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Unlocking AML capabilities: How graph databases revolutionise financial crime detection

Unlocking AML capabilities: How graph databases revolutionise financial crime detection

Unlocking AML capabilities: How graph databases revolutionise financial crime detection
Harnessing AI and customer success to tackle financial crime

Harnessing AI and customer success to tackle financial crime

Nicole Baxby, the Vice President of Customer Success at Quantifind, recently shared her personal journey and significant achievements in the field of risk management and customer success. Baxby's experience underscores the importance of technology, collaboration, and a customer-focused approach in combating financial crime.
Lyft

Cash App Pay and Lyft team to enhance payment flexibility for rides

Cash App and Lyft have partnered to streamline payment options for rideshare users, marking a stride in payment convenience and choice.
WWF

WWF and TNFD unite to launch nature data public facility

The World Wildlife Fund and the TNFD have joined forces to launch a new Nature Data Public Facility (NDPF).

RBA reviews card payment regulations to ease merchant costs

The RBA is undertaking a significant Review into Retail Payments Regulation, aimed at evaluating the costs that merchants endure when accepting card payments and the existing surcharging framework.
BNPL

FCA to transform BNPL market with enhanced consumer safeguards

In a move to enhance consumer safety, the government has initiated a consultation to bring BNPL companies under the oversight of the FCA.
Yellow Card

Yellow Card secures $33m in Series C to boost African stablecoin operations

Yellow Card, the pioneering stablecoin platform, has successfully closed its Series C financing round, raising $33m. According to Intelligent CIO, this investment was led by...
Data Zoo

Data Zoo unveils product to strengthen fraud detection and enhance customer safety

Data Zoo, a global leader in identity verification data, has announced the launch of its latest service, ID Fraud & Risk Signals.
UK WealthTech market completes 27% of European deals in H1 2024

UK remains a leader in the European WealthTech market as funding halved in H1

Key European WealthTech investment stats in H1 2024: European WealthTech investments halved in H1 YoY UK companies continued to dominate the European WealthTech space...
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What will the impact of AI be on financial services?

The capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are evolving rapidly and with them brings a sea of change for how financial institutions can support their clients. Most importantly, it is allowing them to offer greater personalisation. 

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Diverse week for FinTech as $1.1bn raised across 17 deals

Diverse week for FinTech as $1.1bn raised across 17 deals

It was a diverse week for FinTech funding, with deals closing across nine different countries.  There were a total of 17 FinTech funding rounds covered...
Sift enhances fraud insights with new metrics in industry benchmark tool

Sift enhances fraud insights with new metrics in industry benchmark tool

Sift, a leading AI-powered fraud prevention platform, has introduced significant updates to its Fraud Industry Benchmarking Resource (FIBR), a free online tool designed to provide key fraud metrics across various industries, geographies, and timeframes.
Bitsight acquires Cybersixgill in $115m deal to enhance cyber threat intelligence

Bitsight acquires Cybersixgill in $115m deal to enhance cyber threat intelligence

Bitsight, a global leader in cyber risk management, has announced its $115m acquisition of Cybersixgill, a prominent cyber threat intelligence (CTI) provider. This strategic move...
FinCEN issues alert on deepfake fraud schemes targeting financial institutions

FinCEN issues alert on deepfake fraud schemes targeting financial institutions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued a critical alert to assist financial institutions in identifying and addressing fraud schemes involving deepfake media created with generative AI (GenAI) tools.
change communication methods during a verification check.Some identity verification solutions may also flag possible attempts to circumvent verification checks, such as the use of third-party webcam plugins, which can let a customer display previously generated video rather than live video. Use of Deepfake Media in Phishing Attacks and Scams Criminals may also target financial institution customers and employees through sophisticated, GenAI-enabled social engineering attempts in support of other scams and fraud typologies, such as business email compromise (BEC) schemes, spear phishing attacks, elder financial exploitation, romance scams, and virtual currency investment scams.24For example, in family emergency schemes, scammers may use deepfake voices or videos to impersonate a victim’s family member, friend, or other trusted individual.25Similarly, criminals have reportedly used GenAI tools to target companies by impersonating an executive or other trusted employee and then instructing victims to transfer large sums or make payments to accounts ultimately under the scammer’s control.26 Financial Red Flag Indicators of Deepfake Media Abuse FinCEN identified the following red flag indicators to help financial institutions detect, prevent, and report potential suspicious activity related to the use of GenAI tools for illicit purposes.As no single red flag is necessarily indicative of illicit or suspicious activity, financial institutions should consider the surrounding facts and circumstances before determining whether a specific transaction is suspicious or associated with illicit use of GenAI tools. A customer’s photo is internally inconsistent (e.g., shows visual tells of being altered) or is inconsistent with their other identifying information (e.g., a customer’s date of birth indicates that they are much older or younger than the photo would suggest). A customer presents multiple identity documents that are inconsistent with each other.

Folks Finance secures $3.2m in Series A to advance crosschain DeFi solutions

Folks Finance, a DeFi platform specialising in lending, borrowing, and managing digital assets across multiple blockchains, has announced it raised $3.2m in an oversubscribed Series A funding round.

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