As money laundering and fraud threats continue to evolve, regulated payments firms in the UK face growing pressure to enhance their compliance frameworks. This is particularly pertinent for risk and compliance leaders who are at the frontline of ensuring their … Read More
Digital Transformation
How compliance software can support your growth strategy
In this article, we explore how integrating software into your AML compliance processes can support your growth strategy. … Read More
Infographic: How technology is shaping the compliance landscape
In this infographic, we explore how technology is shaping the face of the AML compliance landscape. … Read More
From compliance to confidence: Building digital trust in AML programmes
This article provides insights on how AML programmes can help financial services firms to effectively navigate the digital landscape and instil trust in their compliance processes. … Read More
What is digital transformation and how can it impact compliance?
Digital transformation is the process of using technology to establish new — or improve existing — processes, culture, and customer experiences to meet ever-changing business and market demands. According to McKinsey & Company, a ‘well-executed, end-to-end risk-function digital transformation can … Read More
The Future of Compliance: Digital Transformation Meets Regulation
Digital transformation is driven by growth opportunities, followed by increased competitive pressure and new regulatory standards. Digital Transformation (DT) is nothing new; it’s an industry in itself that has become diluted to a point where it has virtually lost its … Read More
Compliance Cost of Amber Management
A world of binary results of either pass or fail, (Green or Red) would be nirvana; but that just isn’t realistic. There will always be cases that require further due diligence before you safely commit to onboard, or continue to interact with the customer, or not. Ambers are those cases that fall between the ‘accept’ or ‘decline and cause your business a challenge. … Read More
Building Societies Digital Transformation
Digital transformation projects have been fast-tracked for Building Societies Learn more now. … Read More
Why is ultimate beneficial ownership verification important?
Ultimate Beneficial ownership verification and ongoing monitoring is now an essential component of the KYC onboarding and anti-financial crime procedures. However, peeling back the complex legal structures designed to conceal Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) represents a significant challenge. In this blog, we explore the confusion over multiple beneficial ownerships, the complexity share structures, understanding Trusts and how you minimise risk exposure when onboarding and monitoring UBOs. … Read More
Beneficial Ownership Monitoring is Fundamental for Global Economic Recovery
How well do you know your customer? As the pandemic continues on a global level, your clients’ risk status is changing at unparalleled speed. Effective ‘continuous KYC monitoring’ is essential for Compliance Officers if they want to stay ahead of the criminals. In 2020 firms have made significant investments in digitally transforming the front end of compliance at the point of onboarding, however many firms have not digitally transformed their monitoring processes, exposing their business to increasing levels of risk. In this blog we explore ongoing monitoring further. … Read More