Blogs
Understanding Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD): A Deep Dive
What is Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)? Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) is a crucial component of compliance programs within financial institutions, fintech companies, and other regulated entities. Unlike standard due diligence, EDD involves a more thorough investigation...
How to Integrate New Compliance Technologies: A Guide to KYC Integration
Integrating new compliance technologies into your existing systems can seem daunting, but with a structured approach, it becomes manageable and highly beneficial. This guide outlines the steps for integrating compliance technologies, focusing on leveraging the...
The Role of Edge-Computing in Compliance
Edge computing is transforming various industries by bringing data processing closer to the source of data generation. In the realm of compliance, particularly in financial services, edge computing offers significant advantages by enhancing speed, security, and...
Navigating Global Compliance Challenges: An Interview with Matthew Unger, CEO of iComply
Interviewer: Hi Matthew, thank you for joining us today. Could you start by introducing yourself and explaining your role at iComply? Matthew Unger: Sure, I’m Matthew Unger, the CEO and founder of iComply. I started the company in 2017 to tackle the challenges in...
Corporate KYC Compliance: Ensuring Business Integrity and Security
Understanding Corporate KYC Compliance In today’s increasingly regulated business environment, Corporate KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance is more crucial than ever. This process involves verifying the identities of corporate clients, understanding their business...
Real-Time AML Checks: Enhancing Compliance and Security in Financial Transactions
In today’s digital world, financial crimes are evolving rapidly, challenging institutions to innovate their protective measures. Traditional methods of detecting money laundering fall short, making real-time Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks essential. These checks...
The Ultimate Checklist for Choosing KYB Verification Software
Choosing the right Know Your Business (KYB) verification software is a critical decision for compliance managers, analysts, administrative leads, CFOs, and COOs across various industries including fintech, mid-size banks, credit unions, compliance firms, healthcare,...
How to Streamline Your KYB Onboarding Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
In the fast-paced world of business, ensuring a smooth and efficient onboarding process for corporate clients is crucial. Know Your Business (KYB) checks are essential to verify the legitimacy of companies and prevent financial crimes such as fraud and money...
Top 7 Anti-Money Laundering Solutions to Combat Financial Crime in 2024
As financial crimes grow more sophisticated, the need for effective Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions becomes critical. Money laundering not only threatens financial systems but also carries serious legal and reputational risks. To stay ahead, financial...
iComply Outlines Vision of a Trusted Digital Ecosystem in Newly Released White Paper
iComply’s white paper, “The Importance of Digital Identity in the Modern World,” delves into the challenges of our current digital identity landscape, presents an optimistic vision for the future, and outlines our mission to create a trusted, secure digital ecosystem. This document is a must-read for anyone invested in shaping a future where every transaction is secure, private, and compliant.
Travel Rule Facts: What to Know About FATF’s Recommendation 16
Are you aware of the key details pertaining to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s Travel Rule? As a relative newcomer into the global securities and digital legislation field, the Travel...
EDD In Review: Taking A Brief Look at Enhanced Due Diligence
Are your Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) protocols up to the task of mitigating risk in an increasingly digital world? With Interpol’s new Global Crime Trend report strongly indicating that money...
Is it Time For a KYC Overhaul?
Are your organization's processes due for a KYC and regulatory compliance update? If it’s been quite some time since you’ve reviewed your Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML)...
Exploring the Importance and Challenges of KYB, KYC, and AML Operations
Are your fraud prevention protocols up to date with the latest Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards? In 2021, there was a 43% increase in fraud and computer misuse...
Assessing Customer Risk with Automated KYB, KYC, and AML Software
With financial crime, fraud, and money laundering quickly taking precedence as some of the most aggressively expanding forms of crime across the globe, having a risk-based approach to monitoring...
KYC for Banking – Made Simple with iComply
Is your banking institution set up for success and compliance in 2023? With the financial and digital asset markets experiencing a tumultuous time after the extreme fluctuations faced during the...
How to Spot Fraudulent Users with KYC Protocols
While we often speak about the many risks and crimes that Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols help to circumvent (the reactive approach), the cybersecurity industry can sometimes forget to highlight...
Eye On Compliance in 2023: Top KYC Trends
As Q2 of 2023 ramps up, the compliance industry continues to face a fast-paced environment of global changes and challenges when implementing protective measures against fraud, money laundering...
Digital Identities in 2023: Trends and Updates
With the first months of 2023 already showing uncertainty in both financial and digital markets (re: Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse), business leaders are looking for ways to stay on top of...
Spotlight On: The Role of AML in Ending Human Trafficking
Human trafficking and modern slavery remain two of the most challenging humanitarian issues for international legislators and law enforcement agencies to resolve—due in large part to the the level...
Regtech Terms 101: Definitions Made Simple
If you're in the process of implementing or revising your money laundering and financial crime protocols, you’ve no doubt come across the many terms and acronyms associated with financial...