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Cracking the Code of White-Collar Crime with Sumsub

Fintech News

It covers a broad range of topics, each crucial for understanding and combating financial crimes effectively: – Transaction monitoring fundamentals – Deep dive into red flags, alerts, documentation, and risk calibration – Collaboration between financial institutions and regulators – How to apply correct Know Your Customer (KYC) (..)

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Payment Screening: What Is It, How It Works and Its Importance

Seon

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. Instead, PEP screening is conducted during customer onboarding and periodic reviews.

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What’s happening with the FCA and AML?

Neopay

One of the current focusses is enhanced due diligence – right through the process, so for example risk assessments, operational processes, monitoring and reviews, its effectiveness in practice. It involves reviewing a specific risk or target area, for example Enhanced Due Diligence, across several firms simultaneously.

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

PYMNTS

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.

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

Stax

It mandates ongoing monitoring of suspicious activity, recordkeeping, and submitting suspicious activity reports (SARs) to the government. Conduct ongoing employee training to recognize and handle suspicious activities. The USA Patriot Act lays down which entities are required to do so.

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RPA for AML and KYC – Automate Financial Crime Investigations

FICO

Automated data gathering for investigations Due diligence, transaction monitoring and/or sanctions. Automated Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) e-filing. Route alerts to differently skilled teams (or geographic location) based on alerts’ priority. Collect data from internal and external sources.

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Know Your Transaction: Why & How It Can Help You

Seon

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. KYT is a regulatory compliance requirement.