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BlogDisorganized Data: How Unresolved Entities Complicate AML InvestigationsSeptember 22, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin From savings accounts and credit cards to online banking and P2P payments such as Zelle, today’s financial institutions offer more products and services than ever before. There are dozens of product lines and service providers, and each product may require... |
BlogFour Ways Data Creates Challenges for AML InvestigatorsSeptember 14, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin From BSA Officers to Complex Investigations teams, efficiency in AML investigations is a challenge. The consumer banking market is changing. FinTechs are quickly on the rise. Financial institutions are being pushed to adapt to consumer demands for frictionless banking at... |
BlogAML Crime Trends and TechnologyJanuary 12, 2022 by Nasdaq Verafin Keeping pace with the changing landscape of BSA/AML is a significant challenge for financial institutions. In our year-end presentation we explored industry-wide AML trends and the specific challenges facing compliance programs today — including the recent passing of the AML Act of... |
BlogAML Act of 2020 Formalizes Risk-Based Approach for ComplianceJuly 28, 2021 by Jim Richards The fifth instalment in Jim Richards’ Renewing the BSA Series. Under the current law, 31 USC Section 5318(h) and it’s subsequent regulations, financial institutions are required to have an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program, but there has never been a requirement... |
BlogInformation Sharing Prioritized in AML Act of 2020March 4, 2021 by Jim Richards The third instalment in Jim Richards’ Renewing the BSA Series. Many professionals are touting the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) as the biggest change to American efforts to fight crime and corruption since the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001... |
BlogAML Act of 2020 Progresses SAR RegimeFebruary 19, 2021 by Jim Richards The second instalment in Jim Richards’ Renewing the BSA Series. On January 1, 2021 the United States Senate approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and with it, the most significant legislation addressing the U.S. Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the... |
BlogA Brief Introduction to the AML Act of 2020February 12, 2021 by Jim Richards The first instalment in Jim Richards’ Renewing the BSA Series. The landscape of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) is changing. The latter half of 2020 saw repeated calls to examine and modernize Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of... |
BlogCrime Trends & Technology: Reflections & Perspectives for 2021December 16, 2020 by Nasdaq Verafin In a recent year-end presentation, we explored the unrelenting challenges of 2020, the trends and technology developments throughout the year, and offered an overview of how recent industry threats may continue into the future. The following highlights and related resources will... |
BlogDefining Moments in the War on Financial CrimesJune 30, 2020 by Jim Richards Fifty years ago, the law we now call the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) was passed, and the war on financial crimes truly began. The BSA began with the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970. In the years that followed,... |
BlogMoney Mules Moving Illicit Proceeds from COVID-19-Related CrimesJune 11, 2020 by Nasdaq Verafin “In the past, money mules have been viewed as low-level offenders, transferring small amounts of cash. However, organised, sophisticated money mule schemes have evolved as a [professional money launderer] mechanism.” – Financial Action Task Force From economic stimulus payments to... |
