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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Battle Against KYC/AML

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Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) show that several of the largest global banks moved money on behalf of scores of individuals and enterprises involved in criminal financial activity. As Standard Chartered noted to BuzzFeed in the wake of the FinCEN files report: "In 2019 we monitored more than 1.2

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

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The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Non-compliance can have major implications.

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Fenergo: Financial Firms Hit With 57% More Financial Fines in 2023 for Compliance Shortcomings

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Fenergo has released their annual financial fines analysis, showcasing that penalties for failing to comply with anti-money laundering (AML), KYC, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), sanctions and customer due diligence (CDD) regulations totalled $6.6billion in 2023, up considerably from $4.2billion in 2022 and $5.4billion in 2021.

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FinCen Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 

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Cooperation in an environment that is rapidly advancing on many technological fronts was the theme when FinCEN Director Kenneth A. It concerns me when I hear about some compliance budgets being cut by casinos looking to trim costs and retain gamblers,” he noted. The responsibility of casinos managing all of those new transactions.

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Know Your Customer (KYC): What It Is and How to Comply

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KYC’s three main components are the customer identification program (CIP), which was imposed by the USA Patriot Act in 2011; customer due diligence (CDD); and regular monitoring of the customer’s account and activities, which is also called enhanced due diligence (EDD). In the U.S.,

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GIACT: Beneficial Ownership Compliance: Ready But Mostly Not

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May 11 marks a watershed moment of sorts for financial institutions (FIs), with new requirements for customer due diligence. According to new processes mandated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the U.S. Barnhardt noted that FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence rules are fluid ones.

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Opus Accelerates KYC Automation For Banks

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Compliance and risk management technology provider Opus is launching a new Know Your Customer (KYC) workflow solution for banks. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) tool also looks to streamline client onboarding and improve the accuracy of customer due diligence. A press release on Tuesday (Jan. ”