Identity & KYC Webinar Series

Whether driven by PSD2 compliance, market demand for mobile apps, or fintech competition, open banking is becoming a top priority for financial businesses. Through exclusive research and customer successes, we determined that building a modern application architecture with APIs, microservices and strong authentication is a key success factor in this space. In fact, our latest report shows that fully digital banks enjoy an estimated 25% cost-to-income ratio, versus 60% for traditional institutions.

For this webcast, we assembled a panel that includes Mehdi Medjaoui, author of Banking APIs: State of the Market, along with experts in API and security capabilities, to introduce the elements of modern application architecture that all digital banking business leaders should know about – API management, microservices, strong authentication and risk-based security. You’ll learn about:

* The current state of open banking, and what your peers are doing

* How to invest in modern application architecture to improve your open banking projects

* How to align better with IT to accelerate your time-to-market

All registrants will also benefit from a complimentary copy of our Banking APIs: State of the Market report.

Project deadlines that span a year or two aren’t usually nerve-racking. But, when it means making a significant change to your business strategy, internal systems and technology infrastructure, it can become a head scratcher. This is probably where the banks in Australia stand. Banks are figuring their way around it and there’s a lot to learn. Regardless, no one wants to fall victim and everyone wants to conquer open banking


This session covers:


- A Reality Check - Where banks stand in their open banking journeys

- The Problem Children - What challenges they are facing

- The Gold Stars - Critical success factors for a killer open banking strategy

- A Whole New World - The potential of an open data world

Whether driven by PSD2 compliance, market demand for mobile apps, or fintech competition, open banking is becoming a top priority for financial businesses. Through exclusive research and customer successes, we determined that building a modern application architecture with APIs, microservices and strong authentication is a key success factor in this space. In fact, our latest report shows that fully digital banks enjoy an estimated 25% cost-to-income ratio, versus 60% for traditional institutions.

For this webcast, we assembled a panel that includes Mehdi Medjaoui, author of Banking APIs: State of the Market, along with experts in API and security capabilities, to introduce the elements of modern application architecture that all digital banking business leaders should know about – API management, microservices, strong authentication and risk-based security. You’ll learn about:

* The current state of open banking, and what your peers are doing

* How to invest in modern application architecture to improve your open banking projects

* How to align better with IT to accelerate your time-to-market

All registrants will also benefit from a complimentary copy of our Banking APIs: State of the Market report.

Innovative banking applications and comprehensive, instant insight into customer interactions are critical to competing in today’s disruptive competitive landscape. Not only do customer expectations continue to grow, but payment infrastructure evolution and compliance requirements mean access to highly contextual, real-time data is no longer a nice to have - it’s a must have.
Don’t miss this chance to hear from Richard Henderson at DataStax around how an operational data layer can meet the distributed, real-time, always available demands of the enterprise. Join live to hear real case examples of customers using DataStax Enterprise, the data management platform trusted by 9 out of the top 15 global banks.

Security, Compliance and User Experience - Why Identity Access Management Built on Open-Standards is the Key to Open Banking

Learn how identity & access management (IAM) solutions, built on open standards, can help meet the technical requirements of PSD2 and Open Banking, including secure XS2A (access to accounts), Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), Dynamic Linking, and Consent Management, all while providing a seamless user experience and distinct competitive advantage.

.During this practical webinar, you will learn:
    
1. Why TLS and OAuth2 are not enough to secure your APIs
API Security has a much wider spectrum and even if you are using OAuth today, you may not use it in a way that is adapted to the risk taken when exposing Open banking APIs. What about API attacks protection ? PKCE ? Message confidentiality and integrity ? 

2. Why API security must be declared and not coded
Developers should not have to master security standards such as OAuth and OpenID Connect and try to implement them properly into their APIs. Instead, they should rely on proven, reliable policies approved by the bank’s security team and simply apply those policies on top of their APIs.

