Did you know that despite the market capitalization of cryptocurrency peaking at $3 trillion it continues to surpass over $1 billion daily? With such volatility, growth, and potential, money laundering and terrorist financing mirror the same risks as the traditional…
AML Compliance
Precision Matters: Best Practices and Challenges in Arabic Language Screening for AML
In the Middle East, within a thriving start-up ecosystem that has recently an impressive 1.6 billion USD in funding for MENA start-ups this year, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance is of paramount importance. One of the distinctive challenges in this region…
Why You Should Automate AML Compliance With AI
As the financial industry becomes increasingly interconnected yet complex, the fight against money laundering has become a primary concern for regulatory authorities and financial institutions. To overcome this illegal activity effectively, many organizations started using cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial…
Exploring the Role of Ongoing Monitoring in AML Compliance
In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, the fight against money laundering has become more crucial than ever before. To safeguard the integrity of the global financial system, financial institutions are increasingly turning to anti-money laundering – AML compliance measures. However,…
Managing The High Risk in Cannabis Business Banking
The very first step your financial institution must take when servicing the Cannabis business industry is to correctly identify if the business or the beneficial owner is high risk.
Solving The False Positives Paradox in Sanctions Screening
In sanctions screening, financial institutions constantly face a false positives conundrum: They can’t live with them, but they can’t live without them, either.
Navigating the AML Compliance Jungle: A Glossary of AML Terms
Confused by all those AML terms and acronyms? In this handy glossary, you’ll find over 120 common AML/CFT words, phases, and abbreviations, as well as a rundown of the major regulatory bodies dedicated to fighting AML/CFT.
Adverse Media Screening: How Do You Get It Right?
As adverse media screening (AMS) gets harder to do, setting your AMS system up right has never been more critical to your organization’s reputation, compliance, and workflow. It’s dammed if you do. Dammed if you don’t.
The KYC2020 Guide to PEP Screening: PEP Data and Screening Solutions
The KYC2020 Guide to PEP Screening: What features and technologies should you look for in today’s PEP data and screening solutions?
The KYC2020 Guide to PEP Screening: Defining PEP Risk
What is PEP risk, and why is it so critical to your AML/CFT compliance that you need to effectively screen for it?