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☀️July Top Picks: Fraud for Thought: The Emerging Threat of Synthetics in Insurance Best Practice: Data Generators How to Maximize Value from Community Support 💬 New from Specialist User Groups Join our Fincrime, Insurance, KYC, or Data Management groups to take part in the conversation. New eBook Available: Learn…
Did you miss out on the latest discussions in our Financial Crime, Insurance, KYC and Data Management Specialist User Groups? Here's what you might have missed: Join a group to stay up to date: 💵 Financial Crime 🛡️ Insurance 🙋♀️ KYC - Know Your Customer 💻 Data Management
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…
Quantexa has introduced a new classifier for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) based on European Commission guidelines, designed to scale for extensive legal hierarchies. This tool addresses the critical need for accurate SME classification, which plays a significant role in various sectors, including credit risk…
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, 13 June (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM BST) Session…
📚️ Did you know we have a page for Investigators which shows the top Community resources and discussions for Investigators? You can find it in the Getting Started Links: 💡 You'll also find a page for all ideas relating to investigations in the right-hand side of the panel on our Ideas Portal: Our Investigator collection…
As an investigator you may have found that the use of entities and networks are helpful for identifying potential risk in the investigation process, using connections across documents and entities. However, seeing all the available data connected by way of transaction flows, trades, direct links or indirect links can…
This article gives an overview of what Elasticsearch is, and how and why it's used at Quantexa. If you're a data scientist, business analyst, or an end user, this piece will give you some useful context for what Elasticsearch is all about. What is Elasticsearch? Elasticsearch, or Elastic, is a near real-time, distributed…
At Quantexa we’re unstoppable and we’re inviting customers and partners to join us on the journey with our new Community Ideas Portal! Members of the Quantexa Community can submit ideas in our Ideas Portal - these can address anything related to Quantexa, from the Quantexa Decision Intelligence Platform to the Quantexa…
We are excited to introduce our User Research Panel, which will give you the opportunity to directly collaborate with our product department and provide feedback to us by taking part in early access testing of new features, product interviews and surveys. We're just getting started and we'd like to invite you to be…
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As a Solutions Architect at Quantexa, my role is a thrilling rollercoaster ride through the world of Commercials, Solution Engineering, TAPs, Delivery, data, and technology! We wear many hats and juggle a variety of responsibilities. From donning our superhero capes to assist the Commercial Team with technical support…
The purpose of this article is to share some custom tests our Correspondent Banking project implemented using the Statistical Profile Testing (SPT) Framework. The SPT Framework includes some out-of-the-box test suites. However, unique deployment requirements can mean custom tests are sometimes needed. What is the SPT…
Meet Adrien… I have been a Data Engineer for one year at Quantexa. I have mostly worked on ETL pipelines with a focus on Entity Resolution. In such projects, the goal is to provide a complete view of entities by bringing together information from various data sources. What did you want to be when you were little? I used to…
Meet Charlotte… My current job title is Lead Data Engineer, but this captures a variety of activities. The things I’m responsible for range from technical leadership of a project team (coordinating the Development Team and contributing to the technical work needed to deliver the Quantexa), to leading the Data Practice…
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…
This article covers how a deployment used the JavaFaker library and seeding to enhance Entity Generation from data generators. Specifically, in ensuring that consistent information is generated alongside each Entity and between Document types to create realistic Networks. Prerequisite Reading To ensure you have a solid…
This article introduces Knowledge Graphs at an introductory technical level. Note that: QKnowledgeGraph is the analytics library for working with Knowledge Graphs Knowledge Graphs created by Quantexa are the graphs created and analyzed using QKnowledgeGraphs In an introductory Quantexa blog, we introduced why knowledge…
As an Investigator, you may have found that Entities and Networks are helpful for identifying potential risk in the investigation process, using connections across documents and Entities. However, seeing all the available data connected through transaction flows, trades, direct links, or indirect links can present its own…
This article describes Quantexa's new SME (Small or Medium Sized Enterprise) classifier. Our classifier has been informed by European Commission rules. It has been implemented to be able to scale for large legal hierarchies. Introduction The world we know today is built on the premise of successful organisations and…
This article covers the importance of Edge Labels and walks through the necessary setup to display them in your User Interface (UI). What are Edge Labels? A Network in the Quantexa UI consists of a collection of Nodes (Documents or Entities) and Edges representing a relationship between those Nodes. Edge Labels are added…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…