3. How declarative security helps with consistency and automation
42Crunch's innovative tagging mechanisms can be used by developers to express security constraints on top of their Open API definitions (aka Swagger). Those tags are translated automatically, either via the UI or in the CI/CD pipeline into policies which are applied on APIs requests/responses, making it possible to apply security as early as possible in the API lifecycle and find security vulnerabilities early.

4. How to enforce security in a scalable way using micro-firewalls
We will show how to deploy the 42Crunch API Firewall at run-time whether on premises, in the Cloud or in a hybrid environment and how to monitor the system through real-time security dashboards.

Regulations like Open Banking, PSD2, and GDPR are an opportunity to reconsider your relationship with your customers. With breaches, data leaks, and the careless use of personal data constantly in the headlines, the need for trust is at an all time high. You need to prioritize privacy and make it a competitive differentiator in order to enable personalized products and services.

In this webcast, Nick Caley, VP of Financial Services and Regulatory at ForgeRock will cover:

* Current consumer attitudes and preferences around privacy and consent

* The critical role of identity in building a trusted relationship with your customers

* How the ForgeRock Identity Platform can help with consent management and strong authentication

* Modern solutions including the Profile and Privacy Management Dashboard and User-Managed Access standard

• Identifying your target market and accompanying strategy, customer proposition and distribution models
• Getting your business model right
• Choosing the right technology strategy
• Ensuring you have the right workforce on-board
• The role of compliance when deploying digital advice

Panel speakers:

Rickard Lindell, Head of Digital Advice, Nordea
Dean Butler, Head of Innovation, Prudential
Maria Lagutina, Head of Product Innovation & Propositions, CYBG
Simon Crowe, Sales Director, EMEA, Glassbox

Roger Vincent, Head of Innovation with Equifax will share his insights on making the most of Open Banking and his lessons learned along the way.

In this webinar Roger will talk about:

* How increased use of open APIs is likely to shape the financial services market, why challenger banks are making headway, the big banks are building partnerships and the impact of APIs among payment service providers.
* Activities banks need prioritise in the wake of Open Banking; starting with compliance & legal issue and why they need to assess time/resources carefully before trying to deploy solutions.
* Which strategies are likely to thrive in the new environment and how regulatory compliance can quickly be turned into competitive advantage to commercialise Open Banking.
* Overcoming security and privacy concerns associated with data sharing and the implementation of GDPR.
* Strategies to encourage customer engagement by using Open Banking applications to enrich user experience to create long term value over short term revenue.

Digitising Customer Onboarding: How to improve the customer experience without compromising on compliance and risk

Today’s consumers, accustomed to receiving smart and convenient digital services from companies such as Uber, Apple and Amazon, and are beginning to demand personalised, interactive and immediate services from their banks.

A recent report revealed 42% of UK consumers have adopted FinTech services (EY 2017 FinTech Adoption Survey), so it’s no surprise banks want to adapt to the fast-moving digital marketplace where new and disruptive competitors are already circling. What’s stopping them though, is risk.

Creating an environment that drives the productivity, speed and compliance essential to sell financial services via digital channels is paramount to survival.

This webinar will explore how banks can digitise the customer onboarding process without compromising on risk, satisfying customers, regulators and shareholders alike.

Financial institutions from all over the world are facing increasingly strict regulations regarding the verification and authentication of their customers’ identity. Furthermore, with the increasing amount of data breaches, status-quo identity verification processes have not only been compromised but have also made complying with current regulations harder. This ever-changing environment has forced a tipping point for organizations to regard the adoption of new technologies for identity verification as a must-have rather than a nice-to-have.

In the end, financial institutions must satisfy consumers’ demands for speed and ease of use to prevent them from going to the competition. To gain a competitive edge, remain compliant, and offer a frictionless and user experience, it is imperative for FIs to invest in technologies that bridge the compliance-convenience gap.

The latest EU Anti-Money Laundering directive will significantly increase the frequency with which financial service providers need to conduct ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) checks. To maximise the effectiveness of digital transformation initiatives, financial services and other regulated industries must find effective digital identity verification solutions.

