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The latest from Accuity in the media
29 October 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Global Cargo Industry Wakes Up to Trade Sanctions and Export Risk
Miami, FL -
Accuity has announced the results of its 2019 survey of the global cargo industry, revealing that 80% of cargo firms are concerned about protecting their brand and reputation when it comes to trade sanctions and export risk. Given that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has filed a record $1.3billion of penalties so far this year spanning a range of industries, it is clear the cargo sector cannot afford to be a weak link in the supply chain.
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24 September 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Accuity Enhances its Financial Crime Screening Solution for Highest Levels of Accurate Alert Detection
London -
Firco Insight quickly identifies and prioritises risk by analysing massive volumes of alerts and reduces false positive hit rates.
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23 September 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Accuity Data Reveals Increased Complexity of Sanctions Compliance and Implications for Global Trade
London, UK -
Accuity has revealed new research into the current sanctions landscape that demonstrates a significant increase in complexity for organisations involved in global trade.
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4 September 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Accuity and Chartis Research Find Organisations Prioritising Accuracy over Speed as Regulatory Fines Reach Record Levels
London, UK / Evanston, IL / Singapore -
Accuity and Chartis Research study reveals 66% of financial institutions face the significant challenge of achieving low false positive rates, putting unnecessary burden on their compliance departments and creating inefficiencies in their financial crime screening processes.
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22 July 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Law Society Endorses Accuity Anti-money Laundering Solutions for Fourth Consecutive Term
London, UK -
Accuity has been endorsed by the Law Society of England and Wales for the provision of anti-money laundering (AML) solutions for the legal sector. The financial crime screening portfolio offered by Accuity helps firms conduct sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEP) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) screening of their clients and transactions, and adhere to regulatory requirements.
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23 April 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Nanyang Commercial Bank Teams with Accuity and Lyodssoft to Improve its Financial Crime Compliance Screening Operations
Singapore / Hong Kong -
Nanyang Commercial Bank (NCB) has selected Accuity, the leading global provider of financial crime compliance, payments and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, and Lyodssoft, its implementation partner, to enhance the bank’s financial crime compliance screening capability.
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16 April 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Accuity Launches AI-Powered Financial Crime Compliance Screening to Detect and Prioritise Highest Risk Individuals
London / Evanston, IL / Singapore -
Accuity, the leading provider of financial crime compliance, payments, and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, has announced its AI-driven account screening capability, ‘Firco Entity Resolution Filter’, which increases the level of accuracy in detecting and evaluating screening matches during the KYC process.
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20 February 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Skyee Works with Accuity to Raise Financial Crime Compliance Standards Across E-Commerce Payments
Singapore / Hong Kong / Shanghai -
Skyee, China’s innovative e-commerce payments business, has selected Accuity, the leading global provider of financial crime compliance, payments and counterparty Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, to strengthen and streamline its compliance screening capability.
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4 February 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
SafeChain Collaborates with Accuity to Secure Real Estate Wire Transfers
Columbus, OH / Evanston, IL -
SafeChain announced today that it has integrated bank data from Accuity to enhance the security of real estate transactions.
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22 January 2019 - PRESS RELEASE
Online Broker DEGIRO Working with Accuity to Reduce Risk Exposure
London, UK / Amsterdam, Netherlands -
Accuity announced that it is working with DEGIRO, the fast growing FinTech and largest online broker in the Netherlands, to automate customer account screening using a comprehensive range of sanctions and watchlist data sets.
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