Know your customer (KYC)
OpRisk North America: Uncertainty remains over Fatca 'day one'
Banks hoping for guidance on non-IGA nations
Special report: KYC
A series of articles about know-your-customer
US banks worry over fuzzy Fatca requirements
IRS still unclear on compliance details
Ukraine crisis renews importance of KYC
Sanctions and transaction reporting grow in prominence
Six major banks sign up to Swift's KYC exchange
Project aims at due diligence database
Swift plans push into KYC for corporates and banks
Initial service will focus on bank policies, but Swift aims to expand
US regulators 'hostile' to digital currencies
EU regulators have yet to consider their approach to currencies such as Bitcoin
AML KYC data collection brings benefits as well as challenges
Establishing a coherent system of legal entity identifiers has been an important challenge for the swaps industry over the past two years. Now, in the face of regulatory pressure, anti-money laundering teams face the same challenge – but meeting it could…
RBS executive calls for AML and KYC collaboration
International banking head backs central utility function
Personal criminal liability works
Personal criminal liability works, like it or not
SG opens door to Singapore retail investors as new financial adviser regime implemented
New rules governing the sale and distribution of structured products in Singapore are set to be put to the test with the first product issued since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy
New Isda protocol may not fix business conduct bottleneck
Dealers hope to comply with new business conduct rules by amending thousands of Isda master agreements – but a standardised protocol published last month is expected to leave some clients cold
Sefs hit by Dodd-Frank disclosure rules
New trading platforms must enable dealers to make pre-trade disclosures – but industry doesn't know what information needs to be provided
Reprieve for dealers as CFTC extends business conduct deadline
Ten-week extension comes as welcome surprise to dealers, but industry still has concerns about timing and content of new rules
Uprisings lead to AML improvement in Middle East
Banks in the Middle East have a heightened awareness of AML issues since this year's uprisings, according to industry experts
Lookback
Lookback
Firms must stay vigilant on transations amid Middle East unrest
Banks must be aware of the sources of clients' funds as unrest continues in Middle East
Ex-Im Bank adopts new best practice guidelines
Daily news headlines
Banks’ compliance costs remain high, says survey
Daily news headlines
The payment services solution
Will the global money transfer industry suffer collateral damage in the war against money laundering? Lady Olga Maitland of the International Association of Money Transfer Networks investigates
Remove barriers to group-wide Know Your Customer standards, urges Basel Committee
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has called on all national jurisdictions to remove legal restrictions that impede effective consolidated Know Your Customer (KYC) risk management processes, and facilitate the process by providing an appropriate…
Trema survey highlights poor operational risk controls
Trema, the Sophia Antipolis-based provider of asset management technology, has released the results of its Asset Management STP Survey conducted between June and August this year.
Solving The Identity Crisis
Prudential Financial's homegrown Customer Identification Program solution answers the question behind the USA Patriot Act's Rule 326: Do you really know your customer?