Tagged: compliance

January 18, 2024 @ 10:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ComplyAdvantage has launched its annual report into fraud, money laundering, and financial crime: The State of Financial Crime 2024. The latest research report identifies “the criminal use of artificial intelligence (AI) as an emerging fraud challenge while revealing that most financial institutions are investing in… Read More

January 3, 2024 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credas Technologies, the identity verification checks provider, has announced the launch of its material information function, helping estate agents “to get ahead of the latest rule changes announced by Trading Standards at the end of last year.” The Parts B and C of The National… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The AMF is warning the public against several companies proposing atypical investments without being authorised to do so. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers regularly “updates its black lists of new websites and entities proposing atypical investments to investors in France without being authorized to do… Read More

December 24, 2023 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TaxBit, the provider of compliance solutions for digital assets, announced the launch of its CESOP Compliance Platform, catering to crypto exchanges operating in the EU. This solution addresses the upcoming CESOP compliance requirements set “to commence in Q1 2024, underscoring TaxBit‘s dedication to upholding tax… Read More

December 23, 2023 @ 11:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Effective January 1, 2024, virtually all new companies being incorporated in the United States will need to “comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA),” the team at Carta noted. As explained in a blog post by Carta, this new law will “require them to submit… Read More

December 18, 2023 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chime is pleased to welcome Shara Chang to the company as Chief Compliance Officer. Shara reportedly “brings 15 years of financial services, fintech, and consumer protection experience to Chime.” She’s previously advised banks and high-growth companies “on regulatory compliance, risk management, and product development.” As… Read More

December 14, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech Salv, with its suite of tools to help banks and service companies fight financial crime, has raised €3.9m in new funding, “bringing its capital raised this year to €7.9m and total funding to €12.1m.” The round includes investments “from new and existing investors and… Read More

December 12, 2023 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Binance, which recently agreed to pay a massive $4.3 billion+ as part of an unprecedented settlement with US regulators, is now preparing to leave the Russian market. The company will also end support for Ruble-based transactions due to regulatory challenges. Binance confirmed that… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The pan-European Fintech Fourthline selected as Qonto’s technology solution in the verification of customer compliance during onboarding (KYC) in France, Spain and Italy. Fourthline is a European fintech founded in 2017 that “has developed a technology suite enabling financial services providers to carry out KYC… Read More

November 29, 2023 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly issued an advisory against Binance for allegedly carrying out unauthorized business operations. This latest announcement from the Philippines comes shortly after the nation’s SEC stated that it would begin calling out unlicensed exchanges as part of… Read More

November 29, 2023 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sumsub announces the first integrated solution for user verification, anti-fraud and compliance in gaming enabling both platforms and operators to seamlessly cover the entire player lifecycle and maximize revenue while “staying compliant with all regulations and guidelines.” With this launch, Sumsub claims that is the… Read More

November 10, 2023 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which is being sued by US regulatory authorities for a wide range of issues while also facing major operational challenges globally, says that it is pleased to be promoting the safety of the virtual-asset ecosystem. Following a law enforcement training workshop in collaboration with… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DigiFT, the regulatory-compliant real-world asset (RWA) exchange, and OKLink, a global provider of Web3 on-chain data and compliance solutions, announced strategic partnership to empower the accessibility of regulatory-compliant RWA on-chain. The two-fold partnership will see DigiFT offering OKLink Trust’s clients “the option to subscribe to… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global compliance technology solutions and services provider Sovos announced a partnership with EXL, a data analytics and digital operations and solutions company. This partnership combines Sovos‘ record of accomplishment “in delivering innovative tax software and compliance solutions with EXL’s expertise in consulting and servicing for… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of real-time trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, announces the availability of a module within TradeSmart OEMS and TS One that reportedly “streamlines Best Execution compliance and reporting.” The module and analytics dashboard provides traders “with… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity verification, risk assessment and compliance solutions, today unveiled at Money20/20 USA Jumio 360° Fraud Analytics, its new fraud-fighting technology that uses AI-driven predictive analytics to identify fraud patterns with more sophistication and accuracy than ever before. According to… Read More

October 19, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fenergo, the provider of digital solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring and Client Lifecycle Management (CLM), announced that Generali Investments Holding – holding company of Generali Investments’ ecosystem of asset management firms, with more than €504bn in assets under management (AUM) – is… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 7:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reportedly agreed with Fintech Modulr to place customer onboarding restrictions until the service provider adheres to applicable regulatory guidelines. At the start of this month, the FCA had placed a restriction for the firm, which prevents it from… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 9:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2017 in the Netherlands, Fourthline has developed a technological suite that enables financial service providers to automatically and compliantly perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) procedures in accordance with local requirements. Fourthline offers a single API “to streamline the onboarding… Read More

October 10, 2023 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jumio, the provider of automated, end-to-end identity verification, risk assessment and compliance solutions, announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with NextWealth, a pure play data services provider. Jumio’s AI-powered solutions have “reached record-breaking high automation and quality rates.” With this enhanced partnership, NextWealth will… Read More