Equiniti Riskfactor soars with Eagle Business Credit win
Will provide its risk management software to US firm.
Financial Crime & Fraud
Malware campaign “Operation Sharpshooter” aims for UK fintech
McAfee warns of imminent danger and an in-memory implant.
International Bank of Azerbaijan goes FICO for financial crime fight
Bank up for battle against money laundering and terrorist financing.
BioCatch brings behavioural biometrics to ACI Worldwide
Paytech ACI plans to stop fraud for banking customers.
Next Caller has Interactions for phone-based threat assessment
Intelligent virtual assistance firm Interactions seeks better fraud protection.
Feedzai fighting financial crime with Risk Ledger
“Our goal has always been to make it harder and harder for fraudsters to hide.”
White paper: Adaptive Authentication – Superior User Experience and Growth through Intelligent Security
White paper on the state of authentication and the evolving threat landscape.
Pindrop advances into smart devices with $90m funding
Phone-based fraud prevention company closes Series D round.
Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam goes with Rambus for digital payments
Focusing on security and privacy through tokenisation.
US regulators rouse banks to AML innovation
Banks get love and tech support to strengthen the financial system.
European Council seeks better AML game
It has released an action plan to tackle this crime.
Banks sucked into Marriott’s massive data breach
Data from up to 500 million guests could be affected.
Deutsche Bank offices raided over money laundering affair
Bank says this is in connection with the “Panama Papers”.
Cathay Bank picks QuantaVerse to combat crime
Sino-American bank selects a range of AI-based anti-financial crime solutions.
Lawsuit and customer accusations plague fintech firm WB21
Lawsuit and customer accusations plague fintech firm WB21
PSR pushes for payee confirmation paradise
UK’s Payment Systems Regulator wants your views for a fair CoP.
SBI Ripple Asia leads payment fraud fight in Japan
Proof of concept will run on the Corda network.
FICO fuels Banco Original digital launch
The “first Brazilian bank to offer a 100% digital checking account”.
Deutsche Bank shares plummet over Danske money laundering mess
The bank’s shares have fallen 48% this year.
UBS ferociously fights DoJ fraud claims
Swiss bank says the claims aren’t supported by law.
Fraud foe Fraugster fetches $14m funding
Led by CommerzVentures, the venture capital subsidiary of Commerzbank.
Quantexa goes on data adventure with Accenture
The investment comes with a tech collaboration.
“Almost all” Pakistani banks hacked
Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency reveals security breach.
PNC to equip commercial clients with Giact’s ID verification tech
Giact Systems and PNC Bank say they have formed a “strategic alliance”.
Sibos 2018 video: David Rich, Vocalink
How to mitigate real-time payment risk and successfully defeat network-level fraud.
First National Bank of Lebanon centralises compliance systems with FICO
FNB has migrated to the FICO Tonbeller Siron anti financial crimes suite.
NatWest at Sibos – partnerships and collaboration
An interview with Martin Fiddaman, from NatWest.
Sibos 2018: is a cyber 9/11 event inevitable?
A conversation with Bi.zone’s Dmitry Samarstev.
Sibos 2018: AML struggles amidst new payment methods
Communication seems to be the theme, again.
EastNets shows off new AI-based fraud and money laundering tools
Combating money laundering and payment fraud.
Sibos 2018: Banks must have superpowers to solve financial crime
Dispelling the myth that tech will replace people when it comes to solving money laundering.
Socure and Alloy help Radius Bank halve online fraud
New account conversions grew by 30%, and manual review is a process of the past – reduced by 95%.
Sibos 2018: Robots to the rescue for payments fraud
Safety has retreated as a concern for payment providers.
Sibos 2018: A Swift one
What has Swift been up to since last year’s Sibos in Toronto?
UK financial sector unites for Financial Sector Cyber Collaboration Centre
UK banks, securities exchanges and insurance firms are joining forces to fight cybercrime.
Denmark’s regulators investigated over Danske Bank €200bn AML breach
European Banking Authority is taking money laundering more and more seriously.
WB21 bank boss faces lawsuit by US regulator
WB21 bank boss faces lawsuit by US regulator
Top fintech stories this week – 5 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Danske Bank talking to US over €200bn money laundering case
Department of Justice would like to ask some questions.
Europol teams with Cyber Defence Alliance to fight fraud
To share intelligence on cybercrime activities.
