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How To Test Your Upgrades
This guide aims to equip you with robust guiding principles for effectively testing a product upgrade. In the past, we've observed instances where testing has consumed as much as 70% of the total upgrade timeline, which is excessive. Adhering to the guidelines outlined in How To Test Your Upgrades will help streamline your…
Elastic Load Optimization Strategies 📖
Projects may encounter challenges with performance when loading data to Elasticsearch. This may present in the form of excessively slow loads or loads that fail to complete. This article outlines a series of steps projects should consider when trying to improve performance and reliability in such cases. Read the full…
Entity Quality: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 🎭
This article looks at Entity Quality and how to judge it based on business need. It introduces Overlinking and Underlinking as a product of Entity Resolution, and these two concepts are two ends of a continuum. Entity Quality is the bedrock of any Entity Resolution (ER) based solution and has implications up and down the…
📣 Announcing Our Upcoming Webinar: Tips & Tricks for Managing Large and Complex Networks 📣
We’re excited to announce our upcoming session based on the very popular article Tips & Tricks for Managing Large and Complex Networks by @Stacey_Parsons. In this session, Stacey will team up with @Mark_Cossey, Head of Product Design, and @Matt_Long, Head of AML Solutions, to delve into practical strategies and new…
Announcing our latest Community Member Spotlight... @deningj
Announcing our latest Community Member Spotlight... @deningj Joe recently joined Quantexa's User Research Panel, and participated in an exclusive Q Assist Testing & Feedback Session. Providing detailed insights and invaluable feedback to Quantexa's Product Team earned Joe the October Community Member of the Month accolade.…
Building a Centre of Excellence, & other treats from the Quantexa Community
🎃 No Tricks, Just Treats: October Top Picks 👻 🆕Library Area: Centre of Excellence Introducing our new Community Library area filled with articles on building a Quantexa Centre of Excellence including deep dives into people, processes, and technology. Highlights include: Overview: Building a Centre of Excellence People:…
Business Analyst Entity Review Checklist 📋
A focused evaluation of Entity Resolution (ER) is a key part of the Entity Maturity Checklist. This article serves as a guide and scoring system to assist Business Analysts when conducting the evaluation. Each section in this article contains a scoring guide that gives more details on the requirements for each score. Read…
Join the Race to 3000 Members!
🎉The Quantexa Community is on the brink of hitting a huge milestone: 3000 members 🎉 We want to celebrate this milestone so we're running a competition where you could win exclusive Community-branded swag! Here’s how it works: Recommend a colleague to join the Community. Request the "Recommend a Friend" badge and, in the…
Using Batch Resolver Tools for Entity Resolution
Entity Resolution (ER) is a key part of the Quantexa solution. It is important to understand how changes to improve ER can affect the entire Entity population. This article explains how to use some outputs from Batch Resolver tools and reports to review and monitor ER. Read the article (login required):
Community Training Program, Multi Use Case Best Practice Guides, and more top picks from November!
Here's what you might have missed this month on the Quantexa Community: 🆕Community Training Program Powered by the Quantexa Academy, the Community Training Program provides Community members with easy access to the content of the Quantexa User Foundations (QUF) program at no extra cost. What's Included This program…

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Best Practice for Selecting a Sample for Entity Resolution Validation
When validating Entity Resolution on a project it's important to ensure a wide range of entities and cases are selected as a sample for review. It is also important to regularly change your sample to ensure the resolution is not tuned to a small subset. Learn more & read the full article (login required): Read more from…
Welcome to Quantexa 2.7, Becoming a Lead Data Engineer & August Highlights
🏖️August Top Picks Welcome to Quantexa 2.7 | 2.7.0 Release Announcement How I Became a… Lead Data Engineer New Education Program Launch | 🚀 Quantexa Task Loading NEW: Community Suggestion Box 💬 Discussions Not to Miss Announcing Our Upcoming Webinar: Tips & Tricks for Managing Large and Complex Networks 📣 Welcome to…
Entity Quality: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 🎭
This article looks at Entity Quality and how to judge it based on business need. It introduces Overlinking and Underlinking as a product of Entity Resolution, and these two concepts are two ends of a continuum. Entity Quality is the bedrock of any Entity Resolution (ER) based solution and has implications up and down the…
Using the Entity Quality Underlinking (EQU) tool for the first time 📖
This article details the implementation of the Entity Quality Underlinking (EQU) tool, developed to assist when tuning Entity Resolution. Why is the feature useful? The EQU tool enables you to: Identify underlinked Entities and the root causes of underlinking (through manual examination in the UI). Quantify the overall…
pKYC: new blog alert!
