Say NO to Risky Email Addresses
When onboarding new customers into your business, are you checking every email address presented for any number of different risk factors including how old that particular email address is?
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Protecting Clients PII
The diversification of payment channels is transforming the way we use money. Technology has a big part to play in identifying patterns of criminal activity across millions, even billions of transactions in ways that manual processes simply cannot match. The U.K.’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has recently issued guidance to help organisations …
The Information Sharing Challenge
Businesses, regulators and enforcement agencies continue to work together to identify new money laundering and fraud threats, tackling them on a collective and global basis however meaningful and effective sharing of information remains elusive. Information sharing is viewed universally as the critical determinant of success and yet, privacy and data protection concerns prevail. Balancing these …
Preparing for the Stage 2 ISO 27001 audit
With the ‘dress rehearsal’ stage 1 ISO 27001:2013 audit behind you, stage 2 is upon you all too quickly. Following the stage 1 audit, you may still have further work to do. If the auditor found any major or minor non-conformances, observations or opportunities for improvement – you must have put a corrective action plan …
Three Ways to Develop a Security Culture
In the modern world of software development, it is simply not enough to build the best product, service or offering on the market. Mindful of the fines and sanctions outlined within the EU GDPR, and ‘leaks’ of Personal Identifiable Information (PII) continuing to dominate the news headlines, all companies now need to have a highly …
Global Identity Verification made easy
Know Your Customer (KYC) poses industry-wide challenges and it will continue to do so unless we – as a #RegTech supplier – take proactive steps to cultivate positive change. As regulatory pressure on banks and corporates alike intensifies, the volume of KYC information required also increases. And as to compound the problem, many of these …
Becoming insight driven with Open Banking
Given breakthroughs in analytics, the better use of ‘big data’ and the continued growth of the Fintech scene, APIs are receiving renewed attention to enhance the delivery of financial services to both retail and business markets. Although the core API value proposition lies in streamlining the systems integration, there is a fine line to walk …
The UK Operators need an Open Banking Strategy
Following on from the earlier article on Open Banking (What does Open Banking mean for Gaming Operators?), here is the second of the three pieces; some further considerations on the operational impacts should a Gaming operator embrace the benefits of an Open Banking led change within their business. I strongly believe that Open Banking can …
Data may well be the new Oil but …
Marking the one-year anniversary of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reported an increase in public awareness of the legislation; possibly the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. While this fact alone represents a positive step forward, the steepening fines under GDPR and changing requirements for trans-border …
What does Open Banking mean for Gaming Operators?
Open Banking is the UK’s response to the EU Payments Services Directive (PSD2); an EU directive requiring banks to share customer transaction data with licensed third parties when requested to do so by the end-user or customer in question. Introduced in January 2018, it is a regulatory roadmap. Developed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) …
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