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Barley Laing

How banks can obtain a valuable single customer view (SCV)

Many financial institutions are experiencing share price fluctuations and some uncertainty as events play out from the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. While navigating their wa...

17 Mar 2023
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Barley Laing

Reduce inflationary pressures with data cleaning technology

With inflation hovering at around ten per cent, triggered largely by the growth in energy prices due to the conflict in Ukraine, costs for many financial institutions are spiralling at a rapid rate. I...

16 Jan 2023
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Data quality is key for effective ID verification

The cost of living crisis, combined with an increase in digitalisation of services and remote working at a time of great volatility in the world, has created new motives and justification for fraud to...

26 Oct 2022
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Five steps for effective sanctions screening

The war in Ukraine has triggered a proliferation in sanctions against leading politicians, businesspeople and entities in both Russia and Belarus. It has left many in financial services struggling to ...

12 Sep 2022
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Biometrics: 2022 is the year of facial verification

Biometric technology has only been taken seriously by many in financial services since the start of the pandemic, which made the remote onboarding of customers a necessity. Biometrics is already provi...

22 Feb 2022
Biometrics
Barley Laing

Direct mail: the standout communications channel for financial services in 2022

Direct mail has long been a vital communications channel for financial services. It’s used to engage with customers and prospects on everything from information on fluctuating interest rates to new lo...

19 Jan 2022
Data Management and Governance
Barley Laing

How address verification can solve a number of challenges for those in financial services in 2022

Address verification is often viewed simply as a practice that improves the accuracy of direct mail. However, it offers much more than that to the financial services industry that’s facing a number of...

14 Dec 2021
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

The Pandora Papers underline the importance of PEP checks

The recent release of the Pandora Papers has shone a light on the sometimes unethical or corrupt practises of the politically connected and the super-rich. For those in financial services the Papers h...

10 Nov 2021
Banking Regulations
Barley Laing

Steps to drive global growth while adhering to local AML and KYC regulations

It is convenient and much more efficient for people to conduct financial business on the web. On the flip side, the growth in online transactions has led to a substantial increase in fraudulent activi...

20 Oct 2021
Banking Regulations
Barley Laing

ID verification is the answer for cryptocurrency to become mainstream

There are more than 100 million users of cryptocurrencies around the world. These adventurous investors are increasingly drawn to virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, as they look to buy ...

02 Sep 2021
Cryptocurrency Insights
Barley Laing

Five steps to build trust in the digital age

With more people engaging and transacting with organisations online during the pandemic, there has been a corresponding rise in fraudulent activity. In the banking industry the Office for National St...

02 Jul 2021
Digital Identity Management
Barley Laing

Time to spring clean customer databases to drive growth

The last twelve months have been a challenging time for many in financial services, with the pandemic and also Brexit to contend with. This means it’s more important than ever to look at all options t...

12 Apr 2021
Data Management and Governance

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