All posts tagged "identity verification"
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121AML / KYCPBOC Issues Guidance on Risk-based Account Opening
Banks are required to establish a classification and hierarchical management system for SME bank accounts by the end of the year to ensure proper risk control.
October 26, 2021 -
216AML / KYCNew Zealand Consults on Broad Changes to AML/CFT Act
Changes being considered include the introduction of a new registration regime for all AML/CFT businesses, a licensing regime for VASPs, and direct penalties for senior managers.
October 8, 2021 -
196AML / KYCHKMA Issues Guidance on Preventing eDDA Fraud
The HKMA provides good practices banks can use to guard against different fraud scenarios when offering electronic direct debit authorisation services.
October 6, 2021 -
178AML / KYCPBOC Directs Banks to Offer ‘Simple’ Account Opening
Banks are asked to relax documentary requirements and provide simple personal account opening services, making use of external data to verify customer identities.
October 4, 2021 -
269AML / KYCRBI Invites NBFCs to Apply for Aadhaar Authentication Licences
With a KUA or sub-KUA licence, NBFCs will be able to authenticate client Aadhaar numbers using the e-KYC facility provided by UIDAI.
September 17, 2021 -
283AML / KYCKorea Crypto Exchanges Team Up to Develop Travel Rule System
Bithumb, Coinone and Korbit have established a joint venture that will be used to develop systems to meet the travel rule requirement by March 2022.
September 2, 2021 -
860Contributed ArticleThe Role of Digital ID in Advancing CBDC Initiatives
The presence of digital ID infrastructure can influence the design and roll-out of CBDC initiaties, writes Claus Christensen.
August 24, 2021 -
207AML / KYCFMA Identifies AML Breaches by Investment Platform Sharesies
The FMA has ordered Sharesies to amend its onboarding process and implement a process to complete identity verification at onboarding.
August 24, 2021 -
196AML / KYCBitMEX to Pay $100m in Civil Penalties for US Regulatory Breaches
BitMEX unlawfully accepted orders and funds from US customers to trade cryptocurrencies and failed to have in place an AML and user verification programme.
August 12, 2021 -
140AML / KYC
NZ FMA Issues New Guidance on Electronic ID Verification
A new Explanatory Note identifies electronic sources of information that reporting entities can use for identity verification.
July 18, 2021
