The cannabis industry carries with it tremendous potential and opportunities for merchants, suppliers and backers.

“Know your customer” (KYC), while a critical regulatory requirement, can quickly get gummy and frustrating when data is scattered across multiple systems.

Whether it benefits customers and employees on the front end or core systems on the back end, digital transformation is a top shelf to-do for banks in 2019.

Security-related concerns have turned into stumbling blocks for banks trying to put robotic process automation (RPA) and cognitive computing to work.

Client onboarding and Know Your Customer (KYC) processes stand out as top of mind for the largest global banks.

The flipside of superior customer experience is a strong fraud program, even if it’s not the sexiest thing for banks to promote.

In recent weeks, regulators have reprimanded leading investment banks for insufficient money laundering controls within their markets and broker-dealer business.

As a Blue Wave crashes on the shores of Congress and Democrats assert control of the House of Representatives, there’s reason to believe a Green Wave may soon follow.

From rising customer expectations, to digital disruption, to threats from non-traditional competitors, the same forces that reshape the banking industry demand new thinking and approaches from risk management teams.

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After about a year of having a small amount of funds withdrawn from his Citizens Bank account every month, Steve Puccia finally noticed the money was being taken out without his permission.

Since the conclusion of the 2008 financial crisis, the financial services industry has left its “crisis-response mode,” but we’re not in the clear yet.

Make no mistake: Blockchain technology stands as a promising disruptor for dozens of current industries, and an enabler of change that will bring forth new opportunities and revenue streams for financial institutions, realtors, retailers and more.

Financial fraud may not take its cue from a Greco-Roman water monster known as the hydra, but it wouldn’t be a stretch to name the next computer virus after it.

You’ve no doubt noticed those privacy updates flooding your inbox and popping up all over the internet as companies announce their intentions to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), implemented in the European Union in mid-2018.

The banking industry has a multi-billion dollar fraud problem—and as fraudsters get more aggressive and resourceful, the costs will only rise.

Risk management professionals are voracious data consumers.

Living in a fast-developing digital world has its undeniable advantages.

If nearly every banking executive knows just one thing about Amazon founder/CEO Jeff Bezos, it’s this: He’s relentless.

The cost of cybercrime across the world is staggering, with some estimates ranging as high as more than $22 trillion a year in direct losses and the cost to deal with the aftermath.