Tag: Beneficial Ownership

Reco, an AI SaaS security platform focused on protecting enterprise software environments, has raised fresh capital. The company has secured $30m in a Series B...

Sanctions failures rarely start with a suspicious transaction. More often, the damage is done at onboarding, when a weak rule, a missed alias, or...

Financial institutions know that regulators rarely judge an AML programme on policy documents alone. When examiners test whether controls work in practice, they often...

Many compliance teams know the feeling: a risk event hits the headlines, the business starts asking questions, and yet your alert queues stay quiet—until...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a revised regulatory framework designed to strengthen corporate transparency and improve the accuracy and timeliness of...

Between 2024 and 2025, financial institutions and regulated entities across Malaysia intensified preparations for the country’s fifth mutual evaluation by the Financial Action Task...

Money laundering continues to evolve at pace, with criminal networks adapting quickly to new payment technologies, digital channels and cross-border infrastructures. As financial crime becomes...

Early signals from compliance teams suggest that sanctions screening is entering a decisive phase, shaped by geopolitical instability, expanding watchlists, and a clear regulatory...

Sanctions screening has become a crucial line of defence in the fight against financial crime, helping to prevent professional and financial services from being...

Identifying UBOs remains one of the most complex challenges in CDD. These individuals, who ultimately control or benefit from a legal entity, must be...