MTC introduces data protection technology

By Business Reporter

WITH the need to constantly strengthen consumer data protection and curbing identity theft, Namibia’s premier digital enabler, MTC, has introduced the use of biometrics and artificial intelligence, powered by the use of biometric authentication and cyber security systems, through MTC Verifi, to continue providing a watertight consumer data protection system.

Shedding light on the matter, MTC Chief Commercial Officer, Melvin Angula, explained that “since business transactions are becoming increasingly more digital, and making customers more susceptible to identity theft and other fraudulent activities, we have decided to leverage the technology that will use advance security features such as biometrics and artificial intelligence, to continue protecting our customers’ data, hence the launch of MTC Verifi, which is a digital Know Your Customer (KYC) service solution.”

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