Veridium, a leader in strong authentication using biometrics announced today its partnership with Wala, a South African-based, blockchain-powered financial services platform for the unbanked and underbanked, to bring universal and affordable financial services to emerging countries in Africa. Currently, nearly 3.5B people worldwide are excluded from the financial system. Veridium and Wala will collaborate on a pilot program in sub-Saharan Africa to demonstrate a new digital banking model that will bring accessible, zero-fee banking to this population.
