Risk Management

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.

News Stories

How purpose-built AI is transforming compliance from detective controls into preventive controls

As AI rewrites the playbook for financial crime and conduct risk, Behavox founder and CEO Erkin Adylov explains how purpose-built models are shifting compliance...
FinTech

Over $1.1bn raised across funding raises in red-letter week for FinTech

There was over $1.1bn raised across 23 deals this week in the FinTech sector, one of the most powerful weeks for raises seen so...

Ortec Finance’s GLASS PRISM targets insurance portfolio optimisation

Ortec Finance has unveiled GLASS PRISM, a next-generation strategic asset allocation (SAA) optimisation tool designed specifically for insurance asset managers.
crime

Why real-time intelligence sharing is now a legal must

A decade ago, the notion of regulated financial institutions exchanging crime intelligence in real time felt far-fetched. Legal barriers loomed large, trust between banks...
LSEG launches real-time vessel tracking API

LSEG launches real-time vessel tracking API

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has unveiled a new Vessel Tracking API, developed in collaboration with satellite operator Kinéis and Wood Mackenzie Vesseltracker, offering...

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