We recently shared an article on Perpetual Know-Your-Customer (pKYC) covering 7 lessons taken from real-world deployments of Quantexa. No spoilers on the big 7, but you can expect content covering Graph Analytics, Data Accuracy and Automation. My favourite parts of these deployment-focused articles are when we back up our…
Advancing Correspondent Banking Insights: Managing Respondent Banks Risk
As a follow up to my previous blog on Managing non-customer risk in Correspondent Banking, I have written a new blog on Managing Respondent Banks Risk. 3 key points from the new blog are: Correspondent Banking Risks: The article explores risks in correspondent banking, covering both macro and micro aspects. FATF…
📢 New Education Program Launch 🚀 | Quantexa User Foundations Release 2
Education Services is delighted to announce Release 2 of the eLearning program Quantexa User Foundations. Release 2 promises a more engaging and efficient learning experience. With a streamlined scope of information, you'll breeze through the program, without sacrificing depth or quality. Moreover, Release 2 features…
Explore the Latest Articles in the Community Library 📚
Our ever-growing Community Library is filled with articles, blogs and useful resources 📖 Check out the latest articles below, whether you’re just starting out with Quantexa or you’re a seasoned pro, there’s something here to help everyone learn and flourish. Most Popular Articles: ☝️ A day in the life of a... Solution…
Tips and Tricks for Understanding Entity Lab
Entity Lab can be quite complex to understand and review when searching for Entity Resolution problems. To help with this, we've compiled some tips and tricks for what to watch out for that may help you quickly understand the health of your entities as well as some common shapes you may encounter, including: Signs of…

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What can Network structure tell us about risk?
By Matt Jackson and Christina Tkachenko Background Corporate registry Documents provide useful structured information for use in risk modelling. In particular, the information within can be a good indicator of suspicious activity. Yet, sometimes this information is not enough to inform a decision or take an action. By…
AI at Quantexa
AI is at the heart of the Quantexa Decision Intelligence Platform, helping users unify data and create context to make accurate and reliable decisions. Machine Learning (ML) and AI are applied in four distinct areas within the Quantexa Platform: Composite AI within Quantexa The Quantexa Platform uses multiple AI techniques…
A day in the life of Monty... Chief Innovation Mascot
To fully explain Monty’s role as a chief innovation mascot we need to first start with some other introductions. Let’s start with @Parsa_Ghaffari , entrepreneur extraordinaire, previous CEO of Aylien (now part of Quantexa and known as News Intelligence), initial creator of Q Assist and Head of Product Innovation. Product…
A day in the life of... a Technical Business Analyst
The Business Analyst Team serves as a key link between our technical developers and the end users. Our role is to help clients navigate their journey towards achieving optimal technical and business solutions across a variety of use cases. Day-to-day, we collaborate with Project Managers, Technical Leads (TLs), Solution…
3. Quantexa Best Practice: Move Fast, Break Less, 😊 More
This article is to explain the benefits of following Quantexa's Best Practice when delivering your Quantexa deployment, and provide a high level view of what those best practices are. Why follow Quantexa’s Best Practice? Quantexa’s Best Practice is born from real-world learnings. These learnings developed practices that…
1. Multi Use Case Best Practice
The Quantexa Platform is not a point solution; it has been developed on fundamental principles of flexibility and scalability, and supports multiple business applications or use cases in a single system. Many Quantexa deployments will originally serve a single use case, although some may be intended for broader use from…
A Day in the Life of a... Data Engineer
The Data Engineering team at Quantexa is responsible for implementing Quantexa’s technology solutions for clients worldwide, spanning various sectors such as banking, insurance, government, and healthcare. We manage the entire data pipeline, from ETL processes to UI configuration. Our tasks include ingestion of the data,…
4. Using Quantexa Kafka Streaming for the First Time
Quantexa integrates Kafka as its primary streaming platform to process, ingest, and generate networks in near real-time, leveraging its powerful Entity Resolution, and Big Data capabilities. Quantexa provides out-of-the-box applications such as Kafka Record-Extraction and Kafka Document-Ingest, designed to streamline data…
