Posts Tagged ‘ banking and finance ’

Credit card fraud continues to rise

Card fraud continues to steadily rise - for more information, in-depth analysis and emerging trends, download the latest copy of our Fraud Report. [ READ MORE ]

Savings accounts fraud rates continue to rise

Savings accounts have seen a steady uplift in attempted fraud rates within the past two years marking a trend that looks set to continue. [ READ MORE ]

Using Financial Strategy Segmentation to analyse the impact of fraud

To get more in-depth insight into the behaviour of some of Britain's most financially-stressed groups, we have provided Financial Strategy Segment (FSS) analysis in the Fraud Report 2013.[ READ MORE ]

The clamp down on conduct

Lenders will face tough new standards for customer interaction from 1 April 2013, when the UK’s new financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), will begin to apply measures to reduce ‘conduct risk’, placing customer needs at the heart of finance strategy, aiming to make certain that a company’s behaviour will result in good outcomes for consumers.[ READ MORE ]

Current account fraud falls as mortgage fraud rises for sixth successive year

Fraud figures predicted to rise throughout 2013.[ READ MORE ]

Regional Round-up : March 2013

A snapshot of key official and Experian regional data released this month.[ READ MORE ]

Managing the regulators in a volatile market

Daniel Almenara is a Client Consulting Director with Experian's Global Consulting Practice. He puts financial institutions' escalating pressure, new challenges and increased scrutiny under the spotlight. [ READ MORE ]

Collections benchmarking for banks and financial institutions

Vikas Kumar is a senior consultant in Decision Analytics' Global Consulting Practice. He outlines the critical rationale behind effective collections benchmarking. [ READ MORE ]

Insurers continue to count the cost of soaring fraud

With annual fraud losses across the UK now reaching £70 billion, it is estimated that insurance fraud now tops £2 billion.[ READ MORE ]

Costly collections – is there a better way?

Identifying customers at risk of default is a new concept to most lenders. Mark Keyworth, Client Consulting Director for Experian, explains the way to reduce risk and cost significantly; by monitoring and spotting the warning signs of pre-delinquency and acting early enough to avoid collections.[ READ MORE ]