John Cant Managing Director at MPI Europe Ltd
When a financial sector customer becomes less active it is often an important signal that they have reached a new stage in their lifecycle, and critically need specific handling. We will look at some possible customer states that all share this common symptom but require quite different handling and priority from different business functions. The
08 December 2020 /identity /crime Data Management and Governance
Retired Member
Fraud and financial crimes perpetrated against insurers are on the rise. Although the banking industry remains the primary route for money laundering, stricter regulations and improved AML controls within that sector have driven criminals to other channels that may be more vulnerable to money laundering activities. Insurance providers, often less ...
24 November 2020 /regulation /crime Digital Insurance Trends
Claus Christensen CEO at Know Your Customer
The lens through which we have traditionally looked at anti-money laundering compliance is changing. This is due to a number of factors. First, there is the rise of FinTechs, whose whole functioning and success is based on a digital-first approach and a customer-centricity that were not common in financial services until recently. Then there is a...
06 November 2020 /regulation /crime Fintech
Keith Stanton International Product Manager (Fraud & Risk) at FIS
In my previous blog (click here) I detailed how the Fraud threat landscape for cards has changed significantly, with a reduction in card fraud in some of the major markets as consumers are spending less; and spending online rather than at bricks and mortar retail sites. But that doesn't mean the fraud levels are easing – as while payment fraud is ...
28 October 2020 /crime /covid-19 Financial Risk Management
Nancy Weir Industry Principal at Pegasystems
Over the last 15 years the KYC due diligence process has evolved significantly. But as the bar has been raised on compliance globally, the costs and resources needed in the onboarding process and regular KYC reviews have grown exponentially. Financial institutions don’t have much choice in their approach. They either must make upfront investments ...
28 October 2020 /regulation /crime Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Jesse Chenard CEO at MonetaGo
As Brexit’s final transition date edges closer, Britain’s businesses have warned that they are running out of time to make preparations for trade, should a no-deal be reached. At the same time, the government has warned that there will be a huge amount of red tape for businesses to contend with, whatever deal is struck. Put these factors of unce
26 October 2020 /startups /crime Financial Risk Management
As I outlined in my previous blog (click here to view), we have seen a rapid movement to card channel payments as cash usage has declined during the pandemic. In the UK, as early as April this year cash withdrawals had declined by 60% (according to the UK Government) - mainly due to a combination of people staying indoors and being unable to use ...
25 October 2020 /crime /covid-19 Financial Risk Management
2020 has been a challenging for many reasons – the global situation has changed the face many industries – perhaps forever. For many years, the payments industry has spoken about the replacement of cash as a means of payment. Indeed, the National Audit Office in the UK states that only 3 in every 10 transactions are now cash and had projected that...
23 October 2020 /crime /covid-19 Financial Transformation
Amita Choudhary Marketing Manager at Princeton Growth Accelerator
There’s been a lot of talk about the link between technology and the financial sector over the last couple of decades, and the synergy between the two is very obvious at this point. However, technology didn’t just make things easier – it also introduced some new problems. Thankfully, it’s also shaping up as the main answer to the big questions loo...
17 October 2020 /crime Financial Risk Management
Kevin Day CEO at HPD Software
In the current period of economic uncertainty, increasing pressure on businesses is making fraudulent activity an ever-present risk for lenders – a trend not only troubling for the affected company or companies, but also for the wider economy. In particular, corporate fraud has the potential to dissuade banks from lending - a dangerous outcome dur...
13 October 2020 /crime /covid-19 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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