Given today’s globalisation, it can be easy to forget how disconnected finance once was. You do not have to go far back to remember the difficulties in wiring transfers across borders. Today, for e-commerce, investing or otherwise, international finance is instant for the modern customer. And with that, there are plenty of holes for criminals … Continued
A rise in customers is always welcome. It’s a shame that it can cause more problems than success for some financial institutions (FIs). With greater power comes greater responsibility. In this case, meeting customer demand with more complex and costly compliance requirements is necessary to protect the identities of legitimate clients and spot wrongdoing consistently … Continued
Since being greylisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for quite some time, South Africa is close to an audit of its well-deserved delisting effort. The operative term here is ‘audit’; the first step toward greylisting removal is an inspection to deem the effectiveness of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) measures – … Continued
Money laundering remains one of the world’s most pervasive financial crimes, hiding in plain sight despite decades of anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. Popular culture may dramatise embezzled funds on TV, but the reality is far worse: an estimated $5 trillion is laundered through the world’s banks every year. While the numbers are staggering, they don’t … Continued
The introduction of fintech – an umbrella term for a range of payments providers, lenders, non-banking services, and more – has seen a proliferation of accessible finance in local and global markets. Fintech has created a whole new market, rocking the status quo of the financial space. Fintech’s continuing uptake has meant dominant financial institutions … Continued
Financial crime networks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and more challenging to detect. As cross-border transactions increase in speed and volume, so does the challenge of keeping pace with the constantly evolving regulatory landscape. To combat this, regulators are enforcing tighter anti-money laundering (AML) requirements. The message is clear: if you want to stay compliant, you … Continued
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No two compliance journeys are the same and neither is our approach. In this article, RelyComply’s Customer Success Lead, Erin Daubinet, shares how we work hand-in-hand with enterprise teams to design AML solutions that scale with their business.
In 2025, Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions will become critical for banks and financial institutions seeking to strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) frameworks. Driven by increasing regulatory demands, sophisticated financial crimes and expectations for seamless customer experiences, emerging trends like decentralised identity (DCI) and perpetual KYC (pKYC) are reshaping how financial institutions approach compliance and … Continued