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…
Sanctions Screening
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…
Sanctions and PEP Screening: An Important Step in the KYC Process
In today’s increasingly interconnected global landscape, financial institutions face a constant challenge to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit activities. Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures have become indispensable to the financial industry to mitigate these risks. Among the…
Sanctions Screening : Everything You Need to Know About
Sanctions screening is a vital control typically used by financial institutions to recognize, stop, manage and reduce financial crime risk. Businesses must undertake thorough and efficient screening in the financial crime prevention strategies to help identify those groups and organizations…
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.
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?
The KYC2020 Guide to PEP Screening: Defining PEP and RCA
Screening for PEPs is a critical part of your financial institution’s risk-based AML/CFT program. In this article, we define what a PEP is and identify some of the biggest challenges that stand in the way of a good PEP screening system.
Smart AML Compliance Solutions Powering Credit Unions into the Future
What are the core AML compliance solutions credit unions need to be AML/CFT compliant and still maintain their competitive advantage in the years to come? As credit unions continue to grapple with a growing mountain of costly and complex financial…