Stax

JANUARY 23, 2025

The merchant underwriting process helps reduce fraud (including chargeback volume), ensures compliance with regulations, and protects financial stability in the payment processing space. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

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Neopay

APRIL 10, 2025

This follows a 2022 penalty of 70,000 for delayed accounts and after previous attention of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority in 2019 on AML compliance. How Neopay can help At Neopay, we’re experts at helping regulated businesses build, audit, and enhance their compliance frameworksbefore the regulators come knocking.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 13, 2025

It addresses how evolving regulations shape the digital asset landscape, influencing innovation, compliance, and global competitiveness. PSPs must adapt by enhancing compliance, leveraging new frameworks for innovation, and collaborating to shape practical regulatory solutions. Why is it important? What’s next?

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Fintech News

JULY 10, 2025

Regulatory compliance is swiftly becoming a core requirement, forcing crypto businesses to overhaul their business models and ensure that their models are legitimate and stable. From recent crackdowns in Thailand to swift reforms in Singapore, the message is clear: compliance is the new currency of credibility in crypto.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Buna’s compliance program integrates rigorous anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF), and sanctions screening protocols both before and after settlement, offering real-time monitoring and thorough due diligence to safeguard financial transactions.

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Visa Due Diligence 59

Fintech Review

APRIL 19, 2025

It also supports tax compliance, pension contributions, and access to earned wages before payday. SaaS fintech companies must ensure compliance, risk management, and secure infrastructure. The challenge lies in growing sustainably without losing user trust or running into compliance issues. lies in vertical platforms.

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Finance FinTech Embedded Finance Payment APIs and Integration 94

Neopay

APRIL 22, 2025

As regulatory and compliance specialists for payment and e-money firms, we recognise the importance for due diligence, transaction monitoring, and robust AML controls. Compliance regimes need to respond accordingly, with risk assessments that are proactive and substantive continuous monitoring.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

By integrating with DVS, Sumsub ensures compliance with local anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations while reducing fraud and streamlining onboarding through automation. It also minimises the risk of penalties associated with non-compliance.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 9, 2025

Sara Henna, learning and content manager at VinciWorks The digital bank is now at a very strong point in its journey, says Sara Henna , learning and content manager at VinciWorks , the compliance tools and training platform. Efficiency can’t come at the cost of compliance Alessandro Hatami, managing partner, Pacemakers.io

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The Payments Association

JULY 15, 2025

Questions address both immediate challenges (fraud prevention, regulatory compliance, technology readiness) and forward-looking opportunities (AI implementation, collaborative defence strategies, regulatory evolution). Job titles span executive leadership, compliance management, risk oversight, and technical implementation roles.

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Bank Automation

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Regulators may issue public orders after examining the firm’s compliance programs “including transaction monitoring, training, governance and customer due diligence,” […] The post BofA says U.S. Bank of America Corp. may take action over money laundering, Zelle appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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Fintech Review

APRIL 19, 2025

It also supports tax compliance, pension contributions, and access to earned wages before payday. SaaS fintech companies must ensure compliance, risk management, and secure infrastructure. The challenge lies in growing sustainably without losing user trust or running into compliance issues. lies in vertical platforms.

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Finance FinTech Embedded Finance Payment APIs and Integration 52

Finextra

JULY 9, 2025

Encouragingly, many institutions have begun modernizing their frameworks, recognizing the need for structured digital asset records, cross-border KYC compliance, and event-triggered inheritance logic. In anti-money laundering (AML) and customer due diligence regimes, Source-of-Wealth (SoW) traceability is now a discrete requirement.

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Compliance Cross-Border Payment APIs and Integration Legal 52

Finovate

JANUARY 24, 2025

On the other hand, tighter regulations come with higher compliance costs and can limit the flexibility thats often critical for driving rapid innovation. One early issue will be compliance with the Instant Payments Regulation (IPR). What is this policy about? In terms of new open banking regulations, what are your expectations?

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Finextra

JULY 8, 2025

The aim is to reinforce a risk-sensitive and proportionate approach to Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) obligations, particularly when dealing with domestic PEPs, their family members, and close associates. For foreign firms operating in the UK, the FCA expects compliance with UK Regulations for all business relationships within the UK.

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Finovate

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Belgian regtech Harmoney has acquired compliance specialist APPC, a subsidiary of the Forsides Group. The acquisition will provide APPC clients with a broader range of tools to fight challenges ranging from anti-money laundering (AML) to counter-terrorism financing (CTF).

