Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

Estonian AML pilot shows what’s possible when tackling FinCrime

An AML pilot which saw ten Estonian banks take part in a country-wide initiative to tackle financial crime has been lauded as a success by participating banks, preventing up to €3 million from reaching criminal-controlled accounts.

16 March 2022

Research/Card fraud

The Future of Digital Banking in Asia 2022

22 December 2021 1017 downloads

Research/Card fraud

Future-Ready Payments Solutions: Remaining competitive with reusable technology

09 December 2021 788 downloads

Research/Card fraud

Facing up to the Future: Biometric Automation in Banking

12 November 2021 459 downloads

News/startups

Bling Card enlists Treezor to build kids' pocket money app

Startup Bling Card has joined forces with SocGen-owned BaaS player Treezor to develop a prepaid pocket money card and financial education app for kids in Germany.

21 October 2021

News/Sibos

Sibos 2021: Digital identity for an interoperable and accessible future

Diving straight in to substantive content on day one of Sibos 2021, Brad Carr, managing director of digital finance at the Institute of International Finance led discussion during the morning panel ‘Digital Identity – Balancing between convenience and trust.’

11 October 2021

Company update/security

Synctera adds card and fraud services to platform

Synctera, a new solution for partnership banking at scale, today announced the launch of two key services, Synctera Card and Synctera Fraud, to its platform, as well as the signing of Plaid, Feedzai, and Finix as strategic partners.

20 September 2021

Research/Card fraud

Stemming the tide of Social Engineering Scams with Behavioural Insights

06 August 2021 223 downloads

News/people

Moroccan cops nab suspected hacker Dr Hex

Moroccan police have arrested a suspected cybercrook, dubbed 'Dr Hex', accused of a string of phishing, carding and malware campaigns.

07 July 2021

Company update/regulation

Swedbank partners ACI to combat fraud and comply with SCA

ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time payments and digital payment software solutions, today announced that its partnership with Swedbank, one of the leading issuing and acquiring banks in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has contributed to a 55 percent decrease in card fraud, helping to improve customer experience and business growth for the Swedish bank.

06 July 2021

Research/Card fraud

The Future of Payments 2021

23 June 2021 1436 downloads

Research/Card fraud

The advantage of Machine Learning in preventing fraud

17 June 2021 390 downloads

Research/Card fraud

Identity verification’s integral position in evolving digital transformation

15 June 2021 326 downloads

News/regulation

Sentinels raises EUR5.7m for transaction monitoring platform

Sentinels, the Dutch startup behind an AI-powered transaction monitoring system, has raised EUR5.7 million in a seed funding round.

03 June 2021

Company update/security

AmEx makes online fraud fighting tech available to more merchants

American Express announced today it is teaming up with other online fraud prevention companies to help stop card-not-present (CNP) fraud and make online shopping safer for its merchants and Card Members around the world.

02 June 2021

News/security

Fraudio raises $3.3m for fraud prevention platform

Fraudio, a Dutch startup that has developed a cloud-native centralised AI-powered payment fraud detection system, has raised $3.3 million in seed funding.

28 May 2021

Research/Card fraud

Five Business Benefits for Analysing and Combatting Fraud

20 May 2021 218 downloads

Company update/security

Vanquis teams with SQA Consulting to combat financial crime

Vanquis Bank has today announced a ground-breaking partnership with SQA Consulting to help combat financial crime.

19 May 2021

Company update/security

Stripe buys card authentication outfit Bouncer

Stripe, a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet, announced today it has acquired Bouncer, a company building card authentication technology to reduce fraud during online transactions.

14 May 2021

Research/Card fraud

The Future of Regulation 2021

08 February 2021 838 downloads