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MAS Seeks Feedback to Close Regulatory Gaps for Crypto Service Providers

Fintech News

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released a consultation paper , inviting public feedback on its proposed regulatory framework for Digital Token Service Providers (DTSPs). The consultation paper outlines MAS’ proposed approach to licensing and regulating DTSPs.

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

The Payments Association

The Home Office outlines six key principles: tone from the top, due diligence, risk assessment, proportionate procedures, monitoring/review, and communication/training. Due diligence : Ensuring employees and third parties adhere to anti-fraud policies. Monitoring and review: Regularly updating fraud prevention measures.

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

The Payments Association

However, PSPs must ensure their systems and processes support this capability, which may involve implementing blockchain analytics tools and strengthening compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations. Secondly, firms should actively engage with industry bodies and regulatory consultations.

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Finastra Bolsters Compliance Offerings with Sumsub Integration

Fintech News

Sumsub’s platform will enable banks to streamline user onboarding, perform anti-money laundering (AML) screenings, verify business clients, and monitor transactions for fraud with the option to adopt and manage all features through a single platform. We are pleased to partner with Sumsub, following a rigorous due diligence process.

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

Stax

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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HM Treasury launches consultation to enhance money laundering regulations

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HM Treasury has initiated an open consultation aimed at refining the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) to bolster their effectiveness while reducing burdens on legitimate customers. To read the Improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations consultation document, click here.

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AML: Are You Checking Ultimate Beneficial Ownership Right?

FICO

The 2018 FATF mutual evaluation report of UK anti money laundering (AML) practices highlights a problem that to many is still surprising – when you set up a business in the UK, very little is done to establish the identity of the owners of that business, whether those are individuals or other businesses. How to Improve the Process.

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