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September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Melissa UK Team eIDV, Identity Resolution, Machine Learning, United Kingdom

Age Verification and Beyond for Online Gambling

Online gambling today Online gambling or as the new phase given, now being called “gaming” has had an overtake approach to young adults. As we see that these addictive mobile apps are drawing “punters” in for their weekly or even daily fix of sports betting. A report shows that these savvy and quite addictive sports betting apps are taking control…

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Melissa UK Team Awards and Recognition, Identity Resolution, Machine Learning

Melissa UK nominated for the Anti-Fraud Solution Award

Melissa UK has been shortlisted to win the prestigious award of Anti-Fraud Solution of the year, held by the Payments Awards. We are very honoured to be shortlisted as finalists amongst our competition. Thank you to the panel at Payment Awards for including Melissa in the selection. The full list of finalists can be seen here The winner will be…

April 9, 2019April 2, 2019 Melissa UK Team FinTech

Why delivering personalised communications is a must in financial services

Study after study highlights personalisation is what consumers increasingly expect from the brands they engage with. For example, research from Epsilon reveals that 80 per cent of consumers are more likely to do business with a company that offers personalised experiences. With online financial institutions that rises to 89 per cent, and for those banks with a physical high street…

April 2, 2019 Melissa UK Team FinTech

How can banks succeed in this new digital age?

Looking back over the first year of Open Banking, it’s only fairly recently that we have started to see the first signs of the innovation it promised in terms of improved services for customers in the digital age. For example, Barclays working with other banks to offer customers access to all their account information from rival banks within its core…

February 27, 2019 Melissa UK Team Uncategorized

Is now the time for one global ID verification data source?

It is an inescapable fact that for effective ID verification, and therefore KYC and AML compliance, financial services companies need to access to billions of records in real-time to ensure adequate checks are made while onboarding a new customer, and deliver that all-important smooth customer experience. The issue is, if you are a financial services organisation with a global reach…

February 25, 2019January 21, 2019 Melissa UK Team Uncategorized

Global Data Quality Suite – what is this?

We keep mentioning our expertise in data quality and we constantly talk about our Global Data Quality Suite but what does it all really mean? And why should you care about it? In a nutshell, bad data is bad for business. Stats show that 2% of revenue is lost on dealing with incorrect data which results in a reduction in…

February 18, 2019January 21, 2019 Melissa UK Team Uncategorized

The Role of ID Verification in the Customer Experience

For consumers looking for a smooth onboarding process, ID verification provides an easy to follow procedure meaning that an organisation can quickly establish a customer’s ID enabling a positive customer experience. What is also equally important is that fact that ID verification generates consumer confidence which will also drive a positive customer experience. How so? The customer experience is related…

February 11, 2019January 21, 2019 Melissa UK Team Uncategorized

The Crucial Role that Data plays in Banking

Regulation and technology are constantly being regarded as the key drivers in banking and although, they play a crucial role, it is data and the ability of big data that is really driving the industry. In order for regulation and technology to reshape the banking industry, there is a need to firms to rethink their foundations and business models and…

February 4, 2019January 21, 2019 Melissa UK Team Address Check, Address Correction, Address Quality, Address Verification, Analyzing Data, Analyzing Data Quality, Big Data, Data Management, Data Matching, Data Profiling, Data Quality, Data Quality Assessment, United Kingdom

The Role of Data Quality for Charities

2% of contact data is subject to inaccuracies every month which means that almost 25% of data is corrupted on an annual basis. However, new statistics demonstrate that organisations find almost 30% of their contact data to be inaccurate. This is not an alarming statistic as smart technology has meant that we are more connected than ever, but it has…

January 28, 2019January 21, 2019 Melissa UK Team Customer Identities, Global ID Verification, Identity Resolution, Personator, Personator World, United Kingdom

ID Verification: a growing trend

Within financial services and insurance, identity verification plays a key role in compliance and regulation. These service providers are regulated institutions who use identity verification platforms to verify customers and their documentation as part of their KYC and AML policies. Verifying your identity with these providers is crucial not only because it helps to build mutual trust between yourself and…