This Week in Fintech
This Week in Fintech
This Week In Fintech
Can Reusable Identity Fix Fintech’s Verification Problem? - With SOLO Founder Georgina Merhom
40 minutes Posted Oct 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
Why Verification Feels So Redundant
Defining Reusable Identity Networks
Georgina’s Path To Building SOLO
Choosing Regulation And Data Rights
Why Earlier Reuse Efforts Failed
FinCEN Guidance And SIP Reliance
Auditing Workflows For Real Assurance
Visa Style Clearinghouse For Verification
What The Treasury Pilot Proves
Adoption Barriers And Incentive Design
Consumer Agency Over Shared Data
AI Agents Need Persistent Consent
Expanding Beyond Banks And Betting On Assurance
Where To Follow SOLO Next
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In this episode of This Week in Fintech Partnered, Katie Perry sits down with Georgina Merhom, founder and CEO of SOLO, to explore why financial services still asks customers to prove who they are over and over again — and what it would take to make identity verification reusable. Georgina explains how SOLO is building a verification network that allows banks and fintechs to rely on identity checks that have already been completed elsewhere, provided those checks meet their own compliance st...