The five pillars of strong corporate KYC compliance
Founded in 2015, Know Your Customer provides digital onboarding solutions to financial institutions and regulated organisations globally. The company builds its KYC platform as an interconnected set of web apps, APIs, databases and pre-trained machine learning models – and is helping to change the game in digital corporate onboarding.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand issues cash system safeguarding consultation
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has issued a consultation seeking feedback on challenges facing the country’s cash system and the options to maintain it.
Pin numbers to be a thing of the past, Valuates reports
Market research company Valuates has predicted that the face and biometrics market will grow at a CAGR of 10.5%, to reach $10.76bn by 2027.
Barclays teams with SaveMoneyCutCarbon to help clients cut their emissions
Barclays has partnered with SaveMoneyCutCarbon to help its customers reduce their carbon, energy and water usage.
Debt packager referral fees to be banned under new FCA proposal
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed the banning of debt packager companies from being paid to refer customers on to other businesses.
Standard Chartered arm unveils savings platform to aid climate change fight
SC Ventures, the innovation branch of Standard Chartered Bank, has launched a new digital platform that is focused on helping UK savers fund the fight against climate change.
Why FinTecSystems is betting on open banking in the financial crime fight
Founded in 2014, FinTecSystems is specialised in open banking infrastructure and data analysis to help companies make data-driven and automate decisions. At a time when companies are scrambling to protect their assets from criminal actors, could FTS’ open banking infrastructure be a flood barrier against the rising wave of financial crime?
Hong Kong Stock Exchange publishes updated ESG, corporate governance guidance
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (HKEX) has published guidance on climate disclosures as well as an analysis of corporate governance and ESG practice disclosure across 2020-2021.
InsurTech AkinovA teams with Benchmark to bolster risk transfer understanding
AkinovA has partnered with forecaster Benchmark Labs to strengthen risk transfer decisions using forecaster technology to understand how micro-climates impact pricing mechanisms.
Why it is imperative for companies to bulletproof their risk assessments
A recent blogpost by Arctic Intelligence detailed how a letter by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has exposed companies’ poor quality of business risk assessments.













