Tag: KYC

Can KYC keep up with speed and risk?

In 2026, the speed of business is no longer a metric - it is becoming a vulnerability. As financial institutions race toward sub-second onboarding...

EUDI Wallet use cases: from KYC to payments and lending

Remote onboarding has become one of the biggest friction points in financial services, even as regulators continue to tighten expectations around AML compliance. Many...

1Kosmos partners Hopae to scale portable digital identity

1Kosmos and Hopae, a digital identity infrastructure platform provider, have announced a global partnership aimed at expanding access to government-issued digital identities across borders. The...

The major trends shaping the future of Know Your Customer compliance

It has been a transformative year for know your customer (KYC) processes, as companies embrace new technology to transform compliance workflows. Remonda Kirketerp-Møller, CEO...

KYC sanctions: the six categories that shape controls

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

Building an audit-ready EDD trail for high-risk clients

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

VASPs and financial crime risk: building defensible ML/TF/PF

Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) have become a high-value target for organised criminal networks, largely because they enable fast, cross-border movement of value across...

How APAC regulators are approaching agentic AI

Agentic AI is now the phrase dominating financial services, following the recent wave of generative AI. Autonomous agents can plan tasks, pull data, call...

Financial advisers face rising ML/TF/PF risk pressures

Financial planners and investment advisers sit at the heart of long-term wealth decisions, often balancing close client relationships with product distribution and portfolio construction. While...

SMBC Americas partners with Fenergo to streamline onboarding

SMBC Americas and Fenergo have announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing digital onboarding and client experience across the region. The partnership has been formed...

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