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Financial Services 11/07/2024

AI in the Financial Industry: Efficient Tools for Optimized Compliance Monitoring

In the financial industry, manual monitoring of calls for compliance is no longer realistic. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers the perfect solution: with automated compliance monitoring, financial institutions can work more efficiently, minimize risks and better comply with regulatory requirements without replacing compliance officers. Find out how AI can revolutionize your compliance processes.

Financial Services 09/23/2024

Why Omnichannel Communication is Essential for Financial Institutions

Find out what characterizes omnichannel communication and how you can use ASC and LeapXpert to ensure compliant communication in WhatsApp and other channels.

Compliance 08/20/2024

Effective Protection of Banking Secrecy with Recording Solutions from ASC

Learn how ASC can ensure the discretion and security of banking secrecy in the digital age through innovative solutions.

Recording 08/05/2024

MiFID II: What Financial Service Providers Need to Know About Call Recording Under the EU Directive

Financial service providers in the European Economic Area face the challenge of complying with comprehensive financial market regulations. Logging and analyzing customer communications is critical. These requirements have been further tightened with the introduction of MiFID II in 2018. In our article, we explain the implications for banks and insurance companies in Europe.

Financial Services 05/15/2024

Impact of FINRA SEA Rule 17A-4 on Financial Institutions

Staying on top of the latest changes in compliance regulations and their impact on your organization is essential for financial institutions. An example is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's (FINRA) SEA Rule 17A-4.

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Financial Services 04/26/2024

Cloud vs. On-Premises Solutions: Choosing the Right Communication Platform for Financial Services

In the finance sector, choosing the right communication platform is pivotal. ASC advocates for a cloud-native approach, leveraging Azure for Teams. This blog post will outline the advantages of cloud vs. on-premises solutions, guiding readers through the key benefits.

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Compliance 02/12/2024

Navigating Regulatory Guide 271: How Recording Insights Bolsters IDR Efforts in Finance

Discover how Recording Insights supports RG 271 compliance, improving IDR efficiency and dispute resolution in the Australian financial sector.

Recording 01/14/2022

Future orientation is customer orientation

The Contact Center is the linchpin of a company when it is about customer satisfaction. This is where the first contacts and inquiries are handled. The personal interface between customers and the company plays a decisive role in success because an excellent customer experience becomes a differentiating factor between competitors. The new ASC handbook highlights the current trends and challenges of contact centers and provides recommendations how to deal with compliance requirements and customer…

Recording 10/28/2021

Ensure Recording Compliance in the Cloud

The recording of communications is no longer a need, but a real necessity that is becoming more and more common in many sectors of activity. The digital transformation accelerates the application of new regulations related to the protection of personal data and its conservation. Each need requires a customized migration to a 100% cloud infrastructure, respecting the constraints of each project at deployment.

Recording 07/21/2021

Artificial Intelligence for compliance recording

It is hard to imagine the workplace of the future without collaboration and communication tools like Microsoft Teams. Business processes worldwide are being adapted as more and more employees are working remotely and virtual teams are being merged. This brings new challenges, especially in the field of compliance recording where sensitive data is recorded and processed. With its native Microsoft Teams app Recording Insights, ASC relies on AI-based support for advanced assessment, i. e. on…

Recording 05/27/2021

Legal requirements for archiving in the financial sector

In the last 20 years, more and more customers have turned towards banking and finance networks thus influencing the way that banking data is managed. On the downside, financial scandals as well as cases of cybercrime and money laundering have become more frequent, too. As a consequence, the last years have seen a number of new directives or the amendment of existing ones that aim at facilitating tracking transactions. But what does this imply for the retention periods of recorded calls? What…

Recording 07/20/2020

Fraud Detection: Identifying potential cases of fraud and compliance violations

There are many types of fraud - whether on the phone, via internet or using mobile devices. As technology advances, fraudulent techniques are becoming increasingly elaborate - fortunately at the same time solutions for fraud detection are also becoming faster and more precise. Darien Šobar, Vice President Business Development at ASC Technologies has some valuable insights on how to identify and prevent potential cases of fraud and compliance violations.

Recording 05/29/2020

Financial market regulation in Switzerland: Secure recording and archiving of financial transactions by phone

Swiss banks count among the most important in the world and enjoy an excellent reputation. And in Switzerland, too, the financial sector is one of the most heavily regulated sectors of the economy. As a result, the regulation of banking and the financial market by means of the secure recording and archiving of financial transactions by phone plays a major role.

Cloud 02/12/2020

Cloud computing in financial services – The future of banks and insurance companies is in the cloud

The demands of financial service providers in the security and availability of cloud services are incredibly high. But yet, moving IT services to the cloud promises financial service providers more efficiency, too. Consequently, it does not come as a surprise, that the financial industry is venturing out into the cloud as well following a trend that other sectors have already taken to the next level.