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We are happy to let machines sort through important identity matching data, discarding the irrelevant data and highlighting the risky entries. They do a great job of it. What about the post-matching process? Can they do that safely, reliably and intuitively too? That’s the general idea. The current trend in innovation is moving the post-matching […]

We’ve come a long way in the last 20 years in terms of identity matching. As discussed in previous articles in this series, when electronic identity matching first took off in the 90s, machines only had a few hundred names to deal with. Now, the numbers are infinitely larger and the stakes are dramatically higher […]

The Wall Street Journal mentioned Accuity survey in the article “Survey Roundup: Deadly Cyberattack Worries”. This survey was driven to better understand risk and compliance main issues that compliance professionals are fighting with every day. Read the article to access the results

Screening hubs are now an established and business-critical feature of any modern day financial institution. They are an integral part of the operational structure of organisations, crunching the numbers infinitely faster than us humans ever could. What’s important is that screening solutions offer real time business benefits. Financial institutions need access to instant, accurate results. […]

Nine Indian banks have recently come under fire for harbouring fake accounts linked to a medical institution scandal. Police arrested two people accused on multiple charges, including impersonating proprietors of the organisation. The individuals behind this scheme have allegedly scammed over 50 families of several hundred thousand rupees each. Accordingly to police officials, the total […]

Considering the huge amount of data that organisations now have to process for name screening, it is imperative that they have sophisticated filtering systems in place. Otherwise, they risk being overwhelmed by the data, either suffering multiple false positive alerts or worse still, missing relevant hits. There are various different approaches that organisations can use, […]

A huge challenge for organisations is the sheer quantity of data that needs to be processed now. Plus, it needs to be processed quickly and accurately. Accuracy is critical as organisations don’t want the situation whereby hits are missed that should have been picked up or lots of irrelevant hits are triggered. The volume of […]

Names have a structure and typology that are influenced by cultural and regional factors.

International trade between the likes of Latin America and China in the South is rising while the big banks in the North are still reluctant to lend. What are the implications for anti-money laundering efforts? Henry Balani offers an intriguing scenario… Arms dealers and drug traffickers once cleaned their dirty money at the casino. Now […]

When electronic name screening was introduced in the nineties, it only involved a few hundred names. Now, however, millions of names are screened worldwide all the time and against an increasingly complex backdrop. Every time an individual makes a simple transaction – such as booking a flight, opening a bank account or even just buying […]