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Frank S. Jorga

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Frank S. Jorga
Born30 December 1968
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of WebID Solutions
Known forVideo identification

Frank S. Jorga (30 December 1968) is a German businessman and investor. He pioneered the online video identification system.[1][2][3] He is the founder and managing director of WebID Solutions.[4]

Education and career

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After initially establishing an IT company with his brother, Jorga transitioned into banking, pursued studies in business administration and law, and completed his Master of Business Administration. Following his second Staatsexamen in law,[4] he joined the German-American Chamber of Commerce and worked as a consultant for various companies in Silicon Valley.[5][6][7]

After his return to Germany, Jorga worked on the liquidation of the merger of Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank. As Head of Strategy and Digital at GFKL Financial Services AG, Jorga launched a process that enabled online stores to offer purchase on account, credit, and direct debit.[4] At the beginning of the 2010s, Jorga considered developing an alternative to Deutsche Post's analogue PostIdent procedure, which so far required new customers of banks and brokers to attend in person to verify their identity.[8][9]

In 2012, Jorga founded WebID Solutions.[4][10][11] After proceedings with the Federal Ministry of Finance, Jorga obtained approval for the identification via video chat procedure he invented in January 2014.[4][8][12] Under his management, WebID Solutions developed additional identification procedures, such as authentication of online identities.[10][11]

With the expansion into Spain in 2023, Jorga became CEO of WebID Spain. Later that year, the city of Wiesbaden introduced online changing of address through video identification based on WebID's software,[13] as a follow-up project to the digital registration for marriage in 2021.[14]

Personal life

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Jorga is originally from Lübeck and lives in Hamburg and Berlin.[12] He has been married since late 2023.[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ Nitsche, Nicole (2020-05-20). "Die Gesichter der Branche: Frank S. Jorga". Paymentandbanking (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ Paravicini, Stefan (2021-12-16). "Neuer Merheitseigentümer". Börsen-Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ Steinbuch, Anja (2020). "Mit Stress und Druck gelassen umgehen". Handelsblatt (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ a b c d e Jorga, Frank S. (2020). "Digital Ident". In Bajorat, Andre M.; Brock, Harald; Oberle, Simon (eds.). Köpfe der digitalen Finanzwelt (in German). Wiesbaden, Heidelberg: Springer Gabler. pp. 246–255. ISBN 978-3-658-29643-8.
  5. ^ Dämon, Kerstin (30 March 2017). "Der Druck ist noch nicht groß genug". Wirtschaftswoche.
  6. ^ Schneider, Katharina (19 June 2018). "Von Solingen ins Silicon Valley". Handelsblatt.
  7. ^ van de Camp, Marleen (2020-02-12). "Der Chef eines Berliner Fintechs mit 600 Mitarbeitern war anderthalb Jahre im Silicon Valley — danach hat er seine Art zu arbeiten radikal verändert". Business Insider (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  8. ^ a b Reintjes, Dominik (4 February 2021). "So eine verrückte Situation habe ich noch nicht erlebt". Wirtschaftswoche.
  9. ^ Neuhaus, Carla (11 September 2016). "Identitätskrise // Die Berliner Firma WebID legitimiert Kunden via Videochat und greift damit das Monopol der Post an. Die Geschichte eines ungleichen Kampfs". Der Tagesspiegel.
  10. ^ a b Wingenfeld, Thomas (29 April 2022). "IT-Sicherheit-Unternehmen mit innovativen Konzepten". ZDNET.
  11. ^ a b Schneider, Katharina (30 June 2018). "Who's who?; Fintech startup WebID wants to conquer US with 'made in Germany' quality". Handelsblatt.
  12. ^ a b Bünder, Helmut (24 October 2016). "Der Vertragsschluss auf der Couch – per Videochat". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  13. ^ "Wiesbaden bietet Online-Anmeldung nach Wohnsitzwechsel an". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  14. ^ "Standesamt bietet Anmeldung zur Eheschließung erstmals online an". Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden (in German). 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  15. ^ Janina Meyer, Anna; Ullah, Robindro (2023-06-06). "#18: Online-Identifikation – mit Frank S. Jorga, Gründer von WebID Solutions GmbH". Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  16. ^ Burseg, Christoph (2023-09-11). "Die Zukunft der Online-Verifikation – mit Frank S. Jorga von WebID". RTL+. Retrieved 2024-03-07.