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Discuss upcoming trends in digital proofing, authentication, fraud and digital identity management.
In recent years, Africa has witnessed substantial growth in its digital landscape, significantly altering the way people access financial services. Digital innovations, particularly in the domain of d...
Finextra recently reported that many of those in financial services were found wanting with their sanctions screening efforts by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). After a survey of sanctions con...
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...
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...
The implementation of remote identification and the ability to become a new customer without physically visiting a branch revolutionized banking services. In Europe this process remained mostly hybrid...
The UK's relationship with the EU has been tumultuous in recent years, especially in the wake of Brexit. With regards to digital identities, former Prime Minister Tony Blair's, statement that "e...
Across the globe, we are seeing country after country making digital ID a primary option for consumers (and businesses) to access both public and private sector services. In some countries, it is enti...
Romance scams are an especially cruel way to dupe a victim. Gaining their trust and fooling them into thinking they’re romantically involved, before exploiting that trust and using their personal info...
For banking and financial services across the globe that embrace digital ID, the benefits will be vast. The digital ID ecosystem to enable this now exists and is rapidly expanding. Offerings are emerg...
With inflation hovering at around ten per cent, triggered largely by the growth in energy prices due to the conflict in Ukraine, costs for many financial institutions are spiralling at a rapid rate. I...
The cost of living crisis, combined with an increase in digitalisation of services and remote working at a time of great volatility in the world, has created new motives and justification for fraud to...