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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

The new urgency - are banks prepared?

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

Germany taking the organisation wallet-for-AI lead and Denmark speeding up citizen wallets

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Alex Ford

Alex Ford President, North America at Encompass | RegTech Association | Women in RegTech

Why operational leaders are rethinking KYC

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Stanislav Galandzovsky

Stanislav Galandzovsky Head of User Acquisition at NAGA

Don't Expect Fast Results from Fintech Paid Ads – Here’s Why

Can paid advertising deliver high-quality leads in fintech? Yes, but not nearly as quickly as many hope Many fintech companies — either in banking, trading, SaaS solutions, B2B services or crypto projects — hope performance marketing will do all the work in such a competitive niche. But, in my experience, it never goes in isolation. Trust and bran...

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

The new urgency - are banks prepared?

EU has been developing a digital trust infrastructure to support the data-driven economy for many years. Initially focused on enabling digital identification for citizens—especially needed in countries without BankID as infrastructure. The initiative then evolved into something far more transformative. It is now very clear that this infrastructu

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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

Germany taking the organisation wallet-for-AI lead and Denmark speeding up citizen wallets

It is probably self-evident by now that the EU trust infrastructure is going to be the fundament not only for productivity, security, business and life event services, MyData privacy and a real Single Market - but also that ID-wallets and AI-agents together is the obvious next AI-step. The German coalition agreement is driving it: “The agreement...

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Alex Ford

Alex Ford President, North America at Encompass | RegTech Association | Women in RegTech

Why operational leaders are rethinking KYC

Operational leaders face a stark reality: the onboarding experience has become a make-or-break moment not just for clients but also for the bank itself. Despite significant investment in transformation, many banks continue to struggle with outdated, manual Know Your Customer (KYC) processes that are fundamentally unfit for purpose. The result? Dela...

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Jason Linus

Jason Linus Director Growth at Primesoft

Every Fingerprint Counts: Humanizing Finance Through Digital Identity

A grandmother in a rural village receives financial support from her son in the city through a simple fingerprint scan, no forms, no waiting, just dignity. A young girl in a quiet rural town, with dreams bigger than her surroundings, starts her own online business without ever needing to step inside a bank or prove her worth with paper documents.

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Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

How can we interconnect the mainstreams?

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Event Report

Risk-based authentication: Enhancing security and user experience in fraud prevention

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the importance of robust cross-channel authentication cannot be overstated. As businesses and consumers increasingly interact across multiple platforms, ensuring secure and seamless authentication processes is paramount.  Online platforms have become integral to modern financial activities, which necessitates secure and seamless transactions, backed up by robust authentication mechanisms. Risk-based authentication offers a dynamic security approach, balancing user convenience with stringent fraud prevention.  The integration of cross-channel data and advanced technologies like machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) is vital, as well as access and understanding of data. High-quality data is the cornerstone of effective fraud prevention and detection, which is why organisations must invest in robust data engineering practices to ensure collected data is accurate and well-labelled.  This investment enables the development of sophisticated models to better identify and prevent fraudulent activities. Prioritising data quality enhances fraud prevention strategies, protecting businesses and their customers from potential threats.  So how can organisations holistically address risk-based authentication in a dynamic world? This webinar report summarises the discussion of a Finextra webinar, hosted in association with Mastercard, and explores:  Risk-based authentication in fraud prevention;  Adapting fraud prevention to evolving threats;  Advanced authentication strategies for corporate fraud prevention;  Digital IDs, channels, and exclusion. 

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Event Report

AI strategies for scalable, secure and compliant banking

Delving into effective strategies and tools for secure and compliant AI integration in banking, emphasising the importance of open-source models, the role of generative AI, the advantages of synthetic data, and the influence of regulatory frameworks. Integrating AI in banking involves more than just adopting new technologies; it requires aligning these technologies with specific banking use cases to maximise benefits and mitigate risks related to data security and compliance. Open-source models facilitate this transformation by offering a collaborative platform for innovation and transparency, essential for building trust and ensuring the safe use of AI in banking.  The journey from proof of concept (POC) to production in AI and machine learning is often lengthy and complex. This extended timeline highlights the challenges organisations face in integrating AI into their operations. Embracing new tools and technologies and learning to utilise them effectively is crucial for overcoming these challenges and applying AI to day-to-day operations, leading to significant benefits in efficiency and innovation.  When looking at other markets, the United States has become a hub for tech giants, focusing on fostering innovation, while regions like Japan remain cautious, reflecting their unique regulatory landscapes and societal risk appetites. This diversity in regulatory approaches presents both opportunities and challenges for firms operating globally, necessitating a nuanced understanding of each market’s unique dynamics.  This webinar report summarises the discussion of a Finextra webinar, hosted with Red Hat, by a panel of industry experts. Discover:  How AI is enhancing innovation, efficiency, and security;  Synthetic data and regulatory impact;  What factors are holding organisations back from fully adoption AI-driven services;  Balancing innovation and regulation;  And more. 

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Impact Study

2024 Fraud Trends in Banking, Insurance, and Beyond

How generative AI is boosting fraud protection in an increasingly complex environment. As technology progresses, so do the capabilities of institutions to secure data and systems. Over 2024, the fraud landscape has been complex, and organisations must push the boundaries of innovation while maintaining a high security bar as the availability and democratisation of AI increases as we're going into 2025. The tidal wave of incoming regulation in the financial sector is an aspect that will help banking and insurance companies to safeguard their customers and data in the best way possible. Yet regulation alone does not address fraud – it’s up to individual organisations to leverage the potential of technology, and review their solutions, processes, and thus ensure compliance and safety. As fraud and regulation increase in the space, technology is one of the key factors that will help banks and insurance companies to address these increased fraud risks. Generative AI enables organisations to deliver hyper-personalised customer experiences, and combining these capabilities with carrier network insights can not only help them significantly reduce authentication fraud, but also ensure regulatory compliance. This impact study, produced in association with AWS and Vonage, examines the current fraud landscape across financial services, banking, and insurance, highlighting how generative AI and network APIs can help prevent fraud while enhancing the customer experience. Explore: Fraud trends in 2024 The impact of regulation Why data is the new gold How organisations can innovate with generative AI Best practices

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Successful Instant Payments Adoption: Is Regulation Enough?

In this FinextraTV interview during NextGen Nordics 2025 in Stockholm, Majda Nogo, Head of Sales and Business Development, Nordics and Baltics, Wordline Financial Services listed the reasons why Instant Payments still presents a number of opportunities to feel optimistic about the future. As part of this, Nogo expressed the belief that regulation and legislation, on its own, is not enough to fuel market adoption.

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Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What is Digital Company ID? CFIT’s blueprint for fraud prevention

The Centre for Finance, Innovation, and Technology (CFIT) has published a Digital Company ID plan to crack down on fraud and support UK businesses. CFIT led a coalition of over 70 organisations including financial institutions, government agencies, tech firms, policymakers, and academics, to develop and analyse Digital Company ID. According to the ...

Níamh Curran

Níamh Curran

Digital twins and the creepy consequences of data breaches

Data breaches are one of the scariest things we can encounter in real life. Receiving an email letting you know your personal information has been taken is much more frightening than the Necronomicon or the Babadook. Victims are left with a foreboding feeling of the unknown normally confined to horror films. Who has their information, and more impo...

Hamish Monk

Hamish Monk Senior Reporter at Finextra

What is digital identity?

Digital identity is the sum of online information on an individual. This can be any form of data associated with a person’s name – be it date of birth, address, email, or even social media posts and interactions. As such, digital identity can be thought of as an online avatar, representing the spheres of one’s personal and professional life. The c...