eKYC, Digital Identity and eIDAS - Eric Wagner, Head of Group Financial Crime, Erste Group (Austria, Recorded on 12 June 2020)

Eric Wagner, Head of Group Financial Crime, Erste Group talks with Sam Sheen and Marie Lundberg about his role as rapporteur of the European Commission Working Group on eKYC and the possible expansion of the eIDAS programme for use by the private sector for KYC in the future. Eric shares his insights on the key changes needed to allow financial institutions to rely on electronic ID verification across the EU and why the best route to achieving regulatory change is pure logic. 

Om Podcasten

This podcast was inspired by the evolving Covid-19 restrictions and how it has impacted compliance professionals working in financial crime prevention. Reaching out to individuals across the globe, hosts Samantha Sheen and Marie Lundberg look at how people are adjusting to remote working from home while still keeping up efforts to detect, prevent and disrupt financial crime. The topics covered range from governance, KYC, transaction monitoring to cyber security and accountability.Taking a plain speaking approach, Marie and Sam analyse notable cases involving financial crime, epic “compliance fails” and lessons learnt along the way. And to help fellow compliance professionals keep on top of their CPD, case studies with illustrative slides are also included – a bit like story time for adults – so enjoy.