The shift towards adopting continuous KYC
Over the past two years we’ve seen a rapidly growing shift in the financial services industry towards creating a continuous KYC approach, moving away from traditional periodic reviews. With regulators increasing pressure on financial institutions to enhance their KYC
Leveraging STP in KYC
In KYC and AML, data forms the bedrock that important decisions are based on. Without uniformity in that data, it is very hard to move beyond the manual data processing that is undertaken in even the simplest of tasks,
How to accelerate onboarding and improve CX in business banking
The race to differentiate continues to put the banking sector to the test. As Fintech entrants push through barriers to create exceptional digital experiences, all banks are running a race to create innovative customer products and experiences. Part of
The KYC & AML challenge for banks [infographic]
Opening corporate accounts at banks is a laborious process which contains multiple friction points. With such a tough KYC challenge on their hands, it is not just the customers that can be disillusioned by a poor customer experience, but
The data automation journey for complex KYC processes
Regtech is one of the most exciting areas to work in technology at the moment. Banks and other regulated organizations are under ever-greater pressure to operate both efficiently and compliantly, and they realize that reinventing the wheel is a
How can banks achieve perpetual KYC?
How close is the financial world to achieving perpetual KYC? Recent industry research has emphasised the drastic importance of improving KYC and compliance processes as financial institutions drive towards reducing the cost of a lot of the laborious, repeated,
Interview with Greg Watson: KYC challenges for corporate banks
Corporate banks face a number of hurdles in conducting KYC. Complex processes that involve many parties, causing inefficiencies in operations, are often handled manually and only add to significant costs. When both the onboarding process and periodic review cycles
FinCEN leak fallout shows size of KYC challenge for banks
Radical reforms of know your customer laws are looming after the FinCEN leaks exposed painful flaws in banks’ anti-money laundering (AML) systems. Shockwaves are still reverberating around the sector after leaks of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) files showed top
Know Your Donors: the improving KYC picture for charities and banks
Having to perform due diligence on customers is a priority for all businesses to make sure that risks are averted. When your organization not only operates in multiple jurisdictions, but has to justify their business decisions to multiple stakeholders
Avoiding the next Wirecard scandal
Hindsight packs a powerful punch. Looking back at the Wirecard scandal, it seems remarkable that regulators, investors, suppliers and other stakeholders did not see the downfall of the German payment processing company coming. The Financial Times began investigating the
Onboarding commercial banking customers: automate to accelerate
It’s a well known fact that, in banking, opening a new commercial account is not a fast or simple task. In fact, it’s a notoriously difficult and sometimes painful process which is dotted with friction points for the customer
The onboarding conundrum – a poor experience for business customers and banks
The onboarding process for opening corporate accounts at banks is littered with friction points. But it’s not just the customers who are suffering, it’s also the banks themselves. It is evident just how difficult the onboarding process is for banks: