xcube.co's Product Analyst, Kenny Wongchamcharoen recently sat down with our Chief Regulatory Affairs Officer, Julia Chin, for an insightful discussion on striking the balance between protecting individual privacy and maintaining data transparency to combat financial crime effectively. Kenny 🙍🏻♂️: Why is there a need to protect individual privacy? Julia 👩🏻: Financial institutions handle sensitive information that, if compromised, could lead to significant financial losses and privacy breaches. Trust is foundational in this sector; customers must feel confident that their personal and financial data are secure from unauthorised access and misuse. This goes beyond protecting consumers from intrusive marketing; it also involves safeguarding them against fraud and scams. Kenny 🙍🏻♂️: How do you balance the need for data privacy with the demand for transparency at Defy? Julia 👩🏻: We employ a multifaceted strategy. We implement strict data governance policies and leverage advanced encryption technologies to protect sensitive information, ensuring privacy is never compromised while meeting transparency expectations. Emerging technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and advanced encryption techniques enhance both data privacy and transparency. For example, blockchain provides a decentralised and immutable ledger offering transparent audit trails while ensuring data integrity and privacy. Our advanced encryption methods protect data at rest and in transit, accessible only to authorised parties. By leveraging these technologies, we at Defy create a secure and transparent environment that meets regulatory requirements and customer expectations. Kenny 🙍🏻♂️: Can you provide an example where transparency might conflict with data privacy, and how would you address it? Julia 👩🏻: Transparency and data privacy often intersect and conflict during regulatory reporting and compliance investigations. FATF Recommendation 16, also known as the Travel Rule, mandates that financial institutions include originator and beneficiary information in wire transfers. This requirement is critical for ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) laws. The risk of data interception during transmission is a significant concern, potentially exposing sensitive information to unauthorised parties. To address this, we use a risk-based approach, applying data minimisation and anonymisation techniques, sharing only necessary information on a need basis, while protecting customer identities. Additionally, we establish clear protocols for data sharing, backed by strong encryption and access controls, ensuring transparency without compromising data privacy. Regularly reviewing and updating these protocols helps us adapt to evolving regulatory demands and technological advancements. #DataPrivacy #Technology #Compliance #RiskManagement
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So great having you with us Kenny Wongchamcharoen looking at the business with fresh pair of eyes and asking us questions, helping us sense check what we do
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3moBreakthrough innovations always emerge from a hidden network of other innovations that support and influence them, ultimately determining their market success. That is why Defy is not only innovating in the payment and crypto space but also in the regulatory one. Balancing transparency and privacy, or in other words, resolving two paradoxical regulatory requirements (i.e., KYC/AML and user data privacy), is one of the core objectives that we are addressing with advanced technologies such as zero-knowledge proof (in partnership with zkFold) and multi-party computing.