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Correspondent banking relationships are vital to not only the banking sector, but to economies as a whole. This vast network of bank relationships breeds financial inclusion, providing populations and businesses with access to banking services that they might otherwise struggle to find, and eases trading party relationships between nations.

In the digital age, there is increasing demand for fast, simple, error-free payments. Yet friction in the payments process often stands in the way of achieving the ease and speed consumers now expect. Organisations that set up, route and process payments must improve straight-through processing in order to keep up with their increasingly digital customer […]

The global pandemic has changed the way people manage their finances. This has given rise to a wave of rapid product innovation from financial service providers. Many of the trends will be fundamental and long-lasting. How the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the payments space The payments space has been hit hard by the pandemic, with […]

Financial Counterparty Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) screening continue to be vital components of proactive compliance and risk management. Yet the goal posts keep shifting as regulators constantly adjust their requirements for effective compliance and frequently publish updates to sanctions lists. In 2019 alone, Accuity recorded 242 changes to major sanctions lists […]

Accuity employees across the globe are celebrating Women’s Equality Day by reflecting on the importance of advocacy and social support, and how we can all actively cultivate a supportive environment for women in the workplace.

Vito Cinesi, Head of Correspondent Banking and Foreign Financial Institutions at Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena – the world’s oldest bank – discusses how Bankers Almanac KYC has helped the institution to thrive.

The real estate industry is frequently used as a conduit for money laundering activities. Every year, around $1.6 trillion of dirty money moves through this market – equivalent to 3% of the world’s GDP. In this article, we explore an important element within this topic – escrow (or trust) accounts.

We are taking a look back at our top five visited blogs for the first half of 2020*. Leading the way is our blog series on the emerging ISO 20022 payments standard

By David White, EVP Global Payments & KYC This year marks a milestone anniversary for Bankers Almanac. It has been 175 years since the first publication of what was then titled “The Banking Almanac and Directory.” Since then, the form and format of the “orange book” has evolved along with the banking industry. It is […]

Compliance has always been a costly and difficult exercise for insurers, especially in an industry that is as strictly regulated as insurance.