Media Archive

Announcements and Press Releases
Secure IoT 2019 - 7 Nov 2019, Reading UK
Peter Thompson, senior technical consultant from The Human Chain will be attending the Secure IoT 2019 event on Thursday 7th November 2019 at Green Park, Reading, UK. This event will provide attendees with a strong understanding of Internet of Things (IoT) security best practice as well as the opportunity to meet leading experts, organisations and companies offering security guidance, products, solutions and services. To arrange a meeting with Peter at this event please email <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Smartex Transport Card Forum - 23 Sept 2019 - 25 Sept 2019 , Bristol UK
Peter Thompson, senior technical consultant from The Human Chain will be attending the Smartex Transport Card Forum event, on Tues 24th and Wed 25th Sept 2019, in central Bristol. This event provides fantastic insight into current innovations in the transport industry and provides a forum where members and delegates from the public and private sector meet for discussion and mutual education relating to smart ticketing, smart payment, journey management and reporting, and to the underlying technologies supporting such applications. Mike Burden, senior transport consultant from The Human Chain will also be presenting at the Smart Transport Interactive Masterclass on Monday 23rd. Sept at the same location. To arrange a meeting with either Peter or Mike at either of these events please email <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Smartex Transport Card Forum - Apple in Transit - 25 June 2019, London UK
Tim Jefferson will be speaking at the Smartex Transport Card Forum event, on Tuesday 25th June 2019, at Browns in central London. Tim will be giving insight into Apples thinking and logic around transport ticketing in the context of their strategy in payments in general. This will be a highly interactive session with an open questions and answer session. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
IFSEC International - 18 June 2019 - 19 June 2019, London UK
Tim Jefferson will be at Europe’s largest security event, IFSEC taking place at Excel in London on 18th – 19th June 2019. Tim will be providing support to customers and partners around access control, contactless and mobile solutions. The event covers a wide range of security areas, with a focus this year on smart buildings, IoT, AI and Machine Learning. If you would like to to arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to discuss how the The Human Chain could help with business and technology consulting in digital access control please email <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Smartex HESCA Meeting - 4 June 2019, London UK
Peter Thompson, Senior Technical Consultant from The Human Chain will be speaking at the quarterly Smartex HESCA (Higher Education Smart Campus Association) meeting on Tuesday 4th. June 2019, at Browns in central London. Peter will be speaking on the topic of access control and the migration to mobile including the opportunities and challenges of achieving this within a smart campus environment. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Money 2020 Europe - 3 June 2019 - 5 June 2019, Amsterdam
The Human Chain team will again be attending the largest payments event of the year in Europe, Money 2020 Europe in Amsterdam from the 3rd to 5th June 2019. The Human Chain will focus this year on payments, strong customer authentication (SCA) and 3DS2.0 using our extensive experience and expertise in PSD2 SCA and Open Banking. The team will also be working with clients on cEMV Transit Ticketing and Account Based Ticketing (ABT) and discussing building IoT payments, voice authentication, distributed ledger (blockchain), cypto currency, identity and mobile payments proof of concepts (POC) and demos using our <a href=”http://www.digitalservicestoolkit.com”>Digital Services Toolkit</a>. If you would like to meet with any of the team to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, please contact us at <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Mobile World Congress - 25 Feb 2018 - 28 Feb 2019, Barcelona
The Human Chain team will again be attending the largest mobile and digital event of the year, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. MWC runs from Monday 25th February to Thursday 28th February 2019. The focus for The Human Chain this year again is payments, specifically authentication, including voice authentication and 3DS2.0 with PSD2/Open Banking live in Europe 2019 with PSD2 SCA in September 2019. The team will also be talking with clients and partners about IoT payments, connected car commerce and cEMV Ticketing and Account Based Ticketing and Biometrics. If you would like to meet with any of the team to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, please contact us at <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Transit Ticketing Global 2019 - 29 and 30 Jan 2019, London UK
Tim Jefferson and The Human Chain transit team will be attending the Transit Ticketing Global event in London to support clients and partners. If you would like to meet one of The Human Chain’s transit ticketing team at the event to discuss Account Based Ticketing (ABT), cEMV or anything things transit ticketing related , please contact us at <a href=”mailto:sales@thehumanchain.com”>sales@thehumanchain.com</a>
Archive
[23 April 2019] Our <a href=”?page_id=2447″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>Media Archive</a> lists our earlier events attended by The Human Chain.
UK Finance Industry Guidance on PSD2 SCA
[19 October 2018] The Human Chain has supported UK Finance in the reviewing and editing of this new industry guidance to help issuers, acquirers and merchants and their technology vendors understand and comply with the PSD2 SCA RTS regulation, whilst maintaining a frictionless and consistent user experience.