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Fintech News

AUGUST 1, 2024

This service aims to streamline business due diligence and compliance for financial institutions and SMEs, addressing counter-party risk, credit exposure, and compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. JewelPaymentech, acquired by ADVANCE.AI

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Fintech News

JUNE 19, 2024

Sumsub, a global verification platform, has joined forces with financial software provider Finastra to enhance compliance processes for financial institutions worldwide. This integration is designed to help financial institutions maintain compliance, protect their reputations, and reduce operational inefficiencies.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

billion transactions for potential suspicious activity and screened more than 157 million transactions for compliance with applicable sanctions requirements. And in PYMNTS’ own coverage, the twin external forces of regulatory scrutiny and market pressures are pushing FIs to retool and strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) efforts.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Financial crimes risk management software company Quantifind and Oracle Financial Services have teamed up to improve anti-money laundering (AML) compliance and to add intelligence and automation properties directly into the compliance workflows, according to a release.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The framework is designed to ensure compliance with international standards, particularly in relation to anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). MAS’ proposed regulatory amendments Once licensed, DTSPs will be subject to ongoing compliance requirements.

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Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Let’s get started.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Best leave now if know-your-customer (KYC) due diligence isn’t your jam: The EU is already prepping 6AMLD, which cracks down even harder on money laundering, especially online gambling. It’s all detailed in the PYMNTS January 2020 AML/KYC Tracker ®, a collaboration with verification solutions firm Trulioo.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Regulation and compliance can be a tough space for many to wrap their heads around. Sunil Madhu , founder and CEO of Socure , joined Karen Webster to give context to some of the compliance concepts trending in the industry and also share his thoughts on what’s coming next down the regulatory pipeline. Compliance Decoded.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 29, 2025

The lack of clear ownership in key compliance areas, such as transaction monitoring and risk remediation, led to delays in resolving issues. This situation was exacerbated by a culture that prioritised business objectives over compliance and did not empower compliance teams.

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Financial Crimes Crime Due Diligence Money Laundering 88

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

However, despite the friction points that can get introduced into the process due to anti-money laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, FIs have no choice but to comply, or they risk fines and loss of customer trust. Around the AML/KYC World. To stay current, FIs are investing in AML strategies.

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Money Laundering Due Diligence AML Compliance 73

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 9, 2024

AU10TIX , the identity verification and management firm, has unveiled a new anti-money laundering (AML) solution, in a move to help businesses ensure a safer approach to risk mitigation. This allows businesses to efficiently manage their compliance requirements, saving both time and money.

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AML Risk Payment APIs and Integration Money Laundering 64

FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

Visma Connect recently interviewed Jürgen Krieg, FICO's head of global compliance sales. In this excerpt from that article, Jürgen elaborates on the importance of compliance. . At FICO, I am responsible for planning and implementing growth strategies to develop new markets, and the expansion of our compliance business globally.

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Financial Crimes Crime Compliance Technology 81

Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

From EDD and eKYC to AML to CDD, we’re going to cover everything you need to know about KYC in this article. While internationally CDD can be seen as a key component of KYC compliance, within the U.S., That said, besides the legal and financial repercussions, there are ethical reasons to have a strong AML and KYC policy in place.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

FIs have made strides in establishing know your customer (KYC) and anti money laundering (AML) policies, but these changes are routinely challenged by emerging technology and cross-border transaction costs. A DIY Approach To AML/KYC. One of the problems that AML/KYC procedures face is lack of standardization.

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Segpay

MARCH 24, 2025

Australia and the USA have similar compliance and AML goals, but differ in frameworks, enforcement agencies, and approaches. KYC & Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Australia: Risk-based approach, with minimum KYC checks under the AML/CTF Rules. PSPs verify identity and monitor transactions.

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Compliance Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Fincen AML 71

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Jumio , known for its suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered identity verification and online know your customer (KYC) products, is beefing up its anti-money laundering (AML) powers. Another key component of the platform is helping companies manage various KYC and AML regulations in different jurisdictions across the world.

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Financial Crimes AML Crime Money Laundering 61

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The move targets one of the largest pain points of Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance for businesses and their financial institutions (FIs): the complexity linked to corporations that use multiple banks across multiple jurisdictions. Payments messaging firm SWIFT announced on Tuesday (Feb. It’s serious legal liability for the driver.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

But flipping through the latest edition of the PYMNTS AML/KYC Tracker, in collaboration with Trulioo , there is a lot of data to suggest that this is the situation in an awful lot of organizations. If the risk experts aren’t feeling confident — it is hard to know how anyone else in an organization is going to.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

According to a report in ZDNet , Westpac said that “a mix of technology and human error” and “deficient financial crime processes” were behind the financial institution’s (FI’s) lack of compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Westpac said it identified three drivers of compliance failures, ZDNet reported.

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AML Money Laundering Compliance Financial Crimes 75

Fraud.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Find out what regulations apply to AML in banks and how you can remain compliant. In this digital age, anti-money laundering is challenging.

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Regulatory Compliance AML Money Laundering Compliance 52

The Fintech Times

JULY 31, 2024

Julie Cunningham, founder and CEO of Portend As Julie Cunningham , founder and CEO of due diligence platform Portend , explains: “Fintech impact platforms often grapple with complex regulatory landscapes. “Platforms must comply with AML and know-your-customer regulations to prevent illicit activities.

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