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Safeguarding Society: How Customer Due Diligence Helps Prevent Global Crime

Safeguarding Society: How Customer Due Diligence Helps Prevent Global Crime

by | Dec 7, 2023 | Blog, KYB, KYC, News & Events

Safeguarding Society: How Customer Due Diligence Helps Prevent Global Crime

With the economy facing increasingly challenging times and banking institutions having to contend with a sharp increase in digital users over the past few years, the threat of cybercrime, specifically in the financial sector, is at an all-time high. At its core, the race to implement preventative measures is about far more than saving millions of dollars from being misappropriated; Know Your Customer (KYC), Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) measures play a significant role in protecting vulnerable persons across the globe.

As integral pieces that stand as part of the frontline in the fight against FinCrime, taking a serious stance when it comes to staying compliant with KYC legislation is essential for all businesses and related institutions. Below, we’ll take a closer look at the real-world applications for due diligence. Read on to learn more.

A Quick Recap on CDD Basics

One of the biggest risks associated with partnering with unknown individuals and/or entities is the ambiguity that comes with the lack of an established background. Transparency helps to weed out unsavoury characters and establish trusted business relationships by:

  • Establishing a valid customer identity;
  • Evaluating and vetting an individual’s or entity’s activities and associations for alignment concerns; and
  • Assessing and establishing a calculated risk profile vetted against a multitude of details, including background, political exposure, illicit or fraudulent activities, sanctions and judicial orders, and more.Where necessary, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) may also be undertaken to gather further data for clients that present a higher than usual risk, come from countries known for housing excessive fraudulent activity, or for clients in industries that require an advanced level of documentation.When implemented properly, staying compliant with KYC and CDD measures helps to:

Prevent Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

The illicit transfer of money can have several high-risk implications and cause significant harm both on an economic and humanitarian level. Criminals often exploit financial systems to hide and “legitimize” their illegal activities, and to utilize funds for nefarious purposes. Many illegal funds are used in dangerous activities that present a risk to the global community, including terrorist funding (CTF), drug and human trafficking, the sale of black market weapons, and more.

Implementing robust CDD measures helps to flag suspicious transfers, as well as pre-emptively identify entities with known associations to questionable dealings or negative associations with below-board networks. In doing so, criminal networks lose the strength of their foothold within the financial sector and have a lessened ability to move money without being detected.

Identifying Fraudulent Activities

With much of the world’s banking and asset transfers now occurring digitally, identifying fraudulent activities has become increasingly complex. Customer due diligence is a powerful tool that enables businesses to amass the necessary information to build accurate risk profiles via identification documents, utilizing trusted global databases and more. Such measures allow fraud to be detected early on, protecting your business, as well as your client base, in the process.

Mitigating Corruption and Bribery

Financial corruption and bribery pose a significant risk to the global community, particularly in countries with unstable political climates and those undergoing rapid social change. Often tied to money laundering and other illicit activities, criminal networks will use financial institutions to fund corrupt activities or individuals. Thoroughly vetting potential customers and business partners helps identify any connections to politically exposed persons (PEPs) or individuals with a history of corruption, thereby giving you the ability to avoid association and, by extension, unwitting involvement in illegal activities.

Enhancing International Cooperation

Beyond keeping businesses compliant, CDD helps to promote a global ethos of prevention and proactivity when it comes to circumventing financial crime. While it remains extremely difficult to achieve universal adoption of legislative efforts and shared standards, each step towards a shared understanding of the vital role KYC and CDD play in crime mitigation is a step towards a safer global market. By sharing customer due diligence information with international counterparts and collaborating with law enforcement agencies, businesses can contribute to a collective effort to prevent global crime and build trust among their client base at the same time.

Compliance Made Simple

At iComply, we believe in the power of having trust in every transaction, and the importance of fostering secure communities through the implementation of CDD and KYC protocols. Our world-leading, modular suite of KYC products makes it easy to compile and respond to key customer data, navigate changing legislation, and reduce the cost of fincrime compliance by automating up to 80% of your KYC protocols.

Book a demo with our team today to learn more and to ensure your business is on the right side in the ongoing fight against financial crime.

