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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

Stax

The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) establishes AML program requirements for financial institutions in the US while the USA Patriot Act lays down which entities are required to comply. As such, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) establishes certain AML program requirements for financial institutions in the US. Let’s get started.

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The Role of Risk Orchestration in Enhancing Financial Institution Agility Against Emerging Threats

The Fintech Times

” ‘A beacon of hope’ Brenda Banks , VP of BaaS and BSA at DataVisor “A risk orchestration platform offers a beacon of hope, enhancing financial institutions’ agility,” says Brenda Banks , VP of BaaS and BSA at DataVisor. For fraud, the focus was historically on customer identity.

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Why the Panama Papers Leak Was Good for KYC

FICO

Under the KYC requirements that are part of current regulations, such as the 4th EU Money Laundering Directive and the fifth pillar of the BSA, the bank needs to know the business of their customers. I know banks that hired teams of expensive external consultants to manually check if any of millions of customers owned a company in Panama.