KYC & CDD

    News on regulatory requirements, innovations, and challenges in customer identification, risk assessments, and due diligence processes for financial institutions.

    KYC & CDD

    Compliance Demands More Talent Than Ever

    By Peter Guy | 08/12/2015

    Staff turnover and increasing responsibilities are forcing banks to redefine the role of compliance managers.

    KYC & CDD

    Achieving Regulatory Compliance: The Road Ahead

    By Peter Guy | 03/12/2015

    Compliance managers talk frankly about immense cross jurisdictional and data management challenges that refuse to go away.

    KYC & CDD

    Time Running out for ‘GATCA’ Compliance: Wolters Kluwer

    By Samuel Riding | 24/11/2015

    Institutions that move quickly on ‘Global Account Tax Compliance Act’ can gain competitive advantage.

    Cryptocurrency

    Japan to Revamp Oversight of Virtual Currencies

    By Samuel Riding | 18/11/2015

    FSA invites operators of virtual currency exchanges to share knowledge and come up with ideas for regulation.

    KYC & CDD

    SEBI to Ease KYC for Mutual Fund Investments

    By Samuel Riding | 12/11/2015

    Investments of less than USD3,000 will not require in-person verification.

    KYC & CDD

    Leading Banks Join Fenergo in Addressing Industry Challenges

    By Editors | 09/11/2015

    Complexity of multi-jurisdictional entity data is presenting financial institutions with inconsistencies between international and local rules and restrictions.

    KYC & CDD

    Dhanlaxmi Bank Fined for KYC Violations

    By Samuel Riding | 06/11/2015

    RBI sanction comes after warning notice and arrest of former Dhanlaxmi officials.

    KYC & CDD

    SEBI Plans to Use E-KYC for Mutual Fund Products: Sinha

    By Samuel Riding | 29/10/2015

    Move to bring all vetting processes online could attract new entrants to the market, SEBI head says.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    When Regulations and Technology Clash

    By Peter Guy | 26/10/2015

    The ill-conceived pursuit of technology innovations by wealth managers and over cautious regulations are causing more uncertainty among clients.

    AI Risk & Governance

    Reinventing Regulation

    By Editors | 16/10/2015

    Concern about regulation should take a backseat to discussions on how to reinvent the regulatory framework.

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