All Business Verification (KYB)
Business Verification (KYB)
Article | 7 min
Beneficial ownership best practices – improving the variety and availability of information
Beneficial ownership best practices – improving the variety and availability of information
Beneficial ownership: best practices to create transparency to deal with the complexity and variety of corporate structures and legal persons.
Payments
Article | 3 min
How digital B2B payments are accelerating the speed of business
How digital B2B payments are accelerating the speed of business
B2B payments is an industry that is ripe for innovation. It promises quicker payments, lower friction and the simplification of complex transaction chains
Identity Verification
Article | 6 min
Leveraging technology to protect the future of online democracy
Leveraging technology to protect the future of online democracy
We can embrace new technologies, such as identity verification, to create a safer, more transparent and more engaged online democracy.
Identity Verification
Article | 4 min
Updated Canadian KYC AML requirements — PCMLTFA amendments
Updated Canadian KYC AML requirements — PCMLTFA amendments
Amendments to the Canadian Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering (KYC/AML) regulations — PCMLTFA — were registered on June 25, 2019.
KYC
Article | 7 min
Beneficial ownership rules: improving transparency and availability of UBO information
Beneficial ownership rules: improving transparency and availability of UBO information
To fight money laundering, regulators and governments should ensure that effective beneficial ownership rules and procedures are in place.
KYC
Article | 5 min
Tackling Challenges for Corporate KYC — 5 Solutions to Ensure End-to-End Compliance
Tackling Challenges for Corporate KYC — 5 Solutions to Ensure End-to-End Compliance
Corporate KYC is the process of vetting a business or corporate entity and its beneficiary owners for the purposes of AML/KYC compliance.
Identity Verification
Article | 6 min
Political Ads in Canada — New Registry Requirements
Political Ads in Canada — New Registry Requirements
Canada’s new Registry Requirements for Political Ads on Online Platforms will be a major test on how to combat foreign influence and other problem ads.
KYC
Article | 5 min
5AMLD Checklist: 7 Steps to Help You Meet Compliance
5AMLD Checklist: 7 Steps to Help You Meet Compliance
The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) will come into force on January 10, 2020. It addresses a number of weaknesses in the EU's AML & CFT regime.
Identity Verification
Article | 3 min
Tech Must Fight €1.87 Trillion AML Problem
Tech Must Fight €1.87 Trillion AML Problem
It is imperative that a safe system of information sharing is developed to securely access databases to flag potentially high-risk individuals/entities.
Identity Verification
Article | 3 min
Combating Financial Crime in Fast Growing Economies - New Tools to Fight Money Laundering
Combating Financial Crime in Fast Growing Economies - New Tools to Fight Money Laundering
Implementing systems to help businesses automate the on-boarding process and comply with AML and KYC regulations is key to combating financial crime.
AML
Article | 5 min
The Battle Against Money Laundering in the Great White North
The Battle Against Money Laundering in the Great White North
A March 2019 US State Department International Narcotics Control Strategy Report on Money Laundering, declared Canada as a “major money laundering country.”
KYC
Article | 6 min
Know Your Client: Should Lawyers Be Regulated Like Financial Institutions?
Know Your Client: Should Lawyers Be Regulated Like Financial Institutions?
A look at myriad legislative attempts made to bring formation agents, specifically lawyers, under the purview of the BSA.