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Kompli-Global launches unique database for corporate fraud detection and prevention by completely rebuilding and risk assessing Companies House registries

FraudTech specialists launch Kompli-Investigate™ to help businesses in the payments and wider financial services sector to complete potentially missing pieces of the due diligence puzzle and present them with a complete insight into a corporate’s ownership, its related parties, and its propensity to be linked to fraud and financial crime.

May 20, 2021

Blog Posts

Consumer protections: how do open banking payments compare?

In this blog post Jack Wilson, Head of Policy & Regulatory affairs at TrueLayer, examines the security and protections provided by open banking when buying online.

May 18, 2021

Blog Posts

Leaders vs Laggards Fast-tracking financial technology innovation in a legacy ecosystem

A major study reveals how banks and building societies are responding to the post-pandemic world.

A world where digital commerce has become the default and customers expect their services, including payment processing, to be real-time and traceable 24/7.

May 18, 2021

General

12 Awards in 12 Months: Card & Payments Win Rounds Up Outstanding Year for Global Processing Services (GPS)

Multi-award-winning issuer processor Global Processing Services, behind digital banking giants Revolut and Starling Bank, ends the 2020 awards season on a high, winning Best Processing Programme at the Card and Payments Awards against Marqeta and PPS

May 17, 2021

Blog Posts

The benefits of starting a card programme for your customers

With more and more fintech start-ups cropping up with shiny new card programmes, it’d be all too easy to assume launching one yourself would be counterproductive. But owning a card programme comes with a whole host of benefits, regardless of the competition, and it’s never been easier to launch one. Discover the benefits of starting a card programme for your customers in Moorwand’s payment guide.

May 14, 2021

Blog Posts

Thames Technology launches exciting new range of metal payment cards

Thames Technology is delighted to launch its new ELEMETAL range of high-quality metal payment cards, offering the ultimate in style and sophistication for premium banking customers.

May 14, 2021

Compliance and Reg Tech

Founding fathers of UK’s open banking standards launch Ozone Open Finance Hub to support challenger banks and EMIs

With regulators increasing their focus on compliance, pressure on financial institutions of all sizes to have compliant open APIs is growing. To help simplify the delivery of high-performing APIs, Ozone has launched the Open Finance Hub.

May 13, 2021

Blog Posts

How Could Digital Currency Work?

The Bank of England and the UK Treasury have announced a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential British CBDC. But how could a digital Pound actually work? As it happens, this is something that Consult Hyperion knows rather a lot about. Apart from our work on the first British central bank digital currency (Mondex) back in the 1990s, our work on the first population-scale mobile money scheme (M-PESA) in the 2000s and our work on the most transformational contactless payment roll-out (Transport for London) in the 2010s, our practical experience across implementation platforms means that we understand the architectural options better than anyone.

May 12, 2021