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Identity verification, decoded.

Field notes from the team running eKYC for tier-1 ASEAN banks. New analysis each week on regulation, fraud patterns and ROI.

Insights 16 Feb 2023 5 min read

4 Security Automation Facts for Securing Your Business.

Manual security protocols are increasingly expensive and inefficient to sustain — with hackers and fraudsters employing automated systems for their attacks. Hence, businesses need to combat artificial intelligence (AI) with AI, automating repetitive tasks and integrating threat intelligence within

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Insights 31 Jan 2023 6 min read

4 Reasons eKYC May Not Be Working For You

What is eKYC? Businesses today rely on technology to facilitate and automate their daily operations. One essential component is “electronic know your customer (eKYC) – an identity verification process used to verify customers to mitigate compliance risk and prevent identity fraud. eKYC incorporates

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Insights 27 Jan 2023 8 min read

Top Cybersecurity Exploits MSMEs Should Be Aware Of!

Companies today are becoming prime targets for cybercrime as more companies shift from physical mediums to digital platforms. If left unchecked, these cybersecurity exploits can ruin any digital business's operations and cause irrecoverable damage.Cybercriminals are relentless — targeting all forms

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Insights 17 Jan 2023 6 min read

Red Envelopes — Tradition, Technology and Turmoil

Payments have shifted away from cash to QR codes and instant transfers. You know those red envelopes you might get during Chinese New Year — the ones symbolising good wishes and good luck? Well, they’ve gone digital as well. As part of Chinese tradition, cash is placed in a red packet and given to

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Insights 28 Dec 2022 6 min read

Is Your ID Authentication System Scalable?

Your company’s success today is built on top of your existing user ID authentication systems — ensuring that users onboarded are trusted, genuine and legitimate. As your business readies itself for its next stage of growth, can your system keep up? Onboarding journeys have gone through a myriad of

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Insights 20 Dec 2022 6 min read

Holiday Scams During the Christmas Season

Scammers have been increasingly active in recent years, but the holiday season is where they take their activities to a whole new level. A recent report found that cases have consistently increased by 15% in November and December over the past five years. The elderly are the ones at most risk too,

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Insights 1 Dec 2022 5 min read

eKYC: a Beginner's Guide

Even before the pandemic, electronic know your customer (eKYC) had been deeply integrated into our daily lives — used for account creation, loan applications, high-risk transactions and more. Take a selfie, snap a photo of your ID document, and you’re all set! Yet, many users don’t exactly know how

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Insights 31 Oct 2022 7 min read

Secured Authentication: Evolving Beyond SMS OTPs

ASEAN Banks and digital businesses are at a crossroads — Either to support SMS-based OTPs as a legacy system, or transition towards better authentication methods. OTP stands for one-time passwords, or one-time pins: Unique codes (usually 6 digits) used to authenticate any form of transactions. This

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Insights 19 Oct 2022 5 min read

Microfinance Business Growth through AI Technology

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) provide small loans, small savings and small-scale financial products and services to people with economic vulnerability. Despite their key role in today's economy, the industry can be difficult to operate in. Digitalisation efforts, such as establishing an ID assura

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News 27 Sep 2022 12 min read

EMAS CIDA: a Beginner's Guide (Customer ID Assurance)

Summary: As technology advances at incredible speeds, businesses are currently found to be relying on the internet more than ever. Most of the larger enterprises have one or more channels to engage with their customers. As such, anonymity is a pro...

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Insights 11 Aug 2022 6 min read

eKYC - The Future of Cybersecurity

What is happening around us in this day and age where the internet is accessible to a considerable population of the world? What futuristic software and API can we deploy to overcome and curb the alarming crimes? The solution to this is electronic know-your-customer -- also known as eKYC In this

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Insights 14 Jul 2022 5 min read

Spoofing: A Warning to Businesses and Consumers

With the rise of digital registration services, consumers can now easily create new accounts from the comfort of their own homes. For crucial services such as opening up bank accounts, users are required to scan their face and identity documents using mobile phones to prove the user’s authenticity.

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