2019 Digital Security and Threats Predictions

As 2018 well demonstrated, the financial services industry is increasingly being disrupted by innovation. 2019 looks to be another exciting year for financial technologies. Changes are occurring in various aspects of the industry and across multiple levels within financial services organisations. Whether it be back-office infrastructure, customer experience, digital transformation, or retail banking, these disruptive innovations are generally aimed at...

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Secure Messaging for Financial Institutions

Social messaging apps are very common these days and we can't imagine any communications without Whatsapp, Facebook messenger, Wechat, Telegram, Facetime, or similar. Gone are the days when SMS was the mode of messaging and BBM (remember Blackberry Messenger) was the only secured channel available for corporations to rely on for business communications. ...

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One Year of Content with APrivacy (2018)

New financial regulations, privacy encroachments, large data breaches and the skyrocketing rise of chatbots… We can confidently say that 2018 was a challenging year for the FinTech industry. As a leading provider of digital security solutions for financial services, APrivacy has closely followed the trends and wrote articles about these significant changes...

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Chatbots, Millennials, and Banking

The development of chatbots together with Artificial Intelligence (AI) have become an indelible part of modern banking. The sheer amount of data available to financial institutions offer valuable learning opportunities for businesses to better cater to their clients. This technology coincides with the coming of age of millennials, who now make up a significant portion of the workforce....

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The Power of Personalisation in Banking

The concept of digital personalisation is being adopted across a multitude of industries, in all parts of the world. From ecommerce, to accommodation, to vehicles, industries have been disrupted and changed for the benefit of the customer. Interestingly, one industry that has been somewhat hampered by regulations and privacy concerns has been banking, but this too is changing rapidly....

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How Will Chatbots and Artificial Intelligence Reshape the Insurance Industry?

The insurance industry is transforming rapidly and insurance technology companies, aka InsurTech are at the forefront of this change. Cash-rich and tech-aware, the insurance sector has invested in a great number of InsurTech companies that have brought digital disruption to many fundamental aspects of this industry. From insurance policy creation, to underwriting, to claims management, nearly all facets of insurance...

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