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FCA Regulated Bilderlings joins forces with Shufti Pro to accelerate the process of Secure Client Onboarding

Richard Marley
January 17, 2020
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London, UK – (January 2020) Shufti Pro on-boarded a banking company – Bilderlings – to help them accelerate their customer onboarding process while fulfilling the regulatory compliance and fraud-prevention needs.

Shufti Pro is a global identity verification, KYC/KYB/AML screening service provider with customers in every country and industry. What makes it different is its swift verification service that identifies an individual within 30 seconds while maintaining a high accuracy rate of 98.67%. Recently it onboarded an innovative banking company Bilderlings that delivers next-generation banking services to businesses and individuals.

Bilderlings is regulated by FCA so compliance is a big deal for the company. Speed of account opening is their targeted competitive edge so they needed a cutting edge technology to onboard a secure clientele in a secure manner. The company’s main services are settlement accounts and internet acquiring. Everything is online so the fraud rate is high, serving the financial needs of businesses online requires in-depth fraud proofing and screening for regulatory purposes as well.

Fraud is everywhere and financial data of the customers is a vital asset of the company, so Bilderlings took a smart decision based on Shufti Pro’s global acclaim and choose it for swift onboarding of their clients.

Expressing his confidence in this partnership, Dmitry Kuvshinov, Executive Officer, Bilderlings Pay said; “Bilderlings is a fintech platform, and the speed of opening a current account is one of the key factors for clients who choose our services. Partnership with Shufti Pro is very important for us because thanks to Shufti Pro technology we will be able to significantly accelerate the process of client onboarding.”

Victor Fredung, CEO of Shufti Pro expressed his excitement towards this collaboration and said; “We are excited to onboard Bilderlings and to help them in swift onboarding of their customers. We are proud that Bilderlings chose us for the swiftness in our services which is one of our key attributes. Shufti Pro aims at maintaining this membership for a longer-term and to keep on improving our services to make sure that our customers are always content with their decision of choosing Shufti Pro.”

About Bilderlings Pay

Bilderlings is an innovative banking company for businesses and individuals. Among the main services of Bilderlings are settlement accounts and internet acquiring. Bilderlings helps businesses to open an account in one day, to customize individual financial solutions, and to automate the processes using API. Bilderlings customers range from large companies to cutting-edge startups. Bilderlings uses advanced digital banking technology for quick payments and flexible payment solutions. The company maintains the services of traditional banks and clients receive maximum attention from their private banker. Bilderlings is a British fintech platform that is regulated by the FCA and meets all the security standards of a traditional British bank.

About Shufti Pro

Shufti Pro is an identity verification service provider that offers KYC and AML solutions to worldwide clients. Using a hybrid approach of AI and HI technology, Shufti Pro delivers results within 30 seconds with accuracy as high as 98.67%. Having verified users in over 232 countries, Shufti Pro is a pioneer in IDV services to cover a large number of countries.

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Kenya Accuses Two Leading African FinTech Firms of Operating Without Licenses
Two of Africa’s top FinTech companies have been accused by the Kenyan central bank of allegedly conducting unlawful business in the country.

Flutterwave and Chipper Cash, two FinTech businesses that support digital currencies, are said to have been operating illegally, even though the former has denied accusations of assisting money laundering worth more than $50 million.

At the conclusion of a recent meeting of the monetary policy committee, Patrick Njuguna, governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), addressed the media and disclosed that the two didn’t have the necessary licences.

“Flutterwave is not licensed to operate remittance provider or for that matter as a Payment Service Provider in Kenya. They are not licenced to operate and therefore they shouldn’t be operating. And Chipper we could also say the same,” the governor revealed, as reported by local outlets.

Chipper Cash was established in 2018 and utilises a mobile app to concentrate on cross-border payments. Users can also purchase and trade virtual currency using it. It raised $250 million at a $2 billion value in November of last year during its Series C fundraising round, which was led by FTX, the exchange run by the controversial Sam Bankman-Fried.

Flutterwave, the most valuable startup raised $250 million in February of this year at a $3 billion valuation. Additionally, it entered the world of digital assets by collaborating with Binance to provide a fiat-to-crypto gateway. Flutterwave, in contrast to its rival, was being investigated in Kenya for allegedly enabling the laundering of at least $52 million and was already facing regulatory issues.

While Chipper Cash hasn’t responded to the claims of the Central Bank of Kenya that it has been operating illegally, on the other hand, Flutterwave has shifted the claims to the central bank.

As per the report published by Business Daily Kenya, Flutterwave claims that it applied for the Central bank’s license back in 2019. It stated: “In 2019, as our operations grew, Flutterwave submitted its application for a payment service provider licence. We have been in constant engagement with the Central Bank of Kenya to ensure that we provide all the requirements and we look forward to receiving our licence.”

