Arachnys’ innovation into our next decade
Harry Waye and I founded Arachnys almost a decade ago. Primed by my experience conducting investigations in Russia and other opaque jurisdictions, we initially focused on the discoverability and automation of access to deep-web and other data
View from a practitioner – Babar Shameem, former Global Head of AML/Sanctions and AB&C Technology
Q: During your tenure at Citi, what were three operational and/or technology issues that caused you the most pain? Babar Shameem, former Global Head of AML/Sanctions and AB&C Technology A: Striking a balance between effectiveness and efficiency of AML
Standardizing onboarding for a global Commercial Real Estate investment company
Challenge The EU Compliance Team for a global Commercial Real Estate Investment company were looking for a solution to enhance their KYC and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) efforts for effective tenant onboarding, including additional Adverse Media Monitoring for their search engine
How we streamlined a mining firm’s KYC and CDD onboarding
Challenge KYC and customer due diligence (CDD) has become an imperative for mining companies to mitigate risk exposure, and to adhere to anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) enforcement actions. A global mining business, with primary trading hubs in Singapore and London, faced this
Improving the audit trail for a pharmaceutical brand to ensure compliance
Challenge A new pharmaceutical brand needed the rapid implementation of a risk solution that they could trust to build out an audit trail. There had been inefficiencies within investigations, namely a lack of sufficient insights into compliance which would hinder their
Enhancing supply chain due diligence for a multinational oil and gas firm
Challenge Oil and gas businesses face the similar regulatory pressure as banks due to their trading activity and high international risk, particularly from bribery and corruption from a supply chain perspective. The trading arm of one of the world’s largest oil companies