#Axon face2face registration

'This will be a first for MEA', said Romeo Pestana, COO of Axon Wireless. Multiple African and Asian countries are currently considering the use of biometrics to be linked to mobile accounts to prevent fraudsters from attacks such as account takeovers, phishing and SIM swaps. While the growth of mobile internet users during this same period is forecast to grow from 303M to 474M. According to the mobile industry association GSMA, the growth of mobile subscribers in Africa between 20 is poised to grow from 495M to 615M. The use of FIDO2 biometric authentication to secure communications for mobile and banking customers is becoming integral. The integration of FIDO for Mobile Operator agents helps eliminate vulnerabilities with traditional login and passwords, preventing account takeovers and other attack vectors.

#Axon face2face registration

Axon is also a supplier of biometric registration hardware devices to complement the Face2Face platform and provides an end-to-end solution to its customers, having provided over 50,000 devices and enabling over 20,000 field agents to perform their customer onboarding duties.

Axon Wireless currently supports Mobile Operators and banks across 10 countries, onboarding on average 3 million customers per month, with over 250 million identities registered with its Axon Face2Face registration software. and JOHANNESBURG, Ap/PRNewswire/ - Axon Wireless, a global player in banking and mobile SIM customer onboarding, announced today that it has signed an agreement with LoginID, to integrate its FIDO-certified passwordless authentication into the Axon Wireless customer provisioning platform. This will be a first for MEA ( Middle East and Africa), and aligns with emerging regulations requiring all mobile SIM related business to be secured with a biometric digital signature.