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Barley Laing

How to prevent AI induced hallucinations

In the financial services sector the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) promises to, and in many cases already is, driving real-time business success. From enhancing data-driven insi...

09 Jul 2024
Artificial Intelligence
Barley Laing

The damaging impact of poor quality data in the financial services sector

It has been estimated by MITSloan that the cumulative cost of inaccurate data is 15 to 25 per cent of revenue for most organisations. This is because poor quality data wastes resources, undermines eve...

06 Jun 2024
Data Management and Governance
Barley Laing

Why those in financial services must spring clean their customer databases

With the cost of living crisis continuing and slow economic growth forecast for the remainder of the year, these are challenging times for financial institutions looking to drive growth. This makes ...

22 Apr 2024
Data Management and Governance
Barley Laing

Preventing fraud in a globalised world

As migration increases and globalisation continues at pace, financial institutions around the world are having to review and verify a greater range of identification (ID) documents when onboarding cus...

02 Feb 2024
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

The money laundering red flags and how to prevent it in 2024

Supporting criminal activity and risking substantial fines from regulators that also damage their reputation are not things any financial institution aspires to. Yet many are exposing themselves to su...

08 Dec 2023
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Delivering effective sanctions screening amid growing FCA concerns

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...

16 Oct 2023
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Time to evolve your approach to know your business (KYB) checks

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...

26 Sep 2023
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

How SaaS is leading the way in cleaning customer data and delivering ID checks

Speeding up business processes and tasks is something evolving software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been instrumental in delivering. Today, as SaaS reaches maturity, it offers great value to those in fina...

14 Jul 2023
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Barley Laing

How banks can obtain a valuable single customer view (SCV)

Many financial institutions are experiencing share price fluctuations and some uncertainty as events play out from the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. While navigating their wa...

17 Mar 2023
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Barley Laing

Reduce inflationary pressures with data cleaning technology

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...

16 Jan 2023
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Data quality is key for effective ID verification

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...

26 Oct 2022
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Five steps for effective sanctions screening

The war in Ukraine has triggered a proliferation in sanctions against leading politicians, businesspeople and entities in both Russia and Belarus. It has left many in financial services struggling to ...

12 Sep 2022
Digital Identity Management

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