France Connect + now provides transactions on a personal training account

From this Tuesday, October 25, the France Connect + platform will strengthen the security of the Personal Training Account (CPF) and become mandatory for purchasing training on moncompte.formation.gouv. It is a task for the state, among others, to fight “ identity theft and fraud In relation to CPF. So far, it has been the France Connect platform, launched in 2015, that has simplified online procedures for various public services, including CPF.

France Connect + provides the proceduresthe most sensitive“Users,” says the Digital Interagency Directorate (DINUM) on Twitter. In this case, the account will be needed to pay for selected training courses on the “Personal Training Account” platform. Security is achieved through two-factor authentication, similar to existing devices for banking services.

A service linked to La Poste’s digital identity

To activate this double authentication, users must create an online account with La Poste and download the “postal digital identity” application to which France Connect+ is attached. Once the app in question is installed, users must then enter their ID information so that it can be validated and their account can be properly created.

Once their account is validated, users only need to identify themselves in the La Poste app with their mobile phone number and enter the secret code of their choice when they want to use France Connect + and, by extension, to carry out transactions. connection with CPF;

For a year now, the state has been trying to tackle the issue of CPF scams and scams. Indeed, in 2021 Trakfin, a judicial body attached to the Ministry of Economy, noted a twelvefold increase in reports of suspicious transactions related to Personal Learning Account fraud between 2020 and 2021.