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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act examined: A guide to avoiding failure-to-prevent fraud measures

The Payments Association

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, specifically the “failure-to-prevent fraud” offence, and outlines how businesses can mitigate fraud risks. Compliance requires proactive fraud risk assessment, the implementation of preventive procedures, and a culture of accountability.

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Navigating AML obligations in the age of virtual IBANs

The Payments Association

Andrew Doukanaris Ambassador, The Payments Association While vIBANs have positive use cases, challenges exist in limited monitoring of the end user, alignment with the PSPs risk appetite, and the lack of a consistent framework to mitigate financial crime and regulatory risks.

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Planning an Internal Audit Risk Assessment

FloQast

One of the first steps in carrying out an effective internal audit is to perform an internal audit risk assessment. This planning process is the foundation for a successful audit, helping auditors identify and prioritize significant risks and areas of concern within an organization. What Is an Internal Audit Risk Assessment?

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Identity Risk Management: Strategic Approaches to Mitigate Risk

Seon

The rise of online transactions and evolving cybercrime tactics highlight the urgent need for strong identity risk management and monitoring. Identity theft presents significant challenges to businesses, making proactive risk mitigation essential for regulatory compliance, trust, asset protection, and operational integrity.

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PCI DSS Checklist: Secure Your Business

VISTA InfoSec

Create a Formal Procedure : Establish a standardized process for restricting network access by configuring rules and criteria for your firewalls and routers. Maintain Documentation of Your Procedures : Keep a record of your process and create visual representations of cardholder data streams between systems and networks.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

Common risk management strategies for PayFacs include proper merchant vetting and onboarding, transaction monitoring and fraud prevention, chargeback mitigation, KYC/AML compliance, and data breach prevention. The potential impact of failed or inadequate internal systems, processes, procedures, etc.

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Key learnings from 2024’s biggest financial crime fines

The Payments Association

Inadequate risk management and due diligence : Institutions faced challenges in ensuring effective customer risk profiling and due diligence, particularly for high-risk clients and correspondent banking relationships. Fosteringstrong governance, clear accountability, and timely disciplinary actionsshould mitigate insider risks.