Any business that deals in money and financial assets should start with a Risk Assessment for Money Laundering, Human Trafficking, and Terrorism funding. This includes firms that deal in cryptocurrency, payments, remittances, real estate, and other high-value commodities. AML Risk…
As part of any AML compliance regime, the first step is to do an assessment of the risk associated with the business according to regulatory requirements. The Risk Assessment, or RA, takes into account a large scope of the business…
`After researching for a while when I first came to the KYC2020 team, I realized that money laundering was a hugely complicated problem for countries and financial systems. I discovered that anti-money laundering compliance and vigilance is more of a…
In my research to better integrate into the KYC2020 team, I discovered that having an anti-money laundering program in place is a pre-requisite for all organizations these days. Money laundering has serious consequences attached to it and failing to implement…
I’ve been writing this Newcomer’s Guide to the AML Galaxy for a while now and I’ve written a line over and over again, “Failure to comply with AML regulations has serious consequences.” But I’ve never gotten into any specifics. Yes,…
When I first started doing research about AML compliance, one of the first things I realized was how inaccessible good AML compliance solutions have been historically. Banks were always the primary users of programs for AML compliance and they needed…
When I was hired on to help KYC2020 with their marketing strategy, I was completely new to the concept of AML complaince solutions. I never thought seriously about the threat of money laundering. Nor had I thought about what steps…
New payment innovators, FinTech, Virtual Currency exchanges, and MSBs face the challenge of not knowing which sanction lists they should be screening for AML compliance. Their compliance programs often lack a risk-based approach to sanction screening, resulting in tremendous cost…
Warning: this blog is not a blog. There are no insights on AML Compliance or Sanction Screening or KYC or OFAC or Global PEP lists. This is just therapy for the Author before he initiates himself in the world of…
As technology becomes an ever larger part of our lives, the way we handle money is changing. For years now, FinTechs have been at the frontlines of this changing landscape, by providing customers with better, faster and more inclusive financial…
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