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Addresses are foundational to the global economy. As noted by the Universal Postal Union, "addresses form an important part of the basic information needed to ensure communication (both digital a...
Fraud, whether by an individual or a business, is on the increase. This is largely due to many banking services being accessible online – a convenience that comes with some risk. To help prevent fraud...
Money laundering and terrorist financing create significant systemic risks in the global financial system. The intricate webs spun by fraudsters and criminals to evade detection crisscross national bo...
If you want to understand why something has gone wrong in a financial organization, the best person to start with is most typically the Chief Risk Officer (CRO). A CRO plays a critical role as an orga...
Our sacred trust infrastructure mission the incoming autumn will be to: 1. Make it crystal clear to all organisations (especially the in the public and SMEsectors) and most citizens how immensely ser...
Besides the technical challenges they face protecting their customers from digital risks, telcos also have a big job on their hands when it comes to maintaining regulatory compliance.l AML (Anti-Mone...
KYC – Know Your Customer – is about understanding who your customer is and if they are who they claim to be. However, as simple as this sounds, the process and information required to reach that judge...
Our research last year revealed that at least six million people in the UK are ‘ID Challenged’. This means that they struggle to prove who they are in order to access the products and services they ar...
In the UK, fraud has become a significant concern, to the point where it has been reclassified as a threat to national security, elevating its status to that of terrorism. This highlights the importa...
FinTech and banking applications are accessed every day by millions of consumers around the world, and passwords remain the primary method of authenticating users into the service. Yet, they are inher...
Speeding up business processes and tasks is something evolving software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been instrumental in delivering. Today, as SaaS reaches maturity, it offers great value to those in fina...
The growing complexity of the financial sector is creating new opportunities for money launderers. As a result, it is essential that financial institutions are equipped with the appropriate knowledge ...