BNP Paribas Personal Finance in Spain, turns to GBG, global identity data specialist, across its commercial brand, Cetelem, to detect and prevent fraud for online customers. 

With over 27 million individual customers worldwide, the organisation requires sophisticated technology that can read and act upon data quickly, in order to detect fraud and deliver the frictionless banking experience its customers are accustomed to.

When corporates adopt anarchist technology

Cryptocurrencies inspire a kind of quasi-religious fervour among their advocates. For true crypto-anarchists the invention of Bitcoin in 2008 paved the way to a world without central authorities and rent-seeking intermediaries.

It wasn’t long before those rent-seeking intermediaries of the financial world mounted an attempt to co-opt the radical new technology for themselves. It became trendy for executives to say that it wasn’t about Bitcoin, but the underlying technology: the blockchain.

Blockchain technology and the role of entrepreneurship in driving Africa’s prosperity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), were some of the key topics taking centre stage at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which was held in Cape Town recently.

Open Banking Expo announces today a partnership with Nationwide Building Society’s Open Banking for Good challenge and The Money Charity. At its flagship London event, Open Banking Expo will reveal the progress of Nationwide’s fintech partners who are creating apps to help solve financial capability problems, and donate a percentage of ticket sales to The Money Charity.

Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis company, today announced the launch of on-demand compliance and investigations software for ERC-20 tokens. By operationalizing the compliance process and providing full support within weeks of a customer’s request, Chainalysis is helping businesses rapidly meet anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements for new ERC-20 tokens.

d1g1t Inc., the first provider of an enterprise wealth management platform powered by institutional-grade analytics & risk management tools, today announced that Forthlane Partners has chosen d1g1t as its advisory platform to manage the entire wealth advisory life cycle. This will enable them to deliver exceptional advisory services, provide better client and business insights, and streamline business processes.

Mack Gill, COO, Torstone Technology speaks about legacy, AI, clearing & settlement trends at Sibos