Author Archives: Chris Bourne

The New Era of Remote Verification

The New Era of Remote Verification

The acceleration of digital transformation has been fast-tracked over recent years. Businesses have had to deal with the global impact of Covid and, more recently, have looked at ways of combatting shrinking margins; increased risk as well as the demand … Read More

What is an Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO)?

What is a company Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO)?

Any individual benefitting from, or who receives a positive impact from a company, is deemed an Ultimate Beneficial Owner. … Read More

Helping A Leading Estate Agent ensure AML & Right to Rent Compliance

Helping A Leading Estate Agent ensure AML & Right to Rent Compliance

Estate and lettings agents are under increasing pressure to implement risk mitigation strategies to ensure they are compliant with AML and Right to Rent regulations. NorthRow offers leading estate agents in the UK the ability to leverage cutting- edge technology to automate AML, KYC and IDV checks, streamlining the client onboarding journey. Learn more.

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How APIs Can Transform Your Regulated Business

How APIs Can Transform Your Regulated Business

A growing number of regulated businesses today are now using data through API technology to drive growth, to improve operations and to help ensure compliance with multiple regulations. Read NorthRow’s list of the top benefits from API integrations that will transform your business. … Read More

top compliance trends

Top Compliance Trends You Need to Know for 2019

Money-laundering and compliance failures within large banks and institutions dominated the financial news in 2018. To help you not fall foul of the regulations in 2019, we have gathered a list of top 9 compliance trends this year and how they may impact how you do business. … Read More

Client Suitability & Appropriateness

Client Suitability & Appropriateness

Whether a financial institution is offering investment advice, portfolio management or providing non-advice services such as execution-only services, the relevant suitability and/or appropriateness checks must always be carried out. NorthRow has partnered with muinmos to automate client suitability and appropriateness checks. … Read More

NorthRow to Verify International Users for UK Open Banking

NorthRow to Verify International Users for UK Open Banking

NorthRow (a Contego solutions business), the RegTech and compliance specialist, has been chosen by the UK’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (the ‘OBIE’), to verify its users in the European Union and the rest of the world. The move follows the successful implementation of verification processes for UK users, streamlining services for customers. The new partnership will see NorthRow verify users throughout the EU and the fast-emerging markets in Asia Pacific, including: India, the Philippines and Australia/New Zealand. … Read More

Digital Client Passport vs. Financial Crime: Collaboration for Success

Digital Client Passport vs. Financial Crime: Collaboration for Success

A Digital Client Passport for financial services is a new initiative for mitigating both the operational risk and time-to-market elements that banks face. NorthRow will be a key player in contributing to the Digital Client Passport, providing a breadth of data enabling real-time intelligence via a single, easily integrated API. … Read More

What is the Biggest Challenge to Property Onboarding Today?

What is the Biggest Challenge to Property Onboarding Today?

Northrow (a Contego Solutions business) provide automated AML, KYC and Identity Verification to some of the uk’s leading estate agents. Northrow helps ensure a fast, secure and compliant onboarding process. We have the largest databases of screening information available in the UK, enabling comprehensive checks on buyers, sellers, tenants, landlords and id documents – all in a matter of seconds and all via a single API. … Read More

Why Right to Work Checks Matter to the Recruitment Industry?

Why Right to Work Checks Matter to the Recruitment Industry?

Northrow automates Right-to-Work checks and document verification to authenticate an employee’s Right-to-Work in the uk. Northrow’s solution is in line with the latest home office regulations helping to ensure your compliance. Northrow’s Right-to-work mobile app checks employee’s identity in real-time. ideal for multi-site organisations. Read our latest right to work white paper to learn more. … Read More