KYC
Utility Belt: How Utilities are Stepping Up
Banks, looking for ways to cut costs and meet regulatory pressures, are increasingly turning to collaborative projects like utilities.
Arachnys and Quantexa Partner for KYC
The two firms will integrate their platforms to help automate the identification of gaps in customer information.
Emerging Tech Could Help Push Utilities Forward
European trade group releases report highlighting the challenges and opportunities associated with building industry utilities.
GLEIF and Swift Launch BIC-to-LEI Relationship File
Open-source model will streamline entity verification processes and reduce data management costs.
UAE Banks Creating e-KYC Utility
United Arab Emirates-based banks take on the challenge of a robust Know Your Customer utility.
IHS Markit Teams With Cambridge Blockchain for Improved KYC Functionality
The pairing was spurred on, in part, by the looming General Data Protection Rule, which is due to go into effect in Europe later this year.
IHS Markit Unveils OCR and AI for Tax Validation
Optical Character Recognition will take information from tax documents so manual re-keying can be eliminated.
Burton-Taylor: KYC/AML Spending Soars, Vendors Expect Further Boost
Burton-Taylor report shows spending on AML and KYC Data Solutions tops nearly $500 million as firms continue to invest in and adjust their KYC programs.
Ground Zero: Digital Currencies in Asia
As cryptocurrencies gain interest from investors around the globe, Wei-Shen Wong examines the splintered Asian marketplace to see how regulators are adopting different strategies when it comes to overseeing these complex instruments.
Know Your Climbing Costs: Big Firms Report Average $150M Spend on KYC
Costs associated with KYC continue to climb—a Thomson Reuters survey shows large financial institutions are spending $150 million on compliance in 2017.
Sibos 2017: Disrupting the Disruptors
The key themes from this year's industry mega-event.
All Aboard the Training Train
Data practitioners have long bemoaned the lack of professional training and standards around data management—especially for those who may unwittingly incur expensive penalties if they don’t abide by licensing policies. Now that industry association…
WFIC 2017: Burton-Taylor Rebrands, Preps Expanded Research Focus
The firm will present an expanded schedule of research and consulting services, along with a new logo, at Douglas B. Taylor's WFIC address.
Santander Picks Fenergo for Client Lifecycle Management
Enterprise platform will allow bank to onboard clients more efficiently; reduce costs.
Cambridge Blockchain Expands into Europe with Paris Venture
Blockchain startup creates Paris-based subsidiary to accelerate European development.
Swift Eyes Industry Standard with Open KYC Registry
Financial messaging provider opens up Know Your Customer registry in bid to become standardized central utility.
Digital Information Key for KYC's Blockchain and AI Journey
Companies are developing KYC solutions on a blockchain and exploring AI use cases, but more data needs to be made digital
Tech at the Margins
It's not just the bigger kids in the school yard
Baking a Distributed Ledger Layer Cake in a Data Oven
Much of distributed ledgers’ potential lies in their shared data layer. Yet ledgers’ rapid rise has moved mostly apart from data management and data managers. Tim Bourgaize Murray explores the reasons why, and the possible opportunities within the world…
UBS Backs AI over Blockchain for Wealth Management
Swiss banking giant focuses on intelligent machines for advisory over distributed-ledger projects
Waters Rankings 2017: NICE Actimize
NICE Actimize talks AML with Waters at the 2017 Waters Rankings
Swift Opens KYC Registry Membership
Financial institutions can now use the registry even if they do not connect to Swift
Swift to Open Up KYC Registry
All supervised financial institutions will be eligible to join the know-your-customer platform
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 74: The Regtech Craze & Clearing Concerns
Anthony and James look at why London clearinghouses may be in danger and the use of cognitive tools to monitor employees.