Financial Services

Paul Makin of Consult Hyperion came to visit miiCard last month and interview CEO James Varga for the Tomorrow's Transactions podcast series.

Last month we were at the leading financial services innovation conference, FinovateEurope 2012, to demo miiCard.

Here is demo video showing how miiCard will be used will enable customers to prove their identities purely online, to the same level as a passport or driver's licence, to complete applications for new bank products on the web in real-time.

We were at FinovateEurope in London recently asking delegates to share their thoughts on the top FinTech trends and the importance of Digital Identity in 2012.

How did we do it? By giving them a miiCard cookie for their thoughts. Our chocolate, vanilla and gingerbread cookies decorated with the miiCard 'Identity Assured' image card proved really popular as this short video demonstrates:

We’re seeing Digital Identity heating up compared to twelve months ago and with Deloitte listing it as their Number #2 tech trend prediction for 2012 we wanted to hear what the experts in Financial Services technology innovation thought about the subject.

We had a fantastic day at FinovateEurope in London discovering some exciting new technologies and meeting lots of great people driven by innovation to push the boundaries of finance, banking, trading and investments.

We are back in Edinburgh, just starting to recover from FinovateEurope 2012, and thought we would share some thoughts on what was again a great event. This has been our third Finovate and each time the experience has greatly improved - both from a miiCard perspective but equally for the event itself.

With FinovateEurope fast approaching we are busy preparing for an action packed event, talking about all things digital identity ... and miiCard.

CEO James Varga will take to the stage to demo miiCard and make an exciting announcement. We can't say anymore just now, but all will be revealed on the 7th of February, at Old Billingsgate Market Hall.

Okay, so it's been a week now since Finovate Fall 2011 and I think we've almost recovered from what was a crazy but fruitful few days. Not only did we get involved in Finovate but were at Sibos in Toronto as a finalist in the Innotribe Startup competition. Two big events...one week - please organisers, don't let this happen again, we're not sure we can handle it!

We've just received a report from Stephen Brannan (pictured left), one of our Directors, who is at Sibos in Toronto representing miiCard in the Innotribe StartUp Challenge. Here's what he had to say:

A big thank you to everyone who voted for miiCard in the Innotribe StartUp Challenge - we’re through to the finals, at the Sibos conference in Toronto, Canada next week.

Last year, miiCard was voted ‘Most Promising Startup’ at the same event and this year is one of ten selected out of 200 applicants competing for a share of the $100k cash prize.