That’s why we’re excited to announce Twilio’s intent to acquire Boku Identity, Inc. (“Boku Mobile Identity”), a leading global identity and authentication provider. The planned acquisition of Boku Mobile Identity reflects Twilio's commitment to accelerating its vision for seamless mobile identity and digital intelligence. Introducing Boku Mobile Identity Boku Mobile philippines whatsapp number Identity is a suite of products offered today by Boku that enables businesses to improve their user experience while enhancing security. While identity verification channels such as SMS two-factor authentication have their place, these methods introduce additional time and effort, which can reduce conversions from sign-up to checkout.
Boku Mobile Identity can verify customer data in real-time from trusted, GDPR-compliant data sources, leveraging the industry’s most comprehensive global network of real-time mobile network operator identity connections. Together, customers can provide a seamless onboarding experience for users while mitigating fraudulent registrations and account takeovers. To do this, we can use backend tools to identify at-risk or compromised phone numbers, including those hijacked by SIM swap attacks. The Future of Identity Verification and Intelligence Twilio and Boku Mobile Identity share a common goal: to build a seamless customer identity solution that doesn’t sacrifice user experience for security.
In addition to Twilio’s existing offerings for things like phone number and email validation, and multi-channel authentication, you can expect new packages in our Lookup API with an enhanced line type for global VoIP detection and SIM swap detection, as well as new Verify API channels like silent one-time passcodes . We’re also excited to leverage Boku Mobile Identity’s comprehensive mobile identity network to enhance security offerings for Twilio customers. If you would like to learn more about these upcoming offerings, please contact us . We look forward to working together to build a secure customer engagement.