New York City, 3rd June 2016 – Domus Semo Sancus (DSS) Chairman & CEO E. Jay Saunders, today attended the Seminar on Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development, which took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from the 1st – 3rd June. The seminar brought together key stakeholders from Government, regulators (from the financial, telecommunications, and ICT sectors), academia, entrepreneurs, mobile network operators, banks, financial service providers, mobile financial services platform providers, international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in financial inclusion programmes, the media, and others to discuss the topic “exploring innovation in transactions and financing in the Caribbean”. During the seminar, Saunders presented on the topic and was part of the panel looking at the question “How do we find a balanced solution for the benefit of the Caribbean?”
Saunders’ presentation provided insights on the post 9/11 phenomenon of de-risking as a means of response to money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF) risk. He touched on the fact that while certain Caribbean territories may have a high number of bank account holders and even payment card holders, that the Caribbean is experiencing an “e-commerce divide”, where Caribbean citizens’ access to certain content or purchases from international vendors are barred based on geographic association and a perceived collective risk of the Caribbean market as a whole.
Highlighting a need for financial regulators to find a balance between financial integrity and financial inclusion, Saunders called for international financial institutions (particularly those in the United States) to move away from the collective risk model currently being applied to the Caribbean region and to move to one where each country is assessed individually. “De-risking has the potential to economically destabilize the whole Caribbean and put tremendous hardship on those of us who are from the region, despite the fact that many Caribbean countries are not high-risk, and that’s why I’m calling on the global financial institutions, particularly those in the United States, to change their approach on this issue.” stated Saunders.
The seminar was attended by persons from Barbados, Dominica, Haiti, India, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Saunders’ presentation can be viewed online in video format and as a Flipbook. Summary notes of the presentation can be found here.
About Domus Semo Sancus (DSS)
Domus Semo Sancus (DSS) Ltd, founded by E. Jay Saunders in November 2014, is a financial technology company that is building tools to encourage financial inclusion and bridge the e-commerce divide.
SafetyNet.ai is DSS’ award winning enhanced due diligence (EDD) cognitive search and crime prevention tool. It helps companies comply with KYC and AML rules and regulations by utilizing an artificial intelligence engine to help companies spot and mitigate risks before they become threats. SafetyNet.ai is cloud based and is offered in the following subscriptions: Lite, EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence), EDD Enterprise, Safe City, and Developer.
For more information on SafetyNet.ai, visit: www.safetynet.ai.
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The Turks & Caicos Islands Government adopts SafetyNet App, powered by IBM Watson, to speed up investors onboarding
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, 25th October 2015 – Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), a financial technology company, today announced it has become an IBM Watson Ecosystem Partner and The Turks & Caicos Islands Government is using its SafetyNet™ application, powered by Watson to assess the background of those interested in investing in the country during the onboarding process. By leveraging the cognitive computing power of Watson, SafetyNet is able to help The Turks & Caicos Islands Government improve business operations and shorten the amount of time it takes to vet a potential investor to minutes versus days.
Watson’s ability to interact in natural language, analyze large volumes of unstructured data, respond to complex questions with evidence-based answers, and discover new actionable patterns and insights allows SafetyNet to expose patterns, connections, and insights around persons and entities-of-interest at a depth and speed no human expert can ever achieve on their own. With SafetyNet, DSS’ customers are able to onboard qualified customers and employees much faster than they could without the cognitive computing solution.
Know Your Customer (KYC) lapses have cost companies billions in fines and even more in reputational damage. SafetyNet help companies mitigate against such risks, has embedded Watson natural language APIs via the IBM Watson Developer Cloud, which allows it to meet the performance and system availability requirements of even the most discerning clients.
“SafetyNet has the ability to help governments speed up inward investments, as it can vet potential investors in minutes, compared to the days it takes with other methods,” states Hon. Dr. Rufus W. Ewing, Premier, The Turks & Caicos Islands Government.
“People aren’t always what they seem, and not knowing who you’re dealing with can be costly, especially in a trust and on-demand economy. Businesses today need a thorough, affordable, and relatively quick way to conduct background checks on potential associates, and SafetyNet with IBM Watson addresses that need at a global level,” states E. Jay Saunders, Founder and CEO, DSS.
DSS is joining a growing community of startups and established businesses who are leveraging the Watson Developer Cloud, a platform used by more than 77,000 developers globally to pilot, test and deploy new business ideas in industries ranging from health care, financial services and retail to education, music, and sports. The community includes more than 350 Watson Ecosystem partners who are commercializing products and services, 100 of which are being used in market.
