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27
Jan

By Gary Pine, On 27th January 2020

Offering a Choice of API structures

Today a great developer experience, the ease in which a developer can integrate a service through, is a must. Choice and flexibility is paramount to providing a simple technical experience and a RESTful API is a central tenet to that. As part of our strategy for providing the best customer experience W2 have a full suite of integration options including...

06
Jan

By Gary Pine, On 6th January 2020

Fighting Ghost Fraud

Ghost fraud happens when criminals use the identities of deceased people to perpetrate fraudulent activities. According to the Disclosure of Death Registration Information (DDRI), over half a million people pass away in the UK every year. Knowing who within your prospect or customer database has died is of the utmost importance: Receiving communications intended for a deceased loved one can...

04
Jan

By Gary Pine, On 4th January 2020

Just One Contract

The main advantage of a single contract for all your Compliance needs is that, by dealing with one organisation, co-ordination will be better, administration will be reduced or simplified, there will be fewer people involved, and financial recording of charges and income will be simpler. Sadly, there are still a great many legacy systems out there that weren’t built using...

02
Jan

By Gary Pine, On 2nd January 2020

Just One Invoice

As a Gaming or Payments Operator, are you being sent an unnecessary number of invoices by your Compliance suppliers? If you’re not taking advantage of consolidated invoicing, you could be. In order to reduce the time burden on staff, look for suppliers with an invoicing platform that offers consolidated invoicing logic. The invoicing platform should pull all the relevant details...

23
Dec

By Gary Pine, On 23rd December 2019

Say NO to Risky Email Addresses

As consumers we’re often told, if you think an email might be fraudulent, delete it … don’t open it … don’t reply to it and most certainly, don’t click on any attachments. Emails sent at odd times, emails sent with a sense of urgency to respond and the use of unusual grammar or phrases can all be signs of a...

20
Dec

By Gary Pine, On 20th December 2019

Protecting Clients PII

The diversification of payment channels is transforming the way we use money. Technology has a big part to play in identifying patterns of criminal activity across millions, even billions of transactions in ways that manual processes simply cannot match. The U.K.’s data regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has recently issued guidance to help organisations explain their use of and...

13
Dec

By Richard Evans, On 13th December 2019

The Information Sharing Challenge

Businesses, regulators and enforcement agencies continue to work together to identify new money laundering and fraud threats, tackling them on a collective and global basis however meaningful and effective sharing of information remains elusive. Information sharing is viewed universally as the critical determinant of success and yet, privacy and data protection concerns prevail. Balancing these two competing positions continues to...

11
Dec

By Gary Pine, On 11th December 2019

Tapmydata partners with W2 to provide identity verification

Tapmydata have signed with W2 to provide KYC (Know Your Customer) services for the purposes of identity verification. One of the big challenges for organisations handling data rights is ensuring they are releasing information to the right individual and whilst we takes steps to verify data points (such as email, mobile, postal address etc) this is no guarantee of a verified identity...

06
Dec

By Alex Loane, On 6th December 2019

W2 is now ISO 27001:2013 certified

W2 is proud to announce that - after a lot of hard work from all areas of the business - we are officially certified to the ISO 27001:2013 Information Security standard. Over recent years, our clients have become accustomed to regular briefings on our ongoing GDPR, Information Security and Cyber-Security program so the granting of the ISO 27001:2013 certification will...

04
Dec

By Gary Pine, On 4th December 2019

W2 joins the Fintech Power 50

Fintech Power 50 Launches Second Edition of Industry Guide Tide, Form3 and Galileo are among those celebrated as the most innovative and transformative Fintech companies and individuals of 2020 4th December 2019, London: Industry guide, the Fintech Power 50 has launched the 2020 edition of its exclusive annual programme, shining a spotlight on those who are transforming financial services for...