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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.

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

The Payments Association

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, specifically the “failure-to-prevent fraud” offence, and outlines how businesses can mitigate fraud risks. Compliance requires proactive fraud risk assessment, the implementation of preventive procedures, and a culture of accountability.

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

Stax

Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Merchant account underwriting is the evaluation process payment processors use to assess whether a business meets the criteria for accepting credit card payments. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

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Key learnings from 2024’s biggest financial crime fines

The Payments Association

Inadequate risk management and due diligence : Institutions faced challenges in ensuring effective customer risk profiling and due diligence, particularly for high-risk clients and correspondent banking relationships.

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What SMBs Risk When They let Supply Chain Threats Linger

PYMNTS

So it’s not exactly surprising that supply chain risk mitigation efforts can fall by the wayside. A traditionally manual process involving PDF questionnaires, supplier due diligence is rarely at the top of the list when organizations are considering where to place their resources to invest in new, automated technology.

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DORA Compliance Checklist: Essential Steps for Successful Implementation

VISTA InfoSec

Develop an incident response plan An effective incident response plan is crucial for promptly managing and mitigating ICT disruptions. Collaboration between departments, such as IT, compliance, risk, and legal, is crucial for a unified approach to managing ICT risks.

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DORA Compliance Checklist: Essential Steps for Successful Implementation

VISTA InfoSec

Develop an incident response plan An effective incident response plan is crucial for promptly managing and mitigating ICT disruptions. Collaboration between departments, such as IT, compliance, risk, and legal, is crucial for a unified approach to managing ICT risks.