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06/10/2020

OFAC enforcement actions – A lookback at the agency’s activity under the current administration (2017-2020)

Since 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published 62 enforcement actions with associated fines including 60 settlements and 2 penalties. Our analytical report on OFAC enforcement actions (2017-2020) provides: The breakdown per sector and breached sanctions programs Trends and impacts of self-disclosure and egregiousness of the violations Deep […]
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28/09/2020

Nordea Streamlines Trade Screening with Firco Trade Compliance

Nordea a leading financial services group in the Nordic region and one of the largest banks in Europe, sought Firco Trade Compliance a robust trade compliance screening solution that was automated, with a sophisticated algorithm for identifying dual use goods, and capable of detecting and alerting the bank to changes mid-trade. Firco Trade Compliance provided: […]
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23/09/2020

[Webcast] Next Generation Screening: Pairing Artificial Intelligence with Risk Intelligence

Sanctions compliance is no longer limited to government list screening. Regulatory expectations and guidance increasingly warn of risks involving the use of front and shell companies, deceptive practices, and evasion on the high seas.
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18/09/2020

Bringing Greater Efficiency to Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry with Firco Compliance Link

The Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Ltd. (GBTI) is Guyana’s number one banker with 12 branch locations and over $107 billion dollars in assets. GBTI provides a full range of commercial banking services, including direct and mobile banking, a countrywide network of ATMs, and more than 235 point of sale merchant locations. As the […]
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09/09/2020

Podcast: The Rise of APIs for Faster Payments

Mark Bradbury shares insight about why payments really fail, and how fintech and modern companies are now turning to APIs for the answer. He also gives tips for processing customer payments as fast as possible, whilst maintaining accuracy and adhering to regulatory requirements. Mark is Founder and Director of Bankers Almanac Validate. In this podcast […]
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21/08/2020

[White Paper] Avoiding the KYC Blind Spots

According to the Accuity annual survey, which covered over 300 responses from KYC and due diligence professionals globally, KYC professionals are still spending a lot of time gathering key information manually.
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20/08/2020

Marcura Group Case Study

The Marcura Group has provided support services to the maritime industry for more than 19 years and understands the increasing complexity and challenges faced by the sector, particularly regarding compliance. As global scrutiny on the maritime industry continues to increase, there is pressure on all players to maintain a robust compliance programme. Macura had noticed […]
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19/08/2020

Validate for Banks

Validate is trusted by banks to eliminate the cost of failed bank-to-bank payments and reduce friction for their end users. Validate is the easy-to-deploy API solution that can usually be released to market within just three months without the need for integration support. Furthermore, Validate comes with a straightforward set of API management and developer […]
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10/08/2020

Swiss Euro Clearing Bank Case Study

Based in Frankfurt, Swiss Euro Clearing Bank (SECB) is a commercial bank that specialises in processing euro payments, primarily for banks and financial institutions in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Download the case study to find out how SECB automated its sanctions screening workflow within its payment system.
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27/07/2020

Firco Entity Resolution Filter

Validating customer databases and third-party relationships against sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), reputationally exposed persons (REPs) and other lists can generate hundreds of thousands of alerts. The Firco Entity Resolution Filter (ERF) will help your organisation improve entity matching, automatically qualify alerts and establish a prioritisation of risk. To learn more, download our brochure here. […]
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