Financial institutions are a high-risk sector as they offer channels for financial transactions at multiple levels, from the local community credit unions to international banks. As a registered bank, trust company, brokerage firm or an investment dealer, you are a “regulated entity”, if you:
Banks and other financial institutions create business partnerships with individuals or entities without information of their business dealings, sources of funds, the purpose of the transaction or invoicing of goods. This allows the proceeds of crime to be laundered through various methods, exposing financial institutions to risks of money laundering (ML). Transactions with sanctioned individuals or regimes may also expose financial entities to terrorism financing (TF), thus attracting hefty lawsuits and regulatory fines.
Compliance begins with mandatory client verification (KYC) and Screening for Sanctions/PEP/Adverse Media/Beneficial Ownership at the time of client onboarding, or establishment of a new business relationship. Financial entities are also required to monitor, track and report suspicious activities: unusual transactions, market manipulations, tax evasions, transactions with virtual currency exchanges, trading in illicit goods, transactions with sanctioned entities or countries, transactions in a geographic territory experiencing political turmoil or terrorist activities.
The ability to use large amounts of cash for transactions and conceal the sources of funds or ownership, allow illicit funds to be laundered. The globalisation of the financial industry means earnings of financial crime in a foreign country can be integrated into the formal economy of another country. Terror activities can be funded through a series of layered transactions or fake invoicing methods. This makes financial entities highly vulnerable to AML/CTF compliance and liable to be penalised for non-compliance.
Banks, trust companies, brokerage or investment firms; are expected to establish the framework for a risk-based compliance program:
Set up and maintain your compliance program, as per the laws of your regime. Non-compliance may result in criminal or administrative monetary penalties.
Ongoing compliance involves:
Our PEP and sanction screening service will help you reach your compliance requirements.
Our details scan reports provide you with an overview of in-depth information on potential risks to your organisation.
We provide access to multiple data sources to meet the varying requirements of users.
We update the information for all of our data sources daily to provide you with up-to-date relevant data.
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Our service is straight-forward and easy yo use, making compliance easy by simplifying processes.
Perform due dilligence by assigning risk, determining true matches and recording decisions in the NameScan dashboard.
Conduct further research into potential matches and risks to your organisation through various sources.
Use our API to integrate with your existing systems to automate the screening process.
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