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Alex Laycy

Alex Laycy Solutions Architect at https://amdaris.com/

Fraud prevention: The importance of technology in spotting security risks

Fraud is widespread these days and not going away anytime soon. According to a recent industry report, 38% of UK retail sales will be done online by 2026. Moreover, by 2026 almost 40% of all retail chain sales will be online. Whilst this is good news for eCommerce businesses, it is also good news for online fraudsters, with payment fraud being an ...

/payments /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Luke Fossett

Luke Fossett Director, Australia and New Zealand Sales at GoCardless

PayTo is here, but this is just the beginning: Here’s what the industry needs to know

A new payments system, PayTo, has just begun its rollout in Australia. Over the upcoming months, payment providers will be coming online, with all major banks committed to providing PayTo by March 2023. It’s important to remember that, although the introduction of PayTo is historic, there is still a lot to do behind the scenes before all of Austra...

/payments /regulation Frictionless Payments

Frank Cummings

Frank Cummings CEO at AML Partners LLC

Major Increase in Financial Crimes on the horizon.

Expect a spike in Financial Crime. Here’s why and how you can prepare for it. Why expect a spike in financial crime? It’s the economy, of course. We are on the doorstep of recession, and it’s hard to imagine a gimmick or politician who can stop it now. For those of us who specialize in AML Compliance and related Risk, economic recession strongly ...

/regulation /crime RegTech

Tamar Gershon

Tamar Gershon MarCom Manager at Fibonatix

CHOOSING THE BEST PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER: 9 KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK PROVIDERS

There are lots of factors to consider when choosing payment solutions for your business. Finding the best payment service provider for your specific needs is crucial to your company’s success, as they will help you to develop a secure, reliable, and suitable payments flow and experience, to convert and retain customers and maintain a good reputati...

/payments /regulation

John Bertrand

John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited

Long Finance – The Future of UK Fraud (https://www.zyen.com)

The observation that “The International nature of fraud is not just on the rise, rather it is endemic” sums up the Future of Fraud in a compelling and disquieting manner. There are no simple answers. Imagine in Victim’s Narratives, from the year 2032, “her bank refuses to accept any liability”. This suggests over the next 10 years, “fraud remains ...

/regulation /crime Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Paul Marcantonio

Paul Marcantonio Head of UK/Western Europe at Ecommpay

What Challenges Do Payment Sanctions Bring to the UK Travel and Aviation Industries?

As the tourism industry finally begins to make a full recovery from COVID-19 and its resulting travel restrictions, there have recently been fresh worries that sanctions brought on by the conflict in Ukraine could undermine the progress made by travel and aviation companies, triggering a fresh period of industry stagnation. In this article, I’ll e...

/regulation BNPL

Caleb Woo

Caleb Woo Client Success at Artius Global

How Unsettled Trades can affect your regulatory position for shareholding disclosure

Have you considered the impact of unsettled trades on shareholding reporting? How hard can shareholding disclosure be? Just load your positions and see if you are over the threshold right? Not exactly! Depending on where the securities are listed, different jurisdictions impose different requirements on the reporting of trades and the rules differ ...

/regulation RegTech

Rodrigo Zepeda

Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited

The Model Mandatory Disclosure Rules (‘AEOI PHASE 3’) Briefing Series: PART IV

By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting GLOBAL AND NATIONAL ESTIMATES OF TAX EVASION The most recent estimates of the cost of global tax evasion to governments around the world is nearly $500 billion (£408 billion) – around $312 billion (£254.68 billion) is lost because of tax abuse by multinational corporations, and around $171 billion (£139.5...

/regulation /crime Exposing Financial Crime

Frank Cummings

Frank Cummings CEO at AML Partners LLC

Help Stop Social Violence

The Uvalde ,Texas school shooting was yet another horrific and unimaginable act of violence in the U.S. And that particular kind of horror has been categorized by some as “social violence”—a type of event whose traits often include signals pointing toward and even previewing the violent events. Given the many red flags tied to many acts of social ...

/regulation /crime RegTech

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The battle against financial terrorism demands every tool in the box

Meeting the requirements of ever-evolving anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorist financing (CTF) laws, regulations and guidance is no mean feat. The sheer depth and breadth of requirements from such as wide range of bodies, can be daunting for even the most seasoned industry experts. The first place they might look in relation to AML ...

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