We pride ourselves in significant technological progress made in the 20th-21st centuries which dramatically changed the way we live and do things.

But little has changed in the way we have to prove our identity since King Henry V of England in the 15th century invented what some consider the first passport in the modern sense.

Proving we are who we are has become integral to the fabric of modern society. Younger generation is arguably more impacted and sensitive to it as yet to develop the immunity to this paradigm of adulthood. Buying goods on credit has become a norm for a lot of people from all age groups and walks of life for which we also need to go through ID verification. In fact we are required to verify our identity multiple times for various reasons almost routinely.

The process of ID verification is repetitive, disjointed, time consuming and impersonal.

Powered by technology, the data that contributes to our uniqueness instead can serve to enhance our consumer experience without having to go through repetitive verification. Whit this in mind, StemID was born. Our personality can safely bloom supported by StemID.

• Prabhu Velayutham
• Olga Slonchak

StemID is a bilateral app that brings together providers and Bloom ID holders and streamlines:

Age verification - no more painful memories of having to show ID when going out, buying drinks for a party or placing bets on a favourite sports team. Kids age can also be verified for any activities with age limit.

Mobile phone service contract – improved application experience and no impact on credit rating

Hotels check in, flight tickets and online check in – confirm your passport details with BloomID for enhanced user experience and fast service

Store Card Application – make the long forms completion and credit verification the thing of the past

Consumer Credit Application – get your favourite household goods such as furniture, electricals or many other for which credit is available without hustle and lengthy application process

Voting at Elections – no need to carry ID, easy verification process at a polling station and real time tracking of the turnout (for the countries where ID is required to vote)

Built an universal app that can be deployed to all major platforms like web, ios and android. Integrated with Bloom Protocol and Firebase for provider authentication and entitlement

Getting the QR code generated to send the required data back to StemID App. Bloom npm module kept failing with "Appears to be a git repo or submodule". Have to remove .git folder from the share-kit module. Post back from bloom didnot include a token, which made it harder to correlate the request and response

Understanding the Bloom product and creating a usecase that can expand the user base and promote mass adoption of Bloom ID driven by expansion of the providers pool utilizing Bloom ID services.

Creating a scalable solution that solves the problem of repetitive, disjointed, time consuming and impersonal ID verification process in the sectors covered by the use case.

Learned about the problems in centralized credit check applications and amount of risk it poses. How archaic existing systems are and its weakness in performing a critical function of the global financial system.

Working with Bloom to fine-tune integration

Defining the market and pricing strategy

Launching to the market