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The global pandemic is prompting a phenomenal increase in online service. From doing groceries to job interviews and more, many daily activities have moved from in-person to online – that includes education. Started by religious institutions, the educational systems, as well as way of teaching, have transformed. Thanks to technological advancements, distance and e-learning services are becoming a new norm.

Over recent years, the education industry has faced numerous challenges as a result of digitization. Cyberattacks including data breaches, identity theft, phishing and blackmailing are a few most occurring issues that the sector is struggling to deal with.

Fortunately, these risks can only be mitigated to a large extent, with robust identity verification systems, which are capable of identifying the true identities of students before getting them on board.

The Rise of E-Learning and Crime [2022 Overview]

The online or distance learning sector has significantly grown over the past years, as modern IT infrastructures and instant internet connectivity is aiding the education industry to provide people with new opportunities to gain new skills. Since the coronavirus pandemic, e-education has become more common as millions of people across the globe have accepted the new learning model. The work from home and social distancing norms forced schools, universities and other education centres to provide remote services which surged the use of digital learning. According to Research and Market predictions, the e-education industry is all set to reach $350 billion by 2025. However, the number might be updated after assessing the growth of COVID-19 impacts on the sector.

There are hundreds of online learning portals or websites such as Uudemy, Lynda, Skillshare, and Coursera that are widespread over the digital world facilitating billions of people. Furthermore, top-notch universities are also democratising learning by making courses accessible through online portals. For example, Stanford and Harvard’s university gives access to students to get hands-on educational material as well as courses under different categories.

As new technologies are emerging and rendering heaps of benefits and innovative opportunities, the risk of crimes has also increased. Students, as well as cybercriminals, are manipulating the education centres for their own personal gains. Cybercriminals’ activities such as identity theft, data breaches, malicious attacks, blackmailing, synthetic identities and document fraud are among the commonly occurring crimes pouring adverse impacts over this industry. Due to this, the e-learning sector is being challenged by cyber criminals and is finding it hard to provide secure services while retaining customers along with their reputation.
Popular Cybersecurity Risks Education Sector is Prone To

There are numerous reasons cybercriminals target e-learning platforms. However, out of them, these two are perhaps the most significant, first online education service providers typically gather and store sensitive personally identifiable information of millions of students. This makes a jackpot-like situation for fraudsters, who are capable of getting their hands on the personal details of victims in just one malicious or data breach attempt. Second, the data placed in educational databases are highly valuable on the dark web. The information includes mailing addresses, social security numbers, ID numbers, driver’s licence numbers, and even medicare information. In fact, nearly 11% of all data breaches that occurred in 2017 involved exposure of faculty and student health records. According to the research, adult’s sensitive information sells for around $10 to $25 dollars on the dark web, while students’ data is worth nearly $300.

As a result of gathering data, it’s no wonder that employees or students associated with the education sector are targeted. Through phishing attacks or hacking the databases, criminals can use the victims’ credentials to manipulate students as well as damage the institutions’ reputations.

Social engineering attacks such as malware and phishing scams are on rise in the education industry. According to the key findings, in 2019, nearly 41% of the data breaches were caused by these attacks. CBC news published that MacEwan University lost $11.8 million after an employee fell prey to a phishing attack.

Ransomware attacks are another type of technique that fraudsters use to get their hands on databases. This involves infecting data files and systems through malicious viruses. By opening, installing or clicking on a file, the bogus software infects the system resulting in losing admin control.

Spoof attacks are also becoming common in education centres. In this scheme, the cybercriminals pretend to be a legal entity to gain authorised access to online learning platforms and then infect the data directories with malware viruses. This fraudulent activity happens in multiple ways, but some of them include email and caller ID spoofing.

Password Hijacking is another most preferred means of gaining unauthorised access to educational centres’ databases. This usually occurs when the passwords are easy to guess like “1234” or “ABC”. A report states that nearly 73% of people have set the same passwords across many accounts, making it a lot easier for criminals to hijack accounts.

How Shufti Pro Can Help

Depending on the current inconsistent situation, where the education sectors are trying hard to fight sophisticated crimes, there are numerous services available at Shufti Pro that can help them in a variety of ways. Ranging from consent verification, document validation, and facial biometric recognition to two-factor authentication that offers the highest level of confidence as those utilised by the banks or other financial service providers. Powered by thousands of AI algorithms, Shufti Pro’s state-of-the-art identity verification services can help the education industry to overcome the risk of cyberattacks, unauthorised access, and identity theft. Ensuring legit student onboarding with 98.67% accuracy.

In addition to this, online education platforms are also finding it hard to authenticate students as well as faculties identity documents before getting them onboard. AI-powered document verification services, capable of verifying 3000+ types of identity documents written in 150+ languages, can aid digital platforms in validating documents in less than a second along with determining the sign of tempering if present.

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FCA Regulated Bilderlings joins forces with Shufti Pro to accelerate the process of Secure Client Onboarding

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The Rise of E-Learning and Crime [2022 Overview]

Popular Cybersecurity Risks Education Sector is Prone To

How Shufti Pro Can Help

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