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Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa
It has been estimated by MITSloan that the cumulative cost of inaccurate data is 15 to 25 per cent of revenue for most organisations. This is because poor quality data wastes resources, undermines everyday operations and communications – particularly personalised customer communications. It causes inefficiencies in both time and money in the creat...
06 June 2024 /regulation /identity Data Management and Governance
With the cost of living crisis continuing and slow economic growth forecast for the remainder of the year, these are challenging times for financial institutions looking to drive growth. This makes it vital to ensure account holders continue to receive a standout experience, to prevent customer churn and drive profitability. Equally important is ...
22 April 2024 /regulation /identity Data Management and Governance
As migration increases and globalisation continues at pace, financial institutions around the world are having to review and verify a greater range of identification (ID) documents when onboarding customers than they traditionally would. This is backed up by research from the United Nations (UN) highlighting that nearly four per cent of the world’...
02 February 2024 /identity /crime Digital Identity Management
Supporting criminal activity and risking substantial fines from regulators that also damage their reputation are not things any financial institution aspires to. Yet many are exposing themselves to such risks because they are not doing enough to prevent money laundering. With digitalisation creating new opportunities for money laundering to take p...
08 December 2023 /regulation /inclusion Digital Identity Management
Finextra recently reported that many of those in financial services were found wanting with their sanctions screening efforts by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). After a survey of sanctions controls at 90 firms the FCA uncovered deficiencies across staffing, technology and reporting networks, leading to a lack of adequate resources to ensure...
16 October 2023 /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
Fraud, whether by an individual or a business, is on the increase. This is largely due to many banking services being accessible online – a convenience that comes with some risk. To help prevent fraud, as well as to ensure compliance with existing know your customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations; know your business (KYB) and KYC...
26 September 2023 /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
Speeding up business processes and tasks is something evolving software-as-a-service (SaaS) has been instrumental in delivering. Today, as SaaS reaches maturity, it offers great value to those in financial services to improve the way they operate. Efficient, cost effective and easy to deploy Due to SaaS tools being able to be accessed instantly thr...
14 July 2023 /regulation /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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 way through the current macroeconomic climate it’s very important, if they are not already doing so, to focus on delivering a competitive advantage to h...
17 March 2023 /regulation /identity Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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. It’s leaving many worried about remaining competitive in the future as they contemplate price rises for products and services. Those in financial ser...
16 January 2023 /retail /identity Digital Identity Management
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 flourish. In fact, the current turmoil has fed into the three elements of the fraud triangle: motivation, opportunity and rationalisation. As a resu...
26 October 2022 /regulation /identity Digital Identity Management
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