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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks. Major risk factors for PayFacs include fraudulent transactions, merchant credit risk, regulatory compliance, and operational risks.

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FCA issues warning to firms over AML failings

Neopay

Risk Assessment weaknesses: Annex 1 firms have demonstrated inadequacies in conducting comprehensive Business Wide Risk Assessments and Customer Risk Assessments, leaving significant gaps in their AML frameworks.

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What’s happening with the FCA and AML?

Neopay

Nigel Reed, COO of Neopay Ltd, has personally supported over 100 firms in gaining authorisation from the FCA and continues to provide support to them after authorisation to help them with their AML and regulatory compliance. And finally, remember your risk assessment is fundamental. No problem.

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KYC Onboarding Process: Its Importance and Benefits

Seon

According to McKinsey, banks use up to 40% of their onboarding time on KYC and due diligence processes. KYC onboarding is, therefore, an act of customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence. No customer wants to encounter it when they sign up with an organization.

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FCA Authorisations: How are things changing? Are things improving?

Neopay

Your senior team will all need to have understand the obligations on the firm and be able to prioritise regulatory compliance and its impact across the business. Additionally, firms should stay updated on regulatory changes and developments in the payments industry.

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Know Your Transaction: Why & How It Can Help You

Seon

KYT is a regulatory compliance requirement. As such, it is part of an organization’s due diligence. Transactions that can be linked to terrorist financing can be elevated from conventional AML due diligence to advanced AML due diligence.

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Using AI to Streamline Compliance Processes: The Future or Could Too Much go Wrong?

The Fintech Times

Hilary Wandall , chief ethics and compliance officer at Dun & Bradstreet “AI is beginning to play a pivotal role in streamlining certain regulatory compliance processes within the fintech industry. “Likewise, machine learning algorithms continuously learn from data, improving accuracy over time. .”