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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

Stax

According to a UN report, money laundering activities of about $1.6 The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. They need to be given regular training to deal with novel techniques used by money launderers.

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Know Your Customer as Well as They Know You

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

There are many inherent risks if you do not perform a thorough due diligence at the outset of a business relationship or when a customer’s ownership changes. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and DOJ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) also provide KYC compliance guidelines of which you should be aware.

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Fenergo: Financial Firms Hit With 57% More Financial Fines in 2023 for Compliance Shortcomings

The Fintech Times

Fenergo has released their annual financial fines analysis, showcasing that penalties for failing to comply with anti-money laundering (AML), KYC, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), sanctions and customer due diligence (CDD) regulations totalled $6.6billion in 2023, up considerably from $4.2billion in 2022 and $5.4billion in 2021.

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Payment Screening: What Is It, How It Works and Its Importance

Seon

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) estimates that two to five percent of global GDP, approximately $2 trillion, is laundered annually. Compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is now a legal obligation. As the first line of defense, payment screening aims to catch obvious risks at the point of transaction.

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FinCen Director On Why Casino Cooperation Is Central To Fighting Financial Crime 

PYMNTS

Blanco took to the stage at the 12th Annual Las Vegas Anti-Money Laundering Conference yesterday (August 13). More broadly, however, Blanco’s theme was the interconnectedness of the financial system – and how diligence and transparency is the key to combating money laundering and other financial crimes in the U.S.

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GIACT: Beneficial Ownership Compliance: Ready But Mostly Not

PYMNTS

May 11 marks a watershed moment of sorts for financial institutions (FIs), with new requirements for customer due diligence. In an interview with PYMNTS, David Barnhardt, EVP of product at GIACT , said the beneficial ownership mandate seeks to strengthen existing anti-money laundering rules and regulations.

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Financial Crime: Technology can Transform Compliance

FICO

Concerning AFC, we are reputed for being a world leader in the fight against fraud and money laundering, developing and implementing standardized and individual solutions against financial and white-collar crime and for risk management and monitoring, analysis, and reporting. Fraud and money-laundering are closely connected.