All Know Your Customer articles – Page 2
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ArticleRisk and compliance considerations for fintech startups and their bank relationships
Fintech startups are typically free to enjoy rapid growth without the burden of strict regulatory oversight. But as scrutiny over the industry grows, so does the urgency for fintechs to get their compliance house in order.
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ArticleDutch authorities warn Rabobank of pending action for AML failures
Rabobank announced the Dutch Central Bank ordered it to “remedy deficiencies in its compliance with the Dutch Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act.”
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ArticleWeathering the storm: Why FinTech compliance failures persist
Experts weigh in with their thoughts on why FinTechs and cryptocurrency firms continue to have a bad reputation in terms of compliance.
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ArticleCrypto platform BitMEX to pay $100M for registration, AML violations
Cryptocurrency platform BitMEX has agreed to pay $100 million as part of a settlement with the CFTC and FinCEN for multiple violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and other anti-money laundering laws.
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ArticleRecordkeeping among a compliance officer’s greatest allies
Martin Woods writes how a recent case in the United Kingdom should remind us of the importance of our own communications and recordkeeping—especially during a time where it has perhaps never been more important.
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ArticleReport: Fines against financial institutions hit $10.4B in 2020
Financial institutions have been hit with $10.4 billion in global fines and penalties related to AML, KYC, data privacy, and MiFID regulations in 2020, according to a recent Fenergo report.
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Resourcee-Book: Financial services roadmap: Know Your Customer
Risk and compliance leaders in financial services should download this e-Book from CW and WorkFusion for better “Know Your Customer” oversight.
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ArticleBest practices KYC: What to do when your client is in the headlines
How do we, as AML professionals, assess negative media alerts? It should start with a conversation with the client relationship manager, but it shouldn’t end there, writes Martin Woods.
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ArticleCommon-sense KYC: Customers should supply the knowledge
No one knows a customer better than the customer. As such, financial crime expert Martin Woods believes the onus should be on the customer to provide the required data to keep KYC logs up to date.
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ArticleFirms must apply contact tracing rules to bank relationships
In order to prevent debacles like the one Deutsche Bank is embroiled in, there is a need to combine the processes of “know your employee” and “know your customer,” writes Martin Woods.
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ArticleWhat regulators want to know about KYC technology
So, your company has decided to embark on an update of its legacy Know Your Customer system. Hear from experts on how to begin the process of onboarding that tech to the regulators.
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ArticleDeutsche Bank rightly paying the price for looking the other way on Epstein
In terms of Know Your Customer, Deutsche Bank knew what it had with Jeffrey Epstein. It just didn’t care enough to do anything about it.
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ArticleWhat banking CCOs need to know about new terrorist funding order
Impacted financial institutions, including cryptocurrency exchangers, may want to review know-your-customer policies and anti-money laundering compliance in light of President Trump’s executive order.
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Blog
EverCompliant solution addresses KYC gaps
EverCompliant, a business cyber-intelligence provider, recently announced the launch of eKYC Discovery, a tool that addresses potential gaps in the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering-mandated Know Your Customer processes that could leave financial institutions exposed to criminal activity.
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Blog
IdentityMind Global creates business unit dedicated to ICO, cryptocurrency markets
IdentityMindGlobal—a SaaS platform provider that builds, maintains and analyzes digital identities worldwide—announced the launch of a new business unit specifically dedicated to providing know your customer and anti-money laundering solutions to address the regulatory and compliance requirements of the rapidly growing Initial Coin Offering and cryptocurrency markets.
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Article
Know Your Customer vs. Know Your Intermediary
While most companies are familiar with KYC programs, they might not have knowledge of “Know Your Intermediary.” Inside are five steps for getting to know your intermediaries.
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Blog
Bloomberg revamps counterparty onboarding process with Entity Exchange
Bloomberg announced the launch of its Entity Exchange platform, a web-based, centralized and secure solution that enables buy-side firms to provide entity data and documentation to their trading counterparties.
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Blog
SWIFT to Offer KYC Service for Banks
Financial services firms will soon have at their fingertips a new report offered by SWIFT that provides a global overview of a banking institution’s correspondent banking activities. The new service will be available in January 2015 and forms part of SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) offering, which is designed to ...
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