Should we be afraid of AI?
Tuesday 03 March 2020
Clara Durodié, executive chair of the Cognitive Finance Group and author of Decoding AI in Financial Services: Business Implications for Boards and Professionals discusses the concerns around AI and the possibility of providing data statements, much like consumers receive bank statements, to see how their data is being collected, used, sold and even abused. “Some
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Do you want to define FinTech for the next decade? Call for speakers FTT2020
Tuesday 03 March 2020
As we settle into 2020, we here at FinTECHTalents have been busy chatting to cool people, monitoring the trends and finding out what our community wants from our most ambitious Festival to date – FTT2020. This year (if you can forgive the obvious) we will be looking at how we as an ecosystem plan on
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FinTech of the Week is Sedicii, mapping a new future for KYC
Tuesday 18 February 2020
In our ongoing series, the FinTECHTalents FinTech of the Week is Sedicii, which provides technology based on the Zero Knowledge Proof Protocol that eliminates the transmission, storage and exposure of private user data during authentication or identity verification, which reduces identity theft, impersonation and any fraud resulting from the identity theft. In part one of
KYC/AML for the ‘good guys’
Tuesday 28 January 2020
RegTech startup Altergaia is looking to tackle fraud for small to medium-sized businesses. What is Altergaia – what problem are you solving? Altergaia is a KYC/AML software company with a business focus that runs on Salesforce.com. It stops you wasting time trying to on board customers outside your risk appetite while enhancing near real time customer experience
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Cyber security for the startup world
Tuesday 07 January 2020
Startups often work in a way where security can quickly be forgotten or get in the way. GrowSecure aims to offer affordable cyber security solutions that work with companies, support culture and help startups fold security tightly into their road map to success What is GrowSecure – what problem are you solving? GrowSecure was born with a
- Published in Cyber security, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Interviews, Start-ups
The customer as the nucleus of a complex cellular structure
Tuesday 29 October 2019
Financial crime prevention provider, Quantexa makes sure they always look to the bigger picture in order to correctly assess the level of risk. Who is Quantexa – what problem are you solving? Ultimately, we are focussed on helping Financial Institutions to better detect Financial Crime & Fraud; whilst also empowering our customers to make better decisions around
- Published in Cyber security, Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Interviews, Risk, Security
Catching crimes before they happen
Tuesday 29 October 2019
While AML-focused FinTech, Sedicii wear their passion on their sleeve for everyone to see, their identity and security solutions tackle issues such as money laundering without exposure to any private customer data. What is Sedicii – what problem are you solving? We provide real-time verification of identity and real time collaborative monitoring for AML with a strong
- Published in Cyber security, Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, FinTECHTalents, Identity, Innovation, Interviews, Risk, Security, Start-ups
PAD is not enough… Biometric security needs RAD
Tuesday 17 September 2019
A thought provoking blog post from Gabriel Turner, Product Manager, iProov. Presentation Attack Detection or “PAD” is increasingly a hot topic within the biometrics industry. While this is definitely a step in the right direction, cyber-thieves are still diligently exploiting security gaps in identity proofing and strong customer authentication. Exclusive focus on presentation attacks alone
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Automating the verification process
Tuesday 10 September 2019
Verifying who you are doing business with has become more challenging. 123signed was developed to fully automate the entire verification process of KYC via a simple single integration, accessing numerous global KYC databases. What is 123signed – what problem are you solving? 123signed is automating the very complex environment of corporate and consumer onboarding and
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Does your bank have an ethical data culture?
Tuesday 03 September 2019
Our friends from Sensibill made you a flowchart to find out. Thanks to Silicon Valley, we have plenty of examples of what it means to not have an ethical data culture. Uber’s “God View”; Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal; Google’s hacked Nest cams. And while hefty fines and public outcries are helping drive some change, it’s
- Published in Customer Experience, Cyber security, Data Privacy, Featured, Fintech, Identity, Innovation, Regulations, Risk, Security, Start-ups