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Navigating AML obligations in the age of virtual IBANs

The Payments Association

While vIBANs offer innovation in payment systems, they introduce risks like money laundering due to insufficient oversight. Payment Service Providers must strengthen due diligence, monitoring, and collaboration with regulators to address these risks. This leads to inadequate due diligence. What’s next?

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APAC Sees 23% Decline in Crypto Fraud

Fintech News

An example of non-documentary verification is Sumsubs Non-Doc identity and address verification solutions, which allow companies to verify users in 4.5 Instead, this method requires users to provide key details such as an identification number, which are then cross-checked against government databases. in verification times.

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Navigating legal uncertainty: How the Digital Assets Bill could impact PSPs

The Payments Association

It addresses how evolving regulations shape the digital asset landscape, influencing innovation, compliance, and global competitiveness. The FCAs proposals for admissions and disclosure (A&D) and market abuse (MARC) will require PSPs to ensure theyre conducting robust due diligence on both issuers and cryptoassets they support.

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

The Payments Association

This article explores the key provisions of the Act, the risks businesses must address, and the steps required to mitigate potential liabilities. The Home Office outlines six key principles: tone from the top, due diligence, risk assessment, proportionate procedures, monitoring/review, and communication/training.

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Creditinfo Launches KYC Fraud Solution to Combat $5trillion Global Financial Crime Problem

The Fintech Times

To address these challenges, the Creditinfo solution allows firms to use credit bureau data, government information services, and other registries to establish trust in presented identities, without negatively impacting the customer experience. In fact, the overall global economic impact of financial crime has been estimated to be $5trillion.

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Crypto Firms in Indonesia Must Rethink Their Compliance Now, Or Risk Losing Out

Fintech News

These developments were the focus of a recent webinar, “ Strengthening Your Crypto Compliance Program: Addressing AML and OJK Requirements ,” part of the Indonesia Crypto Literacy Program. For these firms, it’s a call to build trust, embrace transparency, and lead with compliance as the new currency of credibility.

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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

Stax

Speed vs. accuracy: Streamlining processes without compromising due diligence. Addressing historical issues: Merchants with past chargebacks, disputes, or poor credit histories may struggle to gain approval and need to demonstrate improvements. These tools can provide detailed insights into merchant behavior and risk levels.