Remote identity verification is shaping the future now
Tuesday 24 May 2022
On 26th April at Future Identity Finance, Laura Camplisson, our Future Identity Portfolio Lead, sat down with Daniel Ferak, DOT Business Unit Director at Innovatrics, to discuss the most exciting trends and technologies shaping the future of identity verification for financial services. Innovatrics are an EU-based provider of trusted biometrics solutions to governments, enterprises, and
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Neobanks – The neo-target for fraud?
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Dealing with cybercriminals and hackers is nothing new for banks. From identity theft to account takeovers, to phishing, evolving threats continually test even the strongest security defences. Fraud is an ever-present threat for any financial institutions, but do neobanks and challengers face unique challenges? Over time traditional banks have formalised their security processes and built
Countdown to the Future Identity Festival – Matt Wilson, Ekata
Tuesday 02 November 2021
The Future Identity festival will take to the stage at The Brewery, London, on November 15th & 16th. In preparation for the event we caught up with Matt Wilson, Senior Enterprise Account Executive at festival sponsor, Ekata. Matt explored some of the reasons why we are seeing an increase in synthetic identity and account takeover fraud.
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Deepfakes of the dead: A spooky threat to financial services
Tuesday 02 November 2021
In the spirit of Halloween, here’s the spooky tale of the deepfakes capable of raising the dead… OK, maybe not literally. But, using deepfake technology, a company called MyHeritage allows visitors to upload a photograph of deceased family members, which can then be animated into video. The company says that it’s intended “for nostalgic use…to bring
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Fighting money laundering with face biometric verification
Tuesday 26 October 2021
Fighting money laundering with face biometric verification The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wrote an open letter in May 2021, to retail banking chief executives in the UK. It raised concerns surrounding weak financial crime controls and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance in the sector. UK retail banks were mandated to analyze, identify, and resolve issues around “common control
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Solve digital identity and close the backdoor to hackers
Tuesday 12 October 2021
Rod Boothby, Global Head of Identity at Santander, explores how the failure to verify every software developer’s digital identity, creates a backdoor for hackers, increasing the threat of ransomware and other cybersecurity risks. Most people do not know how modern software is built. People imagine a lone brilliant developer retreating into a dark room for
Transunion podcast: Data, Strategies and Trust. Listen now to our first episode discussing fraud trends within FinTech.
Tuesday 14 September 2021
Introducing a brand new podcast from our friend and partner Transunion: Data, Strategies and Trust. Listen now to our first episode discussing fraud trends within FinTech. Digitisation, the fundamental pillar of FinTech, has become more critical to businesses since the start of COVID-19. This can be seen in the rise of demand for online finance
Fighting back against digital identity fraud
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Even prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, instances of identity fraud and financial crime were increasing at an alarming rate. At FTT Identity 2021, a panel of experts from Trulioo, Cifas and NatWest Group came to the conclusion that these threats will never entirely go away. Financial insitutions can only minimise risk by adapting to
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A privacy fiasco & an unlikely AI story – FTT Bookmark Issue 15
Tuesday 11 May 2021
Your weekly resource for noteworthy news, fascinating features, and fintech titbits that caught our eye. Whether you live by your Twitter lists, save your Google Alerts or simply scroll through LinkedIn for insights and commentary – there is a wealth of content that weaves a global story around fintech. Our job at Fintech Talents is
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Digital Identity: The Missing Piece of the FinTech Puzzle?
Tuesday 26 January 2021
In today’s increasingly digital, experience-driven financial landscape, one of the major challenges facing any financial institution is how to be certain of a customer’s identity. Accurately, securely and seamlessly, while meeting evolving regulation. As transactions grow in volume and complexity, customers expect ever more streamlined experiences, regulators demand greater insights, and the risk of identity
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