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

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

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

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

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

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

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