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Expert analysis on compliance, AML, and financial regulation.
The hidden costs of golden visas
KYCAML

The hidden costs of golden visas

What are Golden Visa schemes and how are they used to propagate corruption and money laundering? Learn what the EU is doing to prevent such programs

154191025 November 2022
What are financial crime threats in the metaverse?
ComplianceKYC

What are financial crime threats in the metaverse?

What financial crimes could take place in the metaverse? Learn how theft, terrorist financing, and money laundering could undermine metaverse platforms.

927775 October 2022
How to write the perfect SAR?
ComplianceKYC

How to write the perfect SAR?

How does one write the perfect Suspicious Activity Report? Learn what an SAR is, how to construct the right narrative, use keywords, and avoid common pitfalls

306781326 July 2021
Why do most AML programs fail?
RiskCompliance

Why do most AML programs fail?

Why do most AML programs in banks fail? Learn how compliance culture, training of staff, transaction monitoring systems, and data have an impact on the success of AML programs

204371515 March 2021
AML: What is adverse media or negative news?
ComplianceKYCPremium

AML: What is adverse media or negative news?

What is adverse media in AML? Learn what sources can be used to detect negative news and what the future is in store for AML programs

422621331 January 2021
How important are audit trails for your company?
Conduct RiskGovernance

How important are audit trails for your company?

What is the value of audit trails for financial firms? Learn the different types of audit trails and they can be achieved in practice.

35362217 December 2019
AML Transaction Monitoring & Detection Scenarios
Financial firmsKYCPremium

AML Transaction Monitoring & Detection Scenarios

Transaction monitoring is a vital component of the internal control measures of obliged entities regarding the prevention of ML/TF under the AML legal framework.

715582116 December 2019
Look up company VAT number in Europe
KYCAML

Look up company VAT number in Europe

How do you search for a company VAT number in Europe? Learn about the reasons for looking up a VAT number and all about the VIES online system.

2149529 December 2019
VAT carousel: fiction or truth for financial institutions ?
KYCEuropean Commission

VAT carousel: fiction or truth for financial institutions ?

What is a VAT carousel? Learn what is the retrospective on transactions and how you may be unknowingly involved in a VAT carousel.

1445135 December 2019
The rising cost of regulatory compliance for financial institutions
GovernanceCompliance

The rising cost of regulatory compliance for financial institutions

Why are compliance costs increasing? Learn what compliance costs cover and how they have skyrocketed after the economic crisis.

4955112 December 2019
Psd2, Brexit & the rise of payment services market in Belgium
Financial firmsKYC

Psd2, Brexit & the rise of payment services market in Belgium

Brexit and PSD2 have led to a substantial increase in payment traffic activity in Belgium in 2019. Learn how this tendency will grow in the coming years.

1132812 September 2019
AML EWRA - How to conduct Anti-Money Laundering overall risk assessment?
RiskCompliance

AML EWRA - How to conduct Anti-Money Laundering overall risk assessment?

An AML EWRA overall risk assessment allows financial institutions to identify and appropriately manage the ML / FT risks to which they are exposed.

635931118 June 2019