A Guide to 2022 OFAC Screening Requirements Financial institutions and other regulated entities have a duty to conduct risk assessments in an effort to prevent illegal transactions and comply with federal and state laws. These businesses are required to regularly screen new and current customers—both individuals and organizations—to verify their…
High-risk businesses like banks, law firms, insurance companies, and other regulated entities must perform screenings of both new and current customers as part of the risk assessment process. These checks help make sure the business’s capital, reputation, revenue, and future are protected from illegal activities like money laundering or the…
As a financial organization, you have a responsibility to identify suspicious behavior. You need to do your part in preventing financial crimes from taking place. Even though financial crimes may not be looked at in the same manner as violent crimes, financial crimes can be just as serious. Whether this…
There is a saying that perception is reality. Therefore, if you run a company today, you need to keep up with how the public is perceiving your company. Even if you believe some of the perceptions that other people have of your company are inaccurate, this is not going to…
If you run a financial organization today, you need to do your due diligence on every transaction that comes through. Sure, some transactions are larger than others. Therefore, you will want to monitor larger transactions more closely. Even though you want the catch if someone is trying to use your…
During the past few decades, financial crimes have only become more common. Because there are more ways than ever to process payments, there are also more apps that have to be sealed. As a result, both government institutions and financial organizations are looking for ways to prevent money laundering from…
As technology has improved during the past few decades, financial fraud has become more common as well. Even though technology has made a lot of our lives easier and more efficient, it also makes us more vulnerable to attack. This includes money laundering. Because money laundering is becoming so common,…
The Annual Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime Conference hosted by the Association of Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) will begin in late September 2019. Truth Technologies has been attending this conference for years and is excited to attend again. With topics ranging from sanction screening and PEP (politically-exposed person) screening…
The fight against corruption and money laundering scandals in the European Union continues. Danske Bank, Denmark's biggest bank, has closed down all banking activities in its Estonian branch. The Danske branch in Estonia has been under close investigation for money laundering. During the investigation, Danske's previous CEO has stepped down…
The "travel rule" requires that firms engaged in money service businesses to share information about their customers and verify identities of customers. First issued in 1996, the travel rule (a know-your-customer (KYC) regulation) was expanded by FinCEN to apply to cryptocurrency in May of this year. FATF released guidelines in…
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