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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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
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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Regulation as a competitive advantage
Thursday 27 September 2018
Pr. Bertrand Munier explains how NERP can be used to support MiFID II’s impact in wealth management in this Q&A. NERP can work as a very effective coordinating device in wealth management organisations and can be a very important first step in the digital transformation of banking, according to Munier. Can you tell us a
- Published in Blog, Embedded Finance, Fintech, Regulations, Risk
The unlimited power of ‘The Pack’ at YellowDog
Tuesday 31 July 2018
Risk and financial modelling, anti-money laundering (AML), and stress tests all require a massive amount of computing power. Gareth Williams, CEO of YellowDog discusses how they harness the power of ‘The Pack’ (available and underutilised computers in the cloud) in order to unleash unlimited computing power to allow their clients to improve operational efficiency, reduce
- Published in AI/Machine Learning, Blockchain, Fintech, Innovation, Profile, Start-ups
The challenges of creating tech for a highly regulated industry
Monday 16 July 2018
We speak to the team at unblu about how financial institutions can move away from the bulky silos of old infrastructures to seamless customer experiences Can you tell us about unblu and how you enable better engagement between financial institutions and their customers? unblu is a unique software solution that helps banks and financial institutions
- Published in Customer Experience, Profile, Regulations, Start-ups
Game-changers in the risk management space
Wednesday 11 July 2018
We talk to Riskinnov, an applied research company providing risk-management advice, about some of the key technologies that they see as real game-changers in the risk management space. Tell us a bit about RiskInnov? How does what you are offering financial services firms (and others) differ in its approach / efficacy when it comes to
- Published in Fintech, Innovation, Profile, Regulations, Risk