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The financial services industry is facing an increasing number of issues related to the adoption of cloud-based services. The growth of cloud and SaaS has accelerated with the consumerisation of information technology, along with the shift to working from home. Users have become comfortable downloading and using apps and services from the cloud to...
23 July 2021 /security /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa
With more people engaging and transacting with organisations online during the pandemic, there has been a corresponding rise in fraudulent activity. In the banking industry the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found a 68 per cent increase in remote banking fraud in 2020. Furthermore, research from UK Finance reveals that £479 million was lost...
02 July 2021 /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
Banking is no longer limited to four walls of a building. In the UK, three-quarters (73%) of consumers now use digital banking channels on a weekly basis, as people grow increasingly accustomed to their ease and convenience. But this isn’t without some downsides. Mobile functionality, blockchain integration and emergence of banking-as-a-service ha...
30 June 2021 /security /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Vikas Seth Chief Product Officer at IDnow Gmbh
During last months, I asked many of my friends and family members regarding their experiences while opening an account with one of the thousands of Fintechs or setting up new account with car/scooter sharing company or other similar usercases espeically requiring identity verification. Given my background in identity management and digital ident
26 June 2021 /identity /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
René Hendrikse Vice President & Managing Director, EMEA & LATAM at Mitek
When it comes to choosing where to go for holidays, or which restaurants to eat out at and what exactly we want to eat, we usually stick to what we are familiar with. Then came 2020 and the tables were turned: new experiences became everyday norms, and everyday norms became a distant memory. Since the pandemic, we have become reliant on technology...
07 June 2021 /security /identity Online Banking
Eduardo Castro Head of Identity and Fraud at Experian
New official figures have revealed the extent of the threat posed by online fraudsters. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has removed more scams in the last 12-months than in the previous three years combined. The surge in scams has been fuelled by the pandemic, with fraudsters launching a host of phishing attacks via email and text message...
20 May 2021 /security /identity Biometrics
In the finance world, everything’s gone digital. If you’re still trying to verify customers’ identity by asking where they lived ten years ago, or making them jump through manual hoops like sending small “test” transactions to verify a linked account, you’re falling behind. How you verify identifications and authenticate customers has a big impact...
27 April 2021 /regulation /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Sara Croft Head of Marketing at TrustID
Tony Machin, CEO of TrustID, discusses how IFAs can conveniently comply with KYC and AML requirements without the money and resources available to larger financial organisations. As an Independent Financial Advisor, you’re legally required to perform Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance. But, even with...
27 April 2021 /security /identity Digital Identity Management
Adam Desmond UK&I Country Lead at Mitek
Many would be surprised to find that purchasing a bottle of alchohol in our local corner shop is a security risk. But how? When the seller asks to see our proof of age, it's customary to wip out a physical ID whether it be a driving license or passport. However, in doing so, we present a wealth of personal information – our address, signature and ...
14 April 2021 /security /identity Digital Identity Management
The last twelve months have been a challenging time for many in financial services, with the pandemic and also Brexit to contend with. This means it’s more important than ever to look at all options to keep customers happy and drive growth in 2021. Spring clean customer data A good place to start is with data. Best practice business decision makin...
12 April 2021 /regulation /identity Data Management and Governance
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