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Exploring the Changing Landscape of Digital ID Verification

Exploring the Changing Landscape of Digital ID Verification

by | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog, KYC, News & Events

Exploring the Changing Landscape of Digital ID Verification

Robust identity verification has become an absolute necessity when combating the rapidly evolving nature of cybercrime. As technology continues to progress, mass usership and a rise in decentralized banking and other forms of cloud based services have brought importance of digital ID verification to the forefront, with legislators and businesses seeking to use this new form of identification to ensure a more secure global market.

Below, we’ll take a closer look at 5 key factors that have become points of prominent interest with the digital ID sphere; read on to learn more.

1. Biometrics and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)

The days of relying solely on a simple login username/password as a valid gatekeeper are long since past. Cybercriminals have become incredibly adept at breaking simply barriers, and knowing how to circumvent illicit activity and fraud-proof identity verification has become a driving consideration for the security field. Biometric authentication utilizes distinct physical or specific behavioural traits to ID individuals. By relying on genetically codified or innate, extremely hard to replicate traits, biometric authentication represents a far more advanced step into the future of identity verification in the digital sphere.

Facial recognition, in particular, has become popular, thanks to its seamless integration with native user devices. Front facing cameras on smartphones has made facial recognition a viable form of verification for the masses. When added in with (or as a form of) multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometric verification has proven to be an extremely valuable form of security.

2. Blockchain and Decentralized ID

Blockchain technology has begun to emerge as a potential solution for digital ID verification, with Decentralized identity (DID) systems leveraging blockchain to give individuals more control over their personal information. Where centralized databases can be more vulnerable to data breaches, decentralized systems allow users to store ID data on a secure remote network, wherein users grant permission for specific parties to access their information, enhancing privacy and reducing the risk of large-scale data breaches. Users are also able to translate their digital ID across various online services, which creates a much more streamlined process and removes the headache of constantly having to reverify with each new service.

3. Regulatory Compliance

 

As the process and capabilities of digital ID evolve, governments across the globe are faced with the challenge of regulating verification methods. The EU, for example, implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Electronic Identification and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS) to carefully monitor and protect how organizations collect, process, and store personal data, including identity information.

In addition to GDPR, other regulations like the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) and the Electronic Identification and Trust Services Regulation (eIDAS) in Europe have begun to reshape our current understanding of digital ID verification by establishing a secure framework for standardized digital identities and electronic signatures. Businesses operating in the digital space must stay on top of evolving legislation to stay compliant and to ensure they are offering the best protection possible to their clients.

Mobile ID and Remote Verification

People are on the go more than ever before, and smartphones have become one of the biggest tools for online commerce and financial transactions. Smartphones have also become a valuable resource for digital identity verification and can be used to capture identity documents, conduct biometric scans, and verify users remotely.

C) requirements and streamline the account opening process.

Cybersecurity and Fraud Prevention

The unfortunate reality of policing and preventing cybercrime is that criminals evolve their tactics nearly as quickly as preventative measures are able to be implemented. The ongoing battle between identity verification technologies and fraudsters has led to constant innovation on both sides, with significant due diligence and proactivity required on the part of law makers and businesses to safeguard against illicit activities.

To counteract cyber threats, organizations are implementing advanced security measures including continuous monitoring, machine learning, and AI-powered fraud detection systems.

Digital identity verification presents an exciting and highly valuable opportunity for the world of cybersecurity and KYC compliance. As we continue to navigate an aggressively expanding digital market, finding ways to regulate and standardize approaches to security are essential when it comes to preventing fraud, and building a better foundation for future efficiency across multiple industries.

At iComply, we know that staying on top of evolving mandates and KYC, AML, and other digital security practices can be time consuming for businesses and institutions. We are proud to offer world leading KYC, CDD and EDD solutionsthat integrate highly effective measures like real-time confirmation and easy account monitoring to help you stay compliant while enhancing user security and experience on your home platform.

Book a demo with our team today to learn more about iComply’s AML and KYC solutions and discover how iComplyKYC can be customized to fit the unique risk screening needs of your organization.

