use cases. So I am actually a huge proponent of decentralized identity. But unfortunately, for the time being, it is too pure of a vision of identity for the messy and complex real world systems today.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode