The SelfKey Wallet enables self-sovereign identity and allow identity owners to quickly and painlessly onboard onto immigration, financial and cryptocurrency services, but we know that for a quick and global expansion and adoption, we need to take care of each detail, no matter how small, to provide an excellent identity owner experience. This is why we are working to make the ID Wallet more complete and usable, and today we announce two partnerships that will help to meet this objective: VoiceIt and Into23.

Voice Biometric Authentication

We have partnered with VoiceIt, a cloud based biometrics company, to implement their voice biometric authentication technology into the SelfKey Identity Wallet.

VoiceIt’s voice biometric technology has key advantages over other biometrics such as retina or fingerprint, as it utilizes text-dependant voiceprint phrases and if compromised they can be removed and users can simply adopt a new voiceprint phrase.

Asked about VoiceIt’s partnership with SelfKey, VoiceIt’s CEO Noel Grover said:

VoiceIt is proud to partner with SelfKey, a pioneer in digital identity management. With the ability to secure user accounts using VoiceIt’s industry leading biometrics, SelfKey is bringing identity management into the future.

VoiceIt supports over 40 languages, making this feature available to almost all SelfKey users.

At SelfKey, we are working hard exploring all available options to provide the best user experience. VoiceIt will allow Identity Wallet users to access and recover all of their crypto and identity assets with their voice.

A truly global platform

We are building an all-in-one application with which the user can perform all the necessary steps to acquire a financial service. However, it would not make sense for this seamless experience to be interrupted for non-residents of English-speaking countries. KYC processes involve sharing a series of identity documents, but normally to apply for international financial services these documents must be in English or duly translated to English.

To fulfill our all-in-one goal, SelfKey has partnered with Into23, a Hong Kong-based provider of technology-driven translation services to integrate its translation platform into the SelfKey marketplace. This will allow SelfKey Wallet users to request certified translations of their identity documents.

Participants will be able to purchase certified translation services using SelfKey’s KEY tokens.

Furthermore, this partnership will allow marketplace service providers to offer their services in any language, so that the platform language is not an entry barrier and thus have a global reach.

The SelfKey Marketplace and Identity Wallet digitizes the Know Your Customer process simplifying and automating signing up for new bank accounts or accessing new Fintech products. We are delighted to help extend the reach of this revolutionary platform by allowing users apply for services from anywhere in the world and enabling market participants to offer services in multiple different languages, Richard Delanty, Into23 Founder & CEO.

Through this partnership with Into23, we are extending this platform to be truly global. Identity Owners will obtain certified translations of their identity documents to apply for services internationally, while they are using the platform in their native language.