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Navigating FINRA Compliance: 5 Key Pillars for Financial Professionals

Navigating FINRA Compliance: 5 Key Pillars for Financial Professionals

by | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, KYC, News & Events

Navigating FINRA Compliance: 5 Key Pillars for Financial Professionals

With the financial sector moving faster than ever and encountering more unique circumstances due to decentralized competition at the helm, regulatory oversight has become paramount to safeguarding the integrity of the financial markets and protecting investors. The United States’ Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) organization has become extremely vital to monitoring security firms and professionals, and ensuring compliance with ethical and responsible practices.

Below, we’ll take a closer look at 5 of the main principles asserted by FINRA, and why compliance is important. Read on to learn more.

Registration and Licensing

FINRA’s mandates enforce registration and licensing for a wide range of financial professionals including brokers, dealers, and investment advisors in a bid to ensure ethical practices and legal activity. Being verified as a documented professional helps to make sure that individuals and entities engaging in securities-related activities are qualified, competent, and accountable.

Registration and licensing processes are designed to confirm an individual’s qualifications, knowledge, and adherence to regulatory standards, and to foster a foundation of trust and transparency for clients in doing so.

Aligning Investments with Client Needs

One of the core principles of FINRA compliance is the concept of suitability and acting in client interest. Financial professionals are required to recommend investments that are suitable for their clients’ unique financial objectives and risk tolerance. Suitability requires that brokers and advisers can prove that they had a reasonable basis to believe their recommendations do in fact align with their client’s goals and that they are seeking to work in their best interest. This accountability is particularly important as it helps to protect clients from being exposed to unnecessary risk and that their investments are safe in the hands of financial advisors.

Safeguarding the Financial System

The prevention of money laundering and other illicit financial activities have become a prevalent issue for global security, and are a top priority for FINRA. AML compliance requires securities firms to establish robust programs and procedures for detecting and reporting suspicious activities as quickly as possible. These KYC (know your customer) measures verify identities and track large cash transactions to serve as a first line of defence and a valuable roadblock to circumventing criminal activity.

By implementing AML measures, FINRA aims to create a more transparent and secure financial environment, and prevent criminals from illicitly moving funds to support crimes like trafficking, weapons dealing, terrorism, and more.

Fairness and Transparency

Much as professionals are required to be licensed and registered to promote fairness and transparency, so to operational practices expected to adhere to ethical values. FINRA closely monitors sales practices, advertising, and customer communications to ensure they are accurate and balanced. Professionals and firms must provide clients with truthful and complete information about investment products and services. Without such transparency, the risk of fraudulent activity and the breaking of customer trust becomes significantly higher.

A Trail of Accountability

Proper record-keeping and reporting are vital for regulatory compliance and accountability within the securities industry. Businesses and institutions must be prepared to show proof of their compliance, and FINRA regulations mandate that securities firms maintain comprehensive records of their business activities, including client transactions, communications, and other relevant data. Compliant businesses must also maintain such records for specific period of times, and must be able to present them in the case of an examination or audit.

At iComply, we know digital security protocols are essential for FINRA compliance, and for preventing the advancement of criminal activity in the financial sector. Our modular suite of KYC, KYB, and AML products not only ensures you have everything you need to manage and maintain a wide range of jurisdictional KYC regulations and conduct risk-based assessments but also automates your customer identification and risk screening processes more intuitively than ever before.

Book a demo with our team today to learn more about iComply’s compliance solutions and discover how iComplyKYC can be customized to fit the unique risk screening needs of your organization.

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KYB: Safeguarding Your Business, Enhancing Efficiency, and Ensuring Compliance

KYB: Safeguarding Your Business, Enhancing Efficiency, and Ensuring Compliance

by | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, KYB, News & Events

KYB: Safeguarding Your Business, Enhancing Efficiency, and Ensuring Compliance

Today’s business landscape is facing unprecedented challenges and a fast evolving tech world that highlights the need for advancing security measures. Know Your Customer and Know Your Business (KYC/KYB) protocols have become an necessity for enhancing security, efficiency, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance, B2B conversion rates, and reducing operational costs. With international legislators becoming increasingly more strict with compliance, KYB has moved from a “nicety” to an obligation for modern businesses.

Below, we’ll explore how KYB is transforming the business landscape and why it’s indispensable for your company’s success.

Shielding Your Business from Threats

 

When it comes to preventing criminal activity, proactivity trumps reactivity. Digital security necessitates that businesses take control of their vulnerability to cyber threats wherever possible and ensure they have proper measures in place to combat fraud, money laundering and other illicit activities. The core objective of KYC and KYB protocols is to verify the identity of partners, suppliers, and clients and to assist in the creation of accurate risk profiles that allow you to act with confidence. KYB initiatives ensures you are partnering with legitimate entities, and helps to act as a virtual shield against unknown malicious actors by protecting you from becoming entangled in fraudulent schemes or illicit money transfers.

Streamlining Operations

 

Knowledge is power, and one of the most fortuitous benefits of utilizing KYB protocols effectively is that they greatly streamline your overall operations by removing ambiguity and undue risks. KYB/KYC software platforms in particular automate the identity verification process and remove common human errors and headaches that can cause more problems than benefits. This automated efficiency in turn allows you to expedite your onboarding process and free up valuable resources for other operational needs instead of being stuck at a standstill.

Meeting Regulatory Obligations

As mentioned above, in the present business landscape, AML compliance is non-negotiable. Failure to meet AML requirements can result in severe penalties, reputational damage, and legal consequences. KYB ensures that your business remains fully compliant with AML regulations, and that you are able to screen business entities against sanctions lists and identify any suspicious activity with ease. By staying compliant, you engage in a global stance against crime, avoid costly fines, and help to contribute to effective preventive measures.

Boosting Your Sales

KYB isn’t just about security and compliance; it’s also a potent tool for enhancing your bottom line. By streamlining the onboarding process for your business clients, KYB contributes to higher B2B conversion rates.

Businesses are more likely to engage with partners and service providers who offer a seamless and efficient onboarding experience. KYB provides just that, making it easier for other businesses to choose you as their trusted partner. This improved client acquisition process can be a significant driver of growth and revenue.

Cost-Efficient Solutions

One of the biggest costs to any business are inefficiencies. In addition to boosting your security capabilities, KYB software helps save on overhead costs by automating identity verification processes and minimizing the need for manual checks, ultimately lowering your labour and administrative costs. In addition, avoiding costly fines due to non-compliance protected your financial bottom line, and allows your business to grow ethically and efficiently.

KYB Compliance Made Easy

At iComply, we know that streamlined KYB software is one of the best ways to stay on top of compliance standards, avoid fines, and build a foundation of trust among your peers and clientele. Our modular suite of KYC, KYB, and AML products ensures you have everything you need to manage and maintain a wide range of KYB regulations for over 250 unique jurisdictions and conduct risk-based assessments in real time.

Book a demo with our team today to learn more about iComply’s compliance solutions and discover how iComplyKYC can be customized to fit the unique risk screening needs of your organization.

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Why KYC Matters in the Digital Age

Why KYC Matters in the Digital Age

by | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, KYC, News & Events

Why KYC Matters in the Digital Age

With today’s business and financial markets increasingly facing the challenge of keeping up with a rapidly evolving digital world, knowing who you’re dealing with and how to protect sensitive data and assets from being accessed by fraudulent users is essential. Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols and platforms provide a clear path for businesses and institutions to remain compliant with changing legislation and streamline their operations, without having to expend unnecessary (and inefficient) manpower to try and keep up.

As one of the most important first lines of defence against fraud, money laundering, human trafficking, and other illicit activities, making sure your KYC processes are as effective as possible is crucial not only for compliance sake, but for contributing to a safer global marketplace for all individuals.

Below, we’ll take a closer look at why KYC matters in the digital age. Read on to learn more.

Identity Verification in the Digital Age

Identity verification has always been a challenging factor to contend with, but in a digital era where millions of users can hide behind different platforms, being able to accurately confirm the identity of prospective partners is vital. KYC processes utilize a variety of methods, including document verification, biometric authentication, and digital identity checks, to validate the identity of customers and circumvent impersonation and unauthorized access attempts.

Countering Digital Fraud

Digital fraud is on the rise, and with evolving technology providing ample opportunities for criminals to exploit various measures for their own gain, countering fraud has become difficult. From phishing to account take overs, ransomware, and other illicit activities KYC software provides powerful too that helps businesses and financial institutions combat fraud and handle threats effectively when they arise. Early detection is key to minimizing financial losses and protecting the interests of both businesses and customers; By collecting and analyzing customer data, including personal information, financial history, and transactional behaviour, organizations can identify suspicious activities and potential fraudsters, leaving your operations safe and secure when it matters most.

Regulatory Compliance in the Digital World

Governments and regulatory bodies worldwide have recognized the necessity of KYC in combating financial crimes, money laundering (AML) , and terrorism financing (CFT). With such threats becoming increasingly dominant in the marketplace, legislation is more important than ever before, and compliance is no longer a nicety for those conducting business on both a domestic and global level. Failure to comply now comes with costly fines and the potential for serious criminal charges all of which can be easily avoiding by prioritizing KYC mandates and building them into your day to day operations.

Data Security and Protection

Gathering customer information as part of KYC necessitates a heightened focus on data security. Data breaches, cyberattacks, and illicit data mining have all become commonplace, and ensuring you have the right protocols in place to prevent unauthorized access is crucial. Businesses that implement KYC processes are often required to adhere to stringent data security standards and encryption practices that protect customer information, and limit the negative effects of a potential data breach.

In the digital age, KYC isn’t just about verifying identities, it’s also using the information gathered to prevent illegal access to valuable data, accounts, and other credentials that enable further crime to take place. With the right measures in place, KYC protocols can help ensure that, even if a fraudster does manage to access gate kept information, they are unable to fully authenticate themselves and pose as the legitimate account holder. Pairing high tech options like biometric scanning with multi-factor authentication (MFA) or other advanced methods, alongside continuous monitoring can can detect and prevent unauthorized access attempts, thwarting potential security breaches.

Strengthening Customer Trust

In an era where online trust is sometimes hard to come by, businesses must strive to do better and earn the trust of their customers Through implementing robust KYC measures, organizations demonstrate their commitment to security, integrity, and responsible business practices; gaining the loyalty of customers in the process. Knowing that their personal and financial information is being protected by rigorous KYC procedures can boost customer confidence and strengthen your position as an industry leader committed to ethical business.

Adaptation to Emerging Technologies

Finally, the current digital forward market has transformed the stander consumer relationship to technology as a whole. As users look towards new technologies like blockchain and decentralized finance (DeFi) KYC protocols adapt to handle evolving risks.

digital realm. As online transactions and interactions become increasingly integral to our lives, businesses and financial institutions must prioritize and enhance their KYC practices to protect both themselves and their customers in this dynamic digital landscape.

Stay on Top of the Digital World with iComplyKYC

At iComply, we know that the costs of non-compliance in the digital world can be devastating both financially and for your business as a whole. To help you mitigate risk and stay on top of current legislation, we offer a unique, end-to-end suite of KYC + KYB software that utilizes a modular platform that can be integrated into your workflow seamlessly with minimal downtime.

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Biometric Verification: Strengthening Due Diligence and Protecting Identities

Biometric Verification: Strengthening Due Diligence and Protecting Identities

by | Oct 30, 2023 | Blog, KYC, News & Events

Biometric Verification: Strengthening Due Diligence and Protecting Identities

In today’s digital world, streamlined and reliable identity verification is essential for compliance and the protection of vulnerable persons, as well as safe business practices. From validating users conducting financial transactions to ensuring that sensitive healthcare data stays private, KYC (Know Your Customer) protocols are vital to preventing crime and creating a secure global market for all. Customer Due Diligence (CDD) has become increasingly complex, with more advanced measures (referred to as enhanced due diligence, or EDD) have become increasingly necessary to circumvent rapidly evolving fraudulent practices, especially where false users and identity spoofing is concerned.

Biometric verification has become a highly useful tool for verifying legitimate users within your network and identifying fraudsters. Below, we’ll take a closer look at why it plays such a significant role, as well as how it helps strengthen due diligence practices as a whole. Read on to learn more.

Why Due Diligence Matters

Due diligence is the process of conducting a thorough investigation or verification of an individual’s or entity’s identity, background, and activities. Due diligence plays key role in creating accurate risk assessment profiles, and allowing companies and financial institutions to accurately classify and establish appropriate business relationships with previous unknown entities. CDD and EDD play a vital role in helping to circumvent criminal activities like fraud, counter terrorist financing (CTF), data breaches, and more.

While traditional methods like document checks, manual review, and even simple gate keeping methods like a basic username/password may have once been enough to keep criminals at bay, our rapidly evolving digital society now faces my more complex illicit activity that demands a more advance approach to combat cyberattacks and identity theft across virtual networks.

Biometric verification serves as an advance, reliable method of positively identifying prospective clients and customers, and helps to enhance security measures and the efficacy of KYC protocols.

What is Biometric Verification?

 

Biometric verification refers to the use of unique biological or behavioural characteristics to confirm a person’s identity. Characteristics that are often assessed by biometric verification include fingerprints, facial features, iris patterns, voiceprints, and other unique biological “signatures”. These signatures are typically quite hard to replicate, and enhance CDD/EDD by offering:

Heightened Security

Biometric data, such as fingerprints, facial scans, and iris patterns, are inherently unique to each individual. Unlike traditional methods like passwords or PINs, which can be forgotten, shared, or stolen, genetic codifiers cannot be shared by multiple individuals. When paired with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) measures such as passwords or security tokens, biometrics can be an extremely robust addition to your overall protective protocols.

Mitigating Impersonation Risks

 

Impersonation, or “spoofing” of identities online is a significant point of concern in today’s digital environment. Financial institutions, government agencies, and healthcare providers all face substantial risk should confidential data be released to the wrong parties, and biometric data can be significantly harder (though not impossible with evolving techniques) to forge for illicit gain. Due to the difficulty in replication, biometric verification not only protects sensitive information, but also protects against identity theft for users.

Enhanced User Experience

Biometric authentication methods are typically faster and more efficient that traditional methods, which can often take days to process. Users can simply use their fingerprints, faces, or voice to confirm their identities instantaneously following the initial onboarding process. In instances where pins, passwords, or other forms of MFA are not required, the user experience can be much more satisfactory and even enhance your overall conversion rate within your network.

Compliance with Regulatory Requirements

With cybercrime becoming one of the most predominant concerns of leading law enforcement agencies like Interpol, regulatory requirements are becoming increasingly necessary for many industries globally. For industries that are subject to particularly stringent regulations, biometric verification offers a streamlined way of meeting such mandates avoiding costly fees for leaving high-risk data insufficiently protected.

Certain industries are subject to stringent regulatory requirements that mandate strong identity verification measures. Biometric verification can help organizations meet these regulatory obligations, reducing the risk of non-compliance and associated penalties. Compliance is especially crucial in sectors like finance and healthcare, where sensitive data is at stake.

Preventing Account Takeover (ATO)

Account takeover (ATO) is a prevalent form of cyberattacks, wherein criminals gain unauthorized access to user accounts through a wide variety of methods. Once a data breach has occurred, malicious actors often ransom access, sell data for further gain, and can cause serious harm to your business as a whole. While traditional authentication methods are vulnerable to data breaches and hacking attempts, biometric verification can be an effective deterrent against ATO attempts by ensuring that only the legitimate account holder can access their accounts, even in online or remote settings.

Stay Compliant and Efficient with iComply

In a world where digital transactions are the norm, robust due diligence measures are essential to safeguard sensitive information, prevent fraud, and maintain regulatory compliance. At iComply, we are proud to offer world leading KYC, CDD and EDD solutions that integrate highly effective measures like real-time biometric confirmation to help you stay compliant while enhancing user security and experience on your home platform.

Book a demo with our team today to learn more about iComply’s AML and KYC solutions and discover how iComplyKYC can be customized to fit the unique risk screening needs of your organization.

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The Future of Identity Verification in Fintech
The Future of Identity Verification in Fintech

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