Predatech: Can the Scourge of Business Email Compromise Attacks Be Stopped?
Business Email Compromise attacks are a form of cybercrime that uses email fraud in order to attack organisations and is considered to be one of...
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FICO: 5 Fraud Predictions for 2021
With 2020 seeing an increase in cybersecurity concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, partly due to the influx of people now working from home as...
Report Finds Singapore A Key Hub for Blockchain Research and Commercialisation
by Gina Clarke
The Singapore Blockchain Ecosystem Report 2020, launched at this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival x Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SFF x SWITCH), highlighted impactful...
Trust and Verification High on the List for Consumers Opening New Accounts
The average active consumer in the UK and the US has opened more than four new online retail accounts in the last two years, and...
Finding The Extra 5%: Avantia’s Richard Wilson on Machine Learning in Insurance Risk Pricing
Machine learning is continuing to play an important role in the insurance industry. This is most prevalent when looking at its role within insurance risk...
Mobile Banking in the Pandemic Era: Why It’s Such a Game Changer
With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic forcing businesses to adapt to survive, the global transition to digital services has boomed. The financial services sector has particularly...
The UK Needs to Adopt an Aussie Approach to Open Finance Recommends Coadec
by Gina Clarke
Recommendations published by The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) advise the UK Government and regulators to take a new approach to Open Finance. Founded...
Modulr Receives £9m Investment from PayPal Ventures
Modulr, a leading Payments as a Service API platform, has secured a £9 million investment from PayPal Ventures to develop additional products, grow its team...
Three Ways AI Can Overcome the Biggest Challenges Faced by CIOs in Financial Services During COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has had unprecedented effects on sectors all over the globe, with the financial services sector being hit particularly hard. Without knowing when...
Chetwood’s Jessica Rusu Explains How AI is Used in Banking
Chetwood Financial is a digital bank based in North Wales that has been operating since 2018. They are a challenger bank focusing on using technology...