The Human Chain has provided its support to UK Finance based on its current in depth experience working with card schemes, issuers, acquirers, merchants and technology vendors, providing strategic regulatory PSD2 consultancy and detailed implementation business and technology advice on solutions to comply such as 3DS2.0.

To download the UK Finance guidance paper, please click here and if you want to see how we could support your organisation with PSD2 SCA compliance or your 3DS2.0 roll out, please contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com

Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2018 - Newsletter
[7 March 2018] The Human Chain have authored a newsletter to summarise their highlights from this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. View Newsletter
2018 Open Banking Market Map
[15 January 2018] The Human Chain is pleased to publish with our partner FirstPartner, the 2018 Open Banking Market Map. This market map provides a detailed overview of the use cases, business drivers and issues, the ecosystem and stakeholders in Open Banking that starts in the UK and Europe in January 2018. A restricted version of the market map is available here or to obtain access to the full version please go to FirstPartners website.
Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2017 - Newsletter
[7 March 2017] The Human Chain have authored a newsletter to summarise their highlights from this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. View Newsletter >
PSD2 Draft SCA Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) Blog
[29 September 2016] The Human Chain have authored a blog to discuss the recently published European Banking Authority (EBA) Consultation Paper. This paper lays out the EBAs proposed draft for the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and secure communciations. Download the blog here >
Highlights from Mobile World Congress 2016 - Newsletter
[3 March 2016] The Human Chain have authored a newsletter to summarise their highlights from this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. View Newsletter >
PSD2 - Presentation Download
[2 February 2016] Brendan Jones presents the fundamentals of PSD2 to the Smart Payments Forum in London. Download Presentation >
Download Open Banking – The Future of Payments White Paper
[December 2015] Brendan Jones, senior banking consultant with The Human Chain explores the business and technical implications of PSD2 and what this means to payment organisations. Download White Paper >
FirstPartner's new 2016 Blockchain Ecosystem Market Map
[4 December 2015] FirstPartner’s new 2016 Blockchain Ecosystem Market Map helps to decrypt the sector with a clear summary overview of the emerging ecosystem, players, technologies and trends. Read More >
FirstPartner and The Human Chain working together at Cartes 2015
[17 November 2015] The Human Chain and FirstPartner, the market insight and proposition developent company will be working together at Cartes 2015. Please e-mail sales@thehumanchain.com to arrange to meet one of our team at this event.
PSD2: Threat or Opportunity – The Human Chain Comment
[19 October 2015] Brendan Jones, Business Consultant with The Human Chain discusses the threats and opportunites of the recently revised and approved Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Read More >
The Human Chain and Gradiant partner for Biometrics 2015
Oxford, UK, and Vigo, Spain [8 October 2015] Management and Technical consultancy The Human Chain has teamed up with biometrics specialist Gradiant to showcase the two companies’ biometric technologies and multi-factor authentication solutions at Biometrics 2015, which is taking place in London, UK, from 13-15 October 2015.
The Human Chain and The Digital Catapult Partnership
[September 2015] The Human Chain and The Digital Catapult are working collaboratively in the area of Personal Data and Trust. Read More >
Events
Smartex Transport Card Forum - 4 Dec 2018, London UK
Tim Jefferson will be speaking at the Transport Card Forum (TCF) on the 4th December 2018. He will be presenting an expert overview on the implementation of PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) in Transit Ticketing. Tim will be giving unparalleled insight and experience on PSD2 SCA in cEMV transit ticketing based on The Human Chain’s current PSD2 regulatory, cEMV and account based ticketing (ABT) projects. If you would like to meet Tim or one of The Human Chain’s transit ticketing team at the event, please contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com
Secure IOT 2018 - Internet of Things Cyber Security Conference - 13 Nov 2018, Reading UK
The Human Chain will be attending the Itnernet of Things Cyber Security Conference in Reading, UK. The event focuses on potential risks, threats and vulnerabilities posed by using IoT systems and connected devices. It also allows attendees to gain an understanding of IoT security best practice, meet leading experts, organisations and companies offering guidance, security products, solutions and services. For more details click here.  If you would like to meet with us at the event to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, please contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com
Money 2020 USA - 21 Oct 2018 - 24 Oct 2018, Las Vegas
