AML
Banking Experts: Tech Isn't the Whole Solution to Financial Crime
The industry and researchers are challenging the touting of privacy-enhancing technologies as a cure-all for KYC/AML failures, and advocating systemic reform.
Encompass Adds Bisnode for KYC
The integrated offering will enable Nordic institutions to automate KYC and customer onboarding processes more effectively.
IHS Markit Unveils OCR and AI for Tax Validation
Optical Character Recognition will take information from tax documents so manual re-keying can be eliminated.
A Very Data Christmas Carol: Silent Night
Max delivers his rundown of the top themes of the year... in verse!
Getting to Know You-tility: The Emergence of Jurisdictional KYC Utilities
Regionally-governed utilities could help make up for slower-than-expected takeup of global KYC services.
OTC Markets Unveils Compliance Analytics Data Service
The updated service provides additional data points and an analytics file that contains a score for ranking companies' risk.ics
Taming Unstructured Data
Deriving metadata from unstructured information in document form helps support know-your-customer compliance
Thomson Reuters Launches AML Solution
Trac traces trade-based money laundering in compliance with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s guidelines
Australia Considers Utility Model for AML/KYC
A centralized utility for AML/KYC data could help financial institutions and regulators monitor fraudulent activities.
Thomson Reuters Looks to Grow APAC Footprint for AML/KYC
Compliance talent is thin in the region, hence why firms are looking to vendors for help.
Golden Copy: It's A Legal Matter From Now On...
With a nod to Pete Townshend, nuances of the law in financial data regulations, especially in Europe, could become the most challenging aspect of compliance
Know Your Customers? Or Protect Their Privacy?
KYC/AML requirements conflict with other regulations aimed at limiting how much data firms mine for fulfilling those disclosure rules. Joanna Wright reports
Customer Assessment Emerges as Regulatory Priority in Asia-Pacific
Firms increasing focus on anti-money laundering and know-your-customer requirements, Wolters Kluwer advisor says
The Buy Side’s KYC Moment
When it comes to KYC demands, while the sell side still has it the roughest, over the last two years, the buy side has had to take on a greater share of the burden.
New Client Highlights Markit's New Reg Services
Darren Thomas tells Waters the vendor is looking to roll out the services for new ISDA protocols and margin requirements.
The Buy Side Slowly Moves Toward Utilities, Managed Services
Mifid II, Fatca and new margin requirements are helping institutional players to see the benefits of centralized services.
Pimco Adds kyc.com to Onboarding Suite as Markit Preps New Reg Services
Darren Thomas tells Waters the vendor is looking to roll out the services for new ISDA protocols and margin requirements.
Nikko America Taps Fenergo for Client Lifecycle Management
Implementation of software will occur in two phases.
Nikko Securities America Signs Deal with Fenergo
Firm picks Ireland-based service provider for client lifecycle management and regulatory compliance
NICE Actimize Eyes Big Data Analytics, Blockchain in 2016
Waters chats with NICE Actimize's AML division about what is in store for the New Year.
Open Platform: The Very Long Engagement of Market Data and Big Data
The industry is finally recognizing the big use cases for Big Data