<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/69F5BAD9-61FB-46F7-BC7D-29F5AE9E968C" ns1:id="69F5BAD9-61FB-46F7-BC7D-29F5AE9E968C"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/0119D5B0-D0CD-4319-AFFA-99D80BAEE44D" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C7741646-07AD-4DEC-89C1-3CD05F93B696" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/C7741646-07AD-4DEC-89C1-3CD05F93B696" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/4FDAD679-61DC-4570-9C05-E03AFE5811EC" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-11-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">87961</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Development of a Remote Identity Verification and Authentication Method Based on Ultra-Secure Facial Biometrics</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Arbor is an SME specialising in cyber-fintech. The co-founders (Ed Goodchild, Chris Noon, Vamshi Lingampally and Gary Stevens), a team experienced in wealth management and tech entrepreneurship, are seeking to address the challenge of online client verification and authentication using facial biometrics. The Arbor solution provides multi-factor authentication for businesses that could save customers &amp;pound;34,000 per year. Should Arbor be successful they could generate a year-five post-project revenue of &amp;pound;6.49M.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>