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Barley Laing

Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa

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 flourish. In fact, the current turmoil has fed into the three elements of the fraud triangle: motivation, opportunity and rationalisation. As a resu...

/regulation /identity Digital Identity Management

Barley Laing

Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa

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 keep up with the large number of sanctions announced by the territories they operate in, which they are legally required to adhere to. Failing to prop...

/regulation /identity Digital Identity Management

Barley Laing

Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa

Biometrics: 2022 is the year of facial verification

Biometric technology has only been taken seriously by many in financial services since the start of the pandemic, which made the remote onboarding of customers a necessity. Biometrics is already proving itself to be an important identity verification option for financial institutions, particularly as technology continues to evolve in this area. In...

/identity /crime Biometrics

Barley Laing

Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa

Direct mail: the standout communications channel for financial services in 2022

Direct mail has long been a vital communications channel for financial services. It’s used to engage with customers and prospects on everything from information on fluctuating interest rates to new loan and mortgage products. Its popularity is supported by research from the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), revealing that around 70 per cent of a...

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