Introduction to User Journey Analytics
What is User Journey Analytics (UJA)? User Journey Analytics (UJA) is a service developed as part of the Quantexa Platform that tracks and collates end-user activity, enabling analysis and understanding of usage data to help maximize the value of the Quantexa Platform. How does UJA work? UJA receives events from the User…
A Day in the Life of ... a Global Partner
Meet Phil Phil is the Global Partner of NextWave’s Quantexa Partnership overseeing business development, solution success and delivery success. In addition to managing several other strategic alliances, Phil co-leads the NextWave data practice, where Quantexa plays a pivotal role as a core solution capability. Who are…

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Perspective: Addressing SEC-Identified AML Program Deficiencies at Broker-Dealers
In this article, @Andrea_Walser analyses and highlights key themes in AML compliance shortcomings identified in a July 2023 Risk Alert published by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations. The article goes on to explore the meaning of a 360° Client View and how you can use Quantexa's KYC…
Uplifting sanctions/export controls and breaking anonymity
A Canadian national and a New York resident pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to commit export control violations for their roles in a global procurement scheme on behalf of sanctioned Russian companies. Some of the electronic components shipped by the defendants were later found in seized Russian weapons platforms…
Fraud for Thought: The Emerging Threat of Synthetics in Insurance
In a compelling interview from my "Fraud for Thought" podcast, we dive deep into the world of fraud prevention with @Steve_Lenderman who has decades of experience in the field - particularly with regards to emerging digital fraud typologies. We explored one of those such themes - Synthetics - and the risk it now poses to…
📣Master Data Management UI Demo & Feedback Sessions
In the coming weeks, we'll be running demo & feedback sessions on our new Master Data Management UI. You'll get to see an exclusive demo of our new UI and provide your feedback and insights in a small focus group setting. Available Sessions (login required): Session 1: Thursday, June 13th (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM BST) Session…
Catch up on the latest from our solution & industry user groups 💬
Here's what you might have missed this month from our Data Management, Financial Crime, Insurance, and KYC Specialist User Groups: How Can Decision Intelligence Help Identify Medical Provider Facilitation & Collusion? Reimagining Monitoring and Detection Advancing Correspondent Banking Insights: Managing Respondent Banks…
A Tale of Two Investigations: Transforming Financial Crime Risk Monitoring and Investigations
The adoption of technologies to enhance financial crime risk monitoring has become ubiquitous within the banking sector. These technologies span a spectrum, ranging from the automation of fairly binary controls to the deployment of black-box Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. Regulators are increasingly advocating for…
Investigating Network Fraud: 4 Key Areas for Investigators
Following on from my article on why networks are important – I regularly talk with investigators on how best to identify and investigate organised network fraud. I am mindful that there are a lot of seasoned investigators out there so in this article I will be talking basics and from a perspective of using technology only…
FCA Dear CEO letter for wealth management and stockbroking firms - Are you doing enough?
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a ‘Dear CEO’ letter this week to wealth management and stockbroking firms. The letter highlights two areas of concern, prevention of financial crime and implementation of the Consumer Duty. Specifically related to Financial Crime, it notes that the FCA expects firms to: not…
Event Roundup: Global Insurance Fraud Summit - Edinburgh
This month, the Quantexa team and customers participated in the Global Insurance Fraud Summit (GIFS). This summit aims to bring together global consortia and insurance organisations as well as law enforcement such as the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) and Interpol. Quantexa and our customers participated in…
Chris Bagnall's 3-Part Series on Human Trafficking
In the article "Understanding and Identifying Sex Trafficking" @Chris_Bagnall, from our Product Management department, discusses the following key points: Definition of Sex Trafficking Diverse Business Models: Sex trafficking doesn't always involve sophisticated international criminal networks, as portrayed in Hollywood.…

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