589 Results from /crime
Andreas Hobbelin Head of AML & FCP at ZTL PAYMENT SOLUTION
A couple of years ago I was walking over Stureplan in Stockholm when I heard somebody yelling my name, I turned around and there was the little brother to one of my former childhood school friends who came to Sweden as a refugee in the 90s. He was tall, big and actually looked like a real crime figure. I couldn’t pretend that I didn’t recognize him...
06 August 2021 /regulation /crime RegTech
Retired Member
Ransomware on the rise: What are the risks? As financial technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous, so too do the risks of cybercrime. Financial institutions are prime targets for a litany of attacks including ransomware due to the vast quantities of critical value data (CVD) relating to its customers and employees. Ransomware ...
06 August 2021 /security /crime Information Security
Ali El Kaafarani CEO & Founder at PQShield
Quantum computing is proving to be enormously exciting for financial institutions. Already, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Börse are exploring quantum algorithms to calculate risk model simulations 1,000 times faster than currently possible, while BBVA is looking to quantum to optimise investment portfolio management. But a more sinister aspect to...
05 August 2021 /security /crime
Gabe McGloin Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi at Verifi Inc
Everyone wants the transaction to happen Online payments are evolving toward ensuring every card-not-present (CNP) transaction is a dependable, secure, and seamless experience for the customer. And rightly so, as e-commerce retail sales rose by over 32% in 2020.1 Just to authorise and authenticate a cardholder’s purchase requires data retrieval fr...
28 July 2021 /payments /crime Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
In today’s world, where a bunch of transactions are made online with just one click, there are high risks of being involved in scams. Although it is true that a lot of companies ensure the security of your transactions, there are always chances of losing your funds easily. In order to discuss these things in more detail, let’s first define some th...
27 July 2021 /regulation /crime
The digitisation of commerce has escalated the need for card-not-present (CNP) businesses to bring proactive customer communication to the fore. From digital receipts to high-tech AI chatbots, sellers have more options than ever to interact with customers. Not only will embracing these efforts heighten transparency, but also improve customer servi...
22 July 2021 /payments /crime The Payments Business
The success of Amazon’s recent Prime Day - this year over 250 million items were sold worldwide - typically results in many other merchants promoting similar sales events. With many merchants hoping the marketing strategy works out for the best. Unfortunately, this presents a multitude of challenges. Not just the need to prepare well in advance fo...
19 July 2021 /payments /crime Exposing Financial Crime
The recent news that the iconic ‘Blankety Blank’ game show was returning to our screens under the masterful Bradley Walsh brought back many great memories. Originally a firm family favourite on the BBC back in the 1980’s under fellow Irishman, Sir Terry Wogan and again reprised under the always funny Les Dawson, the premise of the game was a fun qu...
19 July 2021 /crime The Payments Business
Matt Beattie Managing Director at Beyond
Many organisations continue to wrestle with the challenge of delivering a fast and efficient client onboarding (& review) approach while ensuring compliance with the various KYC/AML rules. Ultimately, the goal for every Financial Institution is to optimise this balance and gain the associated competitive advantage, with the added benefit of a ...
12 July 2021 /regulation /crime Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
In February 2021, I asked the Swedish company registry (#Bolagsverket) about some statistics regarding beneficial ownership, this is the response: Approx.: - 70.000 companies have registered that they don't have a beneficial owner. - 13.500 companies with a beneficial owner that is a non-resident and or not registered with a Swedish national ID. ...
07 July 2021 /regulation /crime Banking Regulations
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