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London, UK: Wednesday 8th October 2025; 07:00am RelyComply, a South African founded anti-financial crime platform, specialising in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know-Your-Customer (KYC), and Know-Your-Business (KYB) processes, has announced its launch in the UK. It plans to vastly overhaul how financial crime is combated across the country. The award-winning, end-to-end platform significantly decreases the likelihood of … Continued
Besides the negative connotations of a FATF greylisting, it’s a jolt for a nation to react and correct its AML functions from that initial failure. That is, if the efforts by the interrogated country are deemed effective in creating positive change, and a “sustained political commitment”. South Africa is currently within the zone of judgement; … Continued
There’s no beating around the bush: the financial world may feel connected, but the regulatory gaps between players paint a very different picture. Achieving a worldwide standard for anti-money laundering (AML) is tough given jurisdictional cultural differences, market competition and levels of risk attached to regions. However, without shared expertise and experience in implementing RegTech, … Continued
Executive summary: navigating the convergence of strategy, policy, and enforcement The landscape of financial crime regulation in the UK is fundamentally transforming in 2025. This is not a period of piecemeal adjustments but a strategic realignment where a reactive, volume-based compliance model is replaced by a proactive, data-driven, and judgment-based one. The core of this … Continued
Knowing that your very identity is being transferred right now across the dark web is highly discomforting. Unfortunately, it’s also highly likely. The fraudulent use of passport photos, addresses and phone numbers has been around for a long time, and in the public eye, but the newer incarnation – synthetic identity fraud – is a … Continued
Despite it being the norm, the thought of interval-led know your customer (KYC) every few years seems extremely outdated. Crime never sleeps and customers transact around the world at any time of day. Illicit payments and people can infiltrate the system at any point. Presiding over the comings-and-goings continuously is paramount to every modern financial … Continued
Tax evasion is a drastic action often well beyond mere ‘avoidance’. The illegal dodging of tax payments costs countries half a trillion dollars a year, all because individuals and companies preemptively exploit tax loopholes for financial gain. While tax evasion is already a crime, the veiling of identities or payments often covers other areas of … Continued
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