Fintech News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The battle against financial crime is an ever-evolving challenge requiring expert knowledge, cutting-edge technology, and continuous learning. As white-collar criminals tirelessly innovate their methods to commit financial crimes, the question arises: How can one step ahead in this high-stakes game?

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FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

In September 2019, Fico and Visma announced their partnership to Offer SaaS Anti Financial Crime Solutions in Western Europe. I also manage the partner channels and programs for our financial crime compliance solutions. For more than two decades I have now been working in the financial services industry.

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Neopay

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The recent £29 million fine imposed on Starling Bank by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for financial crime failings offers important lessons for businesses in the e-money and payments industry. Key takeaway : If your business deals with high-risk clients, it’s crucial to implement enhanced due diligence procedures.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Jumio said it plans to integrate Beam’s AML screening and transaction monitoring services into its KYX platform to help flag financial crime and streamline regulatory compliance. The financial terms of Jumio ’s acquisition of Beam’s AML platform were not disclosed. The announcement comes on the heels of Jumio’s Sept.

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FICO

JUNE 23, 2022

The Role of Data in Managing Fraud and Financial Crime Today. In case you missed it, FICO World 2022 was a very welcome return to in-person learning and networking for the global fraud detection and financial crime-fighting community. Fraud and Financial Crime Convergence: It’s Really Here! by TJ Horan.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The IMC’s report outlines strategies aimed at strengthening prevention, improving detection, and enforcing tougher penalties to better protect the integrity of Singapore’s financial system against increasingly sophisticated financial crimes.

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Neopay

MARCH 7, 2024

Furthermore, financial crime controls have failed to keep pace with the rapid growth of these businesses. Governance and training: Lack of resources dedicated to financial crime, insufficient training on financial crime matters, and an absence of clear audit trails for financial crime-related decision-making have been noted.

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Bank Automation

JUNE 26, 2024

Zahra Gill, head of enhanced due diligence and financial crime strategy and change lead at Starling Bank, will speak at Bank Automation Summit Europe 2024 about the AI revolution in banking. The summit, taking place Oct.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

APC Intelidat, the credit bureau in Panama, will soon provide regulatory compliance capabilities to its customers and fight financial crime in Panama with a FICO solution. This is the beginning of our relationship with FICO, which is known worldwide for its risk management and financial crime compliance solutions.

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FICO

MAY 20, 2021

In my Financial Crimes Predictions 2021: More AI & Ransomware post , I talked about how banks will move to operationalize their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance programs to achieve greater efficiencies and how robotic process automation (RPA) adoption will drive the paradigm shift. Collect data from internal and external sources.

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FICO

JULY 14, 2016

The sheer scope of financial crime—money laundering, evasion of sanctions, financing of terror and other transgressions—is shocking. All of these crimes were years in the making, which makes me think there are many more still out there, still gestating. And follow me on Twitter @FraudBird.

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The Paypers

JULY 23, 2021

Varo Bank has selected financial crime investigation firm Quantifind ’s Graphyte platform to optimise its adverse media screening and investigations automation performance.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s a lot of money being exchanged—and also provides a huge amount of possibility for financial crime. Financial crime can take on several faces, including (cyber) fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and money laundering—and companies offering financial services can lose out on serious bucks. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 13, 2024

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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The Paypers

JANUARY 14, 2021

Financial crime screening, payment services, and KYC solutions provider Accuity has announced the availability of Bankers Almanac Enhanced Due Diligence, according to the official press release.

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FICO

JANUARY 18, 2019

Despite advances in customer due diligence, including the addition of advanced analytics to compliance officers’ toolkits, the scandals of 2018 confirmed that many banks are struggling to bring their operations up to regulators’ standards, to say nothing of best practices. Watch this space for more on financial crime compliance!

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

More broadly, however, Blanco’s theme was the interconnectedness of the financial system – and how diligence and transparency is the key to combating money laundering and other financial crimes in the U.S. and around the world.

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Neopay

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Customer Due Diligence (CDD) controls at onboarding and ongoing monitoring The effectiveness of Customer Due Diligence (CDD) controls remains critical, especially when onboarding new clients. Why does this matter?

