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Bianca Lopes of BioConnect presents Identity
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In their words
Today you and I and everyone lives in a connected world, and today the definition of identity lies on something super simple: it's my username and password.
The reason why I called myself chief identity officer is because I wanted to be able to enable financial services technologies, or banks, or insurance companies, to have an understanding that in the middle of this chaos there's actually humans that you're building your product for.
Incumbents will tell me, 'I'm doing this great innovation,' and I usually tell them: you're kind of like putting lipstick on a pig. Your innovation is not your cool mobile app.
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Quick answers
What is Bianca Lopes known for?
Digital identity. She was VP of strategic marketing and global partnerships, then chief identity officer, at Toronto biometrics company BioConnect, and has since founded and advised identity and financial-inclusion ventures.
What does Bianca Lopes do now?
She founded Verza, a digital identity school, and co-founded Finance of Tomorrow, a platform bringing regulators, innovators, academics and financial sector leaders together. She sits on UNESCO's board for AI and ESG and has returned to Brazil.
How many times has Bianca Lopes spoken at TechTO?
Twice, both for BioConnect: 'Identity' in December 2016 and 'Building the Human into FinTech' at FinTechTO in August 2017.