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Securing Your Wealth: How Cybersecurity Affects Investment Decisions

VISTA InfoSec

As an investor, due diligence in cybersecurity involves examining several areas. For instance, you can look at the company’s history of data breaches and their responses, the robustness of the cybersecurity infrastructure, and the presence of comprehensive security policies and procedures. 5 / 5 ( 1 vote )

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Crypto bank Anchorage ordered to revamp AML program

Payments Dive

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said the bank — the first crypto firm to receive a national trust bank charter in January 2021 — must overhaul its anti-money laundering program after failing to implement internal controls for customer due diligence and procedures for monitoring suspicious activity.

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Singapore Ramps Up Anti-Money Laundering Measures After S$3 Billion Bust

Fintech News

One major focus is on proactive prevention, where the IMC advocates for tighter regulations on corporate service providers and enhanced due diligence for non-financial sectors vulnerable to exploitation by money launderers. “The IMC’s recommendations are Singapore’s latest measures to combat ML and other financial crimes.

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FinTech Firms Combine KYB With KYC For Identity Verification

PYMNTS

So the idea that the money laundering directive in Europe would mandate beneficial ownership as a part of enhanced customer due diligence “is, in some ways, the logical next step,” Gaddy said. That procedure can be described as a two-by-two check, and is geared toward verifying individuals on two sides of a transaction.

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Decoding The Alphabet Soup Of Compliance

PYMNTS

Madhu explained that there are two segments of KYC — customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence. Customer due diligence covers the steps a business must take to identify and verify a consumer that is interacting with them digitally.

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

Stax

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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Two Sides to a Coin: February Sees ADGM Issue Regulatory Fines and Advance Innovation Ecosystem

The Fintech Times

The actions taken by the FSRA address failures (to the extent applicable in each case) to: follow due diligence procedures as required by the Regulations; keep records of the performance of due diligence; report required information in a complete and accurate manner; and/or submit the required annual information return.