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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Anti-Money Laundering Solution Takes Prestigious Asia Award Second Year Running
HONG KONG and ATLANTA, Apr. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

-- LexisNexis Bridger Insight XG Awarded 'Best AML Solution' in 2018 at Asian 
Private Banker's Technology Awards

LexisNexis(R) Risk Solutions has been awarded the "Best AML Solution"(  
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) in the Asian Private Banker Technology Awards for the second consecutive 
year. The award recognizes LexisNexis Bridger(R) Insight XG ( 
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) as the premier screening tool in the market, helping private banks and other 
institutions reduce complexity, increase efficiency, boost profitability and 
tackle financial crime.

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"We are honored to receive this significant award from Asian Private Banker," 
said Thomas C. Brown, senior vice president, U.S. Commercial Markets and Global 
Market Development, LexisNexis Risk Solutions. "It reflects the quality of 
Bridger Insight XG ( 
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), which provides robust intelligence and a unified workflow to strengthen risk 
oversight through a single point of entry, while reducing consumer onboarding 
friction. This influences the entire consumer experience and helps boost bank 
profitability by helping consumers transact faster. Institutions in Asia have 
never been under so much pressure to comply with regulations aimed at 
combatting financial crime. Harnessing technology is crucial ⸺ Bridger 
Insight XG allows compliance personnel to review personal and business 
histories to gather critical Know Your Customer details via its link to 
profiles of over 3 million individuals and companies, covering more than 50 
risk categories, such as sanctions, money laundering and politically exposed 
persons."

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is tackling a chronic problem for private banks and 
wealth management firms ⸺ 'false positives' when screening for money 
laundering. A false positive is a result that wrongly indicates a positive 
result during the screening process, slowing the adoption of good clients and 
diverting financial crime compliance resources from managing true risk issues.

"In 2018, we began expanding the use of machine learning within Bridger Insight 
XG to reduce false positives. LexisNexis Risk Solutions will also be 
implementing new technology that allows private banks and wealth management 
firms to identify and address substantial hidden risk in their anti-money 
laundering compliance efforts, specifically around sanctions screening this 
year" said Doug Wolfson, director, financial crime compliance strategy at 
LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Digital identity risk exposes institutions to 
potential threat of massive fines and reputational damage, while allowing 
terrorist financiers, money launderers and fraudsters to move money through the 
global financial system with impunity. The new digital identity technology 
monitors the sanctions risk of digital identity transactions in real time, a 
significant innovation not provided by any other vendor. Private banks and 
wealth management firms will be able to monitor whether they face any potential 
sanctions risk from where their clients are located with the increased uptake 
of web portals and internet servicing amongst their clients.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions is uniquely able to innovate this new digital 
identity technology due to its 2018 acquisition of ThreatMetrix(R), a global 
digital identity company with roots in Australia.

About LexisNexis(R) Risk Solutions
LexisNexis Risk Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced analytics to 
provide insights that help businesses and governmental entities reduce risk and 
improve decisions to benefit people around the globe. We provide data and 
technology solutions for a wide range of industries including insurance, 
financial services, healthcare and government. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, 
Georgia, we have offices throughout the world and are part of RELX (LSE: 
REL/NYSE: RELX), a global provider of information and analytics for 
professional and business customers across industries. For more information, 
please visit www.risk.lexisnexis.com and www.relx.com.

Media Contacts:

Ken Lam
LexisNexis(R) Risk Solutions | ThreatMetrix(R)
+852-6180-0905
ken.lam@lexisnexisrisk.com;

Yuri van der Leest
Teneo Strategy
+852-3655-0504
yuri.vanderleest@teneo.com

SOURCE : LexisNexis Risk Solutions