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Finovate

JUNE 20, 2024

.” Refine Intelligence’s Digital Customer Outreach platform helps financial crime and compliance teams tackle a range of fraud and financial crime issues. Refine Intelligence has raised $13 million in funding courtesy of an investment from Glilot Capital Partners and Fin Capital.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 28, 2024

Moody’s new Shell Company Indicator analyses over 485 million companies, entities, and individuals to flag behaviours that indicate a shell company may require further due diligence to assess its potential for involvement in illicit financial activity.

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Neopay

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The explanatory note further specifies that the extent of enhanced customer due diligence measures applied to domestic PEPs should generally be less stringent than those for non-domestic PEPs. Our team is ready to assist your firm in reviewing and enhancing your financial crime prevention framework, systems, and controls.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 16, 2024

The acquisition also includes Blacksmith KYC, developed in 2017 at ING Labs Singapore, designed to optimise KYC processes within the financial industry. Blacksmith enables banks to tailor their Customer Due Diligence (CDD) requirements and streamline data collection for efficiency gains.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 9, 2024

The AU10TIX AML solution aims to address the significant business risks posed by financial crimes such as money laundering, fraud, and terrorism financing, the solution incorporates rigorous internal quality checks and a proprietary decision-making mechanism to filter out unreliable data.

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Seon

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

While PEPs require enhanced due diligence , regulated entities typically don’t screen individual payments against PEP lists due to the risk of excessive false positives. Stay Ahead of Financial Crime Fight the rising tide of payment fraud and strengthen your defenses now.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 25, 2024

Given this backdrop, things are about to become a lot more complex for banks and financial service providers as they seek to onboard new customers and maintain due diligence on existing ones. The majority adopts a globally standardised approach with some differentiation in PEP levels.

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Neopay

JUNE 27, 2024

Many in financial services have been concerned that some elements of the FCA’s more stringent approach may not always be justified by reductions in financial crime and money laundering or consumer protection. Compliance with AML and Financial Crime Regulations AML and financial crime compliance is a top priority for the FCA.

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Neopay

MARCH 15, 2024

The consultation, which closes on 9 th June 2024, seeks to address identified shortcomings in the current regulations while aligning with the broader objectives outlined in the Economic Crime Plan 2023-26. System coordination: Strengthening coordination among various systems involved in combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Financial crimes risk management software company Quantifind and Oracle Financial Services have teamed up to improve anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and to add intelligence and automation properties directly into the compliance workflows, according to a release.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Previously, the AML focus was primarily on conducting due diligence during the onboarding of new customers and periodically throughout the customer lifecycle. “Fintechs must vigilantly identify and monitor financial crime risks to identify potential sanctions violations and suspicious activity.

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Neopay

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a recent development, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has issued a warning to financial institutions and other members of the UK regulated sector regarding Russia’s intricate attempts to circumvent sanctions and procure restricted goods and services.

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Neopay

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The value of face-to-face training Some topics, like Financial Crime, are just too complex to be effectively communicated through online presentations. If you have specific areas of concern, such as financial crime, complaints handling, or safeguarding, consider a targeted audit.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 20, 2024

“We are pleased to partner with Sumsub, following a rigorous due diligence process. ” Increasing regulatory scrutiny in Asia-Pacific The banking sector in Asia-Pacific has been experiencing increasingly stringent regulatory requirements due to the rise of evolved financial crimes. .”

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Neopay

JANUARY 25, 2024

The new Guidelines highlight ML/TF risk factors and mitigating measures that CASPs need to consider, representing an important step forward in the EU’s fight against financial crime. CASPs can be abused for financial crime purposes, including ML and TF.

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Neopay

DECEMBER 6, 2023

These reviews mainly focused on areas related to financial crime, controls, risk management, and business conduct, prompting firms to proactively evaluate their practices in these domains. Financial crime, conduct of business, and client assets are frequent areas prompting such reviews.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 27, 2024

Ted Datta , senior director, financial crime industry practice at Moody’s “In this case, the perpetrators manipulated the invoice system by setting up shell companies and falsifying invoices. Financial institutions must enhance their due diligence to scrutinise new business accounts for potential shell company red flags.

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Seon

APRIL 11, 2024

As fraud gains in volume and velocity, so too will the need for fraudsters to launder their profits – and as cross-border financial crimes are here to stay, no institution or location is immune. With the United Nations reporting that three to five percent of the global GDP is laundered annually and fraud costs worldwide reaching $5.13

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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 BuzzFeed reported, “laws that were meant to stop financial crime have instead allowed it to flourish.

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