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State of Financial Crime 2023 Report

KYC/KYB

What is KYB (Know Your Business)

In most global jurisdictions, the Know Your Customer (KYC) process is a foundational component of AML/CFT regulations. KYC requires banks and other financial services providers to establish and verify the identities of their customers in order to assess the money […]

Customer Screening: Maximizing Effectiveness and Efficiency A Balancing Act If companies aren’t strategic in their approach to customer screening and monitoring, they risk being overwhelmed with alerts. Those companies face high operational costs, a nearly-impossible-to-clear backlog of alerts, longer remediation […]

A Guide to KYC Solution Providers Celent 2020 – Analyst Report Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance is attracting increasing scrutiny from regulators, making it one of the most complex and fast-growing fields in the AML compliance value chain. This report […]

Remote working presents unique problems for due diligence in general and client onboarding in particular. Firms will need to address and codify new guidelines so as to ensure consistency and effectiveness of any temporary internal know your customer (KYC) processes. […]

Customer Due Diligence CDD

In order to understand the money laundering risks that they face, banks and financial institutions, and obligated financial service providers must verify the identities of their customers, and the nature of the business in which they are involved. The process […]

KYC: Do you really Know Your Customer?

When people talk about conducting KYC checks, they’re probably referring to the process that takes place at onboarding, i.e. identifying your customer and verifying that identity. But the problem for most businesses, is that a quick identity check isn’t going […]

KYC checks

Guide To KYC Checks (Know Your Customer Checks) When people talk about conducting KYC checks, they commonly mean the process that takes place at onboarding, i.e. identifying your customer and verifying that identity. For a best in class KYC programme, […]