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Simon Hawtin

Building the case for biometrics in lending

The term may still sound rather futuristic, but biometrics – the study of distinctive and measurable characteristics to label an individual – is already reshaping our world. These characteristics, kno...

12 Dec 2019
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
A Finextra Member

Crypto Data From Asia -- OECD Report Signals Expanding Regulatory Perimeter

This morning, while evaluating official activity over the last 24 hours globally regarding cryptocurrency and FinTech regulation, this speech in Malaysia caught our attention. The speech highlighted ...

11 Dec 2019
Digital Asset Class (DAC)
Hamza Khan

The race for alternative data

'Data is the new oil.’ It’s a dramatic statement – and certainly a contentious one. Just as one publication makes the case for it, another rubbishes the concept. The first argument points out that dat...

11 Dec 2019
Fintech innovation and startups
Ivy Schmerken

Revised SEC Rule 606 Shines the Light on Order Routing Disclosures

Change is brewing in the way that sell-side order routing data is reported to institutional customers. Broker-dealers will begin collecting vast amounts of data on January 1st for compliance with the ...

10 Dec 2019
Capital Markets Technology
Doug Gross

A 2020 perfect vision for the financial services sector

It’s been an exciting year in the banking sector. Along with innovation being pushed along by the industry, there has also been the added pressure of regulatory change, such as the introduction of 2FA...

10 Dec 2019
Bigger than Technology
Brian Costello

Creating a rich financial future for all

A US financial regulator opened an investigation last month into claims that Apple's credit card offered different credit limits for men and women. Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple tweeted tha...

10 Dec 2019
Banking Regulations
Chris Holmes

Will tech giants ever fully penetrate the financial services space?

While FinTech start-ups have been showcasing their rapid dynamism and proving themselves to represent a real threat to traditional financial institutions, in recent years, and even months, it has beco...

09 Dec 2019
Trends in Financial Services
Steve Cook

The debate over active or passive liveness detection and frictionless biometrics

The challenge for biometrics today is that nearly all modalities need to have additional security layers. Nowadays fraudsters have found ways to bypass on-boarding or authentication procedures and in ...

09 Dec 2019
Biometrics
A Finextra Member

The synergy between remittances and globalisation

An appropriate time to talk about remittances and their effect on globalisation is right now. According to industry reports remittances have almost overtaken Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as the lar...

09 Dec 2019
Trends in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

Multi-cloud in Financial Services

This year’s Enterprise Cloud Index report, reported that financial services outpaced all other industries in the adoption of hybrid cloud reaching 21% penetration today, compared to a global average ...

09 Dec 2019
Trends in Financial Services
Ketharaman Swaminathan

Social Media Customer Service - Use It But Don't Abuse It

Frequent readers of this blog and people who otherwise know me well would be aware that I'm a big fan of social media customer service. Many years ago, I wrote Customers Of The World Unite, You Have ...

08 Dec 2019
Denis Novikov

Connected Finances. Part 2: When the Internet of Things Secures Your Finances

The Internet of Things has a considerable flair for innovations and is penetrating virtually any sphere of human activities. Surely, we all have noticed how our finances have moved towards becoming al...

06 Dec 2019
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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