The Human Chain team will again be attending the largest payments event of the year, Money 2020 US in Las Vegas from the 21st to 24th October 2018. The Human Chain will focus this year on payments, strong customer authentication (SCA) and 3DS2.0 using our extensive experience and expertise in PSD2 SCA and Open Banking. The team will also be working with clients on cEMV Transit Ticketing and Account Based Ticketing (ABT), IoT Payments and building distributed ledger (blockchain), cypto currency, identity and mobile payments proof of concepts (POCs) and demos using our Digital Services Toolkit. If you would like to meet with any of the team to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, please contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com
Money 2020 Europe - 4 Jun 2018 - 6 Jun 2018, Amsterdam
The Human Chain team will again be attending the largest payments event of the year in Europe, Money 2020 Europe in Amsterdam from the 4th to 6th June 2018. The Human Chain will focus this year on payments, strong customer authentication (SCA) and 3DS2.0 using our extensive experience and expertise in PSD2 SCA and Open Banking. The team will also be working with clients on cEMV Transit Ticketing and Account Based Ticketing (ABT) and discussing building distributed ledger (blockchain), cypto currency, identity and mobile payments proof of concepts (POC) and demos using our Digital Services Toolkit. If you would like to meet with any of the team to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, please contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com
Mobile World Congress - 26 Feb 2018 - 1 Mar 2018, Barcelona
The Human Chain team will again be attending the largest mobile and digital event of the year, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. MWC runs from Monday 26th February to Thursday 1st March 2018. The focus for The Human Chain this year is payments, specifically authentication and 3DS2.0 with PSD2/Open Banking coming live in Europe 2018. The team will also be talking with clients about cEMV Ticketing and Account Based Ticketing, IoT, Biometrics and 5G. If you would like to meet with any of the team to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, please contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com
Smartex - Mobile and Identity – 20 Feb 2018, London
Tim Jefferson will be once again chairing the Smartex Mobile and Identity Event, on Tuesday 20th February 2018, at Browns in central London. This highly interactive session will cover topics, such as Open Banking – identity requirements, HSBC, Biometric access cards, digital driving licences – DVLA, Barclays – The AI revolution, payment authentication options, Mobile eID – GSMA. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email sales@thehumanchain.com
Smartex - Mobile and Identity – 7 Nov 2017, London
Tim Jefferson will be once again chairing the Smartex Mobile and Identity Event, on Tuesday 7th November 2017, at Browns in central London. This highly interactive session will cover topics, such as Digital ID – the future, device carried biometrics, mobile the new ID, NFC/BLE access control and beacon marketing. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email sales@thehumanchain.com
Worldpay Payments & IoT Hackathon – 3-5 Nov 2017, Bucharest
The Human Chain are supporting Worldpay’s first 48-hour Payments & IoT Hackathon in Romania, using their Digital Services Toolkit to create a scoring and voting system based on the Ethereum Blockchain. The event to be held at the Impact Hub in Bucharest will allow developers to create the next generation of payment services within IoT using the Worldpay open-source IoT platform – Worldpay Within. To arrange a meeting at this event please email sales@thehumanchain.com
Smartex - Mobile and Identity – 7 Sept 2017, London
Tim Jefferson will be once again chairing the Smartex Mobile and Identity Event, on Thursday 7th September 2017, at Browns in central London. This highly interactive session will cover topics, such as Digital ID – the future, device carried biometrics, mobile the new ID, NFC/BLE access control and beacon marketing. Tim will be doing a presentation during the event on the new iPhone and iOS version. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email sales@thehumanchain.com
Smartex - Mobile and Identity – 23 May 2017, London
Tim Jefferson will be chairing the Smartex Mobile and Identity Event, which is the re-named Near Field Club on Tuesday 23rd. May 2017, at Browns in central London. This highly interactive session will cover topics, such as Digital ID – the future, device carried biometrics, mobile the new ID, NFC/BLE access control and beacon marketing. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email sales@thehumanchain.com
Mobile World Congress 2017 – 27 Feb - 2 March 2017, Barcelona
The Human Chain team will again be attending the biggest mobile event of the year, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The event runs from Monday 27th February to Thursday 2nd March 2017. The focus for The Human Chain this year is around payments, with PSD2/Open Banking being a such a current topic at present, alongside Mobile Financial Services, with a focus on the emerging markets. The team will also be talking with clients around IoT, Biometrics and 5G. If you would like to meet with any of the team to discuss how we could help with business and technology consulting on these subjects or more generally around bringing new digital products and services to market, contact us at sales@thehumanchain.com
Smartex - Mobile and Identity – 21 Feb 2017, London
Tim Jefferson will be chairing the first Smartex Mobile and Identity Event, which is the re-named Near Field Club on Tuesday 21st February 2017, at Browns in central London. This highly interactive session will cover topics, such as Digital ID – the future, device carried biometrics, mobile the new ID, NFC/BLE access control and beacon marketing. To arrange a meeting at this event or if you would like to attend, please email sales@thehumanchain.com