Tag: KYC

Financial crime’s trillion-dollar toll drives RegTech push

Financial crime is growing in scale, sophistication and cost, and for regulated organisations, understanding the threat landscape has become a survival requirement rather than...

PEP screening pitfalls that expose FinTech compliance teams

A politically exposed persons check (PEP check) sits among the most consequential controls in any AML compliance programme. Done well, it surfaces elevated risk...

CDD or EDD? The risk trigger firms must get right

CDD and EDD sit at the heart of every regulated firm's defences, yet the distinction between the two is often misunderstood. In short, CDD is...

How KYC360 is redefining compliance as a commercial lever

KYC360 (a part of Experian) has established itself as a specialist RegTech provider focused on helping regulated businesses transform compliance from a regulatory obligation...

EU AMLR: why firms can’t wait for 2027 to prepare

Financial institutions across Europe are facing a fundamental shift in how anti-money laundering compliance is designed, evidenced and supervised, as the EU's new AML...

Fourthline-Veridas deal reshapes global identity compliance

Fourthline, the Amsterdam-headquartered identity verification and compliance specialist, has agreed a merger with Veridas, an international digital identity provider, in a move designed to...

Why manual regulatory change management fails at scale

Compliance teams are drowning under an unprecedented tide of regulatory change, and the firms still relying on manual processes are carrying risk that compounds...

Vikar embeds Plaid to speed up account funding

Vikar Technologies, a provider of unified account opening, lending, KYC/KYB, treasury and wealth management solutions for community banks and credit unions, has formed a...

Why slow onboarding is costing private banks clients

Onboarding is the first impression a new client forms of their private bank, yet according to fincite, it is often the weakest link in...

Why asking AI agents beats telling them what to do

Professional services firms adopting AI agents may be approaching the technology with the wrong mindset, according to TAINA Technology’s Rich Kent, who argues that...

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