Current methods for identity verification checks place an enormous cost burden on banks, payments processors, and lenders, as most methods rely heavily on manual processes. Furthermore, these processes are cumbersome for users, driving away potential customers.

Figuring out how to balance the competing needs of compliance and costs against the expectations of today’s digital native users is key to any financial service provider looking to win and retain new customers.

Do you really know your customer? Customer Due Diligence after the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Criminal Finances Act 2017

* How do you ensure you conduct a thorough search for, and provide ongoing monitoring of, adverse information on existing and potential clients?
* How do you prove you are conducting compliant CDD?

ECN is pleased to be hosting, via webinar, an expert interview with Jason O'Shaughnessy, Senior Vice President - EMEA and Australia, ENVESTNET | YODLEE on 18 July.

Open Banking is coming in January 2018, but what does this mean and does it change anything?

Tune in to find out exactly what it means for you and join in the discussion.

There is no doubt that social media is a valuable engagement platform for any business. So why have financial services firms been so slow to engage with customers via this channel?

In this webinar we will discuss:
* What is the truth about social media in financial services: do customers really want it, and if so, what for?

* How are banks and other financial institutions reacting?

* Is the use of social media for two-way communication in financial services a reality today?

* What are the compliance and risk challenges associated with social media usage; how can they be mitigated?

* Which financial institutions are leading the way?

* Should banks build their own social platforms to avoid compliance and control issues?

ECN is pleased to be hosting a webinar with experts from PWC, Aite and NICE Actimize on March, 15.

Join us to hear how buy side firms are addressing the challenges of the expanding global regulations, and how your own evolving business model could be a significant compliance issue.

During this webinar participants will discuss:

• What is behind the shift in compliance regulations, and what to expect in the future
• How hedge funds and asset managers are reacting
• How are hedge funds and asset managers, like you, reacting
• Why you should embrace the change
• Lessons learned from peers
• Choosing the right technology

Presenters:
Stephen Anikewich, Head of Compliance, NICE Actimize
Danielle Tierney, Senior Analyst, Aite
Harshad Pitkar, Partner, Financial Services – Risk and Compliance, PWC
Jodie Paula Cohen, Event Creation Network

ECN is pleased to be hosting an interview with Kelly Ann McHugh, Head of Regulatory Intelligence, Proposition – Asia Pacific and Japan for Thomson Reuters on the 3rd March at 9.am GMT to discuss the current state of financial regulation in Asia, the key risk areas that need to be considered and to explore the future of financial regulation and how new technologies could impact the way financial institutions manage risk and remain compliant particularly in the areas of KYC and AML.

Financial institutions from all over the world are facing increasingly strict regulations regarding the verification and authentication of their customers’ identity. The imminent enforcement of the 4AMLD and the publication of the 5AMLD will nothing but add pressure on the financial services industry.

To keep a competitive edge and still be compliant with the latest Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations, banks, prepaid card operators, digital currency processors, exchanges, and wallets are being compelled to embrace the digitalisation of traditionally cumbersome processes such as customer due diligence and ongoing authentication.

Aiming to simplify KYC in this ever-changing regulatory environment, and optimizing the digital channels for further security and convenience, financial institutions need to successfully achieve this change within their policies, procedures, business models, and technology infrastructures.

During this webinar, our panel of experts will provide answers to the following questions:

•Are the technologies to underpin digital identity verification reliable and robust enough for financial institutions to rely on them?

•Are customers prepared to go down the digital route?

•Can financial institutions strike the right balance between rock-solid compliance, and smooth, easy, digital customer experience?

•How are financial institutions coping with the challenges posed by the latest regulatory updates?

Join us for this panel discussion with our expert speakers:

Don Thibeau, Chairman & President, The Open Identity Exchange (OIX)
Fintan Byrne, Head of Risk & Chief Compliance Officer, CurrencyFair
Sarah Clarke, General Manager - Identity, Mitek
David Rennie, Identity Assurance Programme, UK Cabinet Office

Join us for an interview with Brian Kilcourse of RSR Research to discuss his key thoughts emerging from RSR's recent research report on The Internet of Things.