About Domus Semo Sancus (DSS)
Domus Semo Sancus (DSS) Ltd, founded by E. Jay Saunders, is a financial technology company that is building tools to encourage financial inclusion and bridge the e-commerce divide. DSS’ SafetyNet™ is a global state-of-the-art employee and customer onboarding utility Powered by IBM Watson, that helps companies understand the potential risks that an employee or customer represents.
DSS sponsored and co-hosted its first annual hackathon (CANTO C.O.D.E 1.0) for elite software programmers from across the Caribbean, which took place between the 27th to the 29th July 2015 in Miami, Florida.
For more information on Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), visit: www.semosancus.com.
IBM Watson: Pioneering a New Era of Computing
Watson is the first open cognitive computing technology platform and represents a new era in computing where systems understand the world in the way that humans do: through senses, learning, and experience. Watson continuously learns, gaining in value and knowledge over time, from previous interactions. With the help of Watson, organizations are harnessing the power of cognitive computing to transform industries, help professionals do their jobs better, and solve important challenges.
To advance Watson, IBM has two dedicated business units: Watson, established for the development of cloud-delivered cognitive computing technologies that represent the commercialization of “artificial intelligence” or “AI” across a variety of industries, and Watson Health, dedicated to improving the ability of doctors, researchers and insurers and other related health organizations to surface new insights from data to and deliver personalized healthcare.
For more information on IBM Watson, visit: ibm.com/Watson and ibm.com/press/watson.
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands, 7th December 2015 – E. Jay Saunders, Founder & CEO of Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), is on a mission. In an unforgettable night at Jai’s Jewelry Store, located in the Regent Village, Grace Bay; E Jay stepped out in a cloud of smoke as new character, Bond, E Jay’s Bond; and disclosed his mission to bring the KYC (Know Your Client/Customer), AML (Anti-Money Laundering), and background checking world into the cognitive era. Event attendees watched as E. Jay revealed DSS’ new online application SafetyNet, which is poised to revolutionize the way background checking is done.
SafetyNet is a global background checking utility that is powered by IBM Watson. Watson is a cognitive computing platform that is designed to understand, reason, and learn. Like a human, it can read and understand natural language, but at a rate of 800 million pages per second. SafetyNet utilizes Watson’s cognitive power to search high risk and persons in public life (politically exposed persons) databases along with big data from the internet at large to help companies tackle their onboarding risks. In addition, it also gives companies an in-depth view of their current clients. With features such as Personality Insights, SafetyNet not only helps companies manage risks, but it also help them improve their customer service, as companies can use the date to tailor their products and services to match a customer’s needs.
When it comes to background checking, SafetyNet powered by IBM Watson is helping businesses “outthink the limits of what’s possible.”
”SafetyNet breaks new ground in the background checking space.” stated E. Jay, who went on to say that “We are confident that it has the potential to revolutionize not just the KYC and AML space, but also background checking for the on-demand economy. Once customers try SafetyNet they’ll see that they’re not just doing due diligence, but enhanced due diligence. And to top it off, they can get a full report on an associate or entity-of-interest within minutes.”
Since 2013, financial institutions around the world have been fined over US$10 Billion dollars for KYC and AML lapses. With SafetyNet, DSS customers have a tool that can help them avoid adding to that figure.
SafetyNet is a business to business (B2B) application. To learn more visit www.safetynetkyc.com
About Domus Semo Sancus (DSS)
Domus Semo Sancus (DSS) Ltd, founded by E. Jay Saunders, is a financial technology company that is building tools to encourage financial inclusion and bridge the e-commerce divide. DSS’ SafetyNet™ is a global state-of-the-art employee and customer onboarding utility Powered by IBM Watson, that helps companies understand the potential risks that an employee or customer represents.
DSS sponsored and co-hosted its first annual hackathon (CANTO C.O.D.E 1.0) for elite software programmers from across the Caribbean, which took place between the 27th to the 29th July 2015 in Miami, Florida.
For more information on Domus Semo Sancus (DSS), visit: www.semosancus.com.
IBM Watson: Pioneering a New Era of Computing
Watson is the first open cognitive computing technology platform and represents a new era in computing where systems understand the world in the way that humans do: through senses, learning, and experience. Watson continuously learns, gaining in value and knowledge over time, from previous interactions. With the help of Watson, organizations are harnessing the power of cognitive computing to transform industries, help professionals do their jobs better, and solve important challenges.
To advance Watson, IBM has two dedicated business units: Watson, established for the development of cloud-delivered cognitive computing technologies that represent the commercialization of “artificial intelligence” or “AI” across a variety of industries, and Watson Health, dedicated to improving the ability of doctors, researchers and insurers and other related health organizations to surface new insights from data to and deliver personalized healthcare.
For more information on IBM Watson, visit: ibm.com/Watson and ibm.com/press/watson.