Empowerment Capital Co-Founder Amit Sharma and Onfido CEO Husayn Kassai discuss: the need for new identity verification technology (1:46), the precursor to financial exclusion (4:30), applying new technology to existing risk frameworks (6:05), the impetus for Onfido’s founding (10:50), the regulatory response to new technologies (12:40), the UK’s regulatory sandbox (15:55), tensions between risk/compliance and onboarding new customers (21:00), Empowerment Capital’s approach to change (24:20), and unanticipated uses for Onfido’s technology (25:23).

Host:Cameron D’Ambrosi @dambrosi

Guests:Amit Sharma – Co-Founder, Empowerment CapitalHusayn Kassai -CEO, Onfido @HusaynKassai

Links:Empowerment CapitalOnfido

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