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Does Your Compliance Program Fit Within the OFAC Framework for Sanctions Compliance?

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Department of the Treasury recently published A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments to provide financial institutions and other organizations with OFAC’s perspective on the essential components of a sanctions program. locations and OFAC-sanctioned countries, regions, or persons. Facilitating transactions by non-U.S.

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A Merchant’s How-To For Managing The Contactless Payments Surge And SCA Requirements

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Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been especially hard hit, as many have pivoted quickly to enable online transactions and adhere to the regulations that often accompany them. The health crisis has brought about changes to this rule, however, and these may have long-term implications for payment standards and regulations.

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New Report: Banking-As-A-Service Takes Friction Out Of Remittances

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Such a move would see the United Kingdom exit the European Union and abandon the financial regulations that are in place in the region, and some FIs that have served both markets are now withdrawing to serve one or the other. customers to recipients in Asia and Europe.

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LATAM’s Payments Innovation Renaissance

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“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Opportunity, he noted, abounds. A Diversity Of Needs.

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Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals

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Takeaway 2 The USA PATRIOT Act was the first legislation that criminalized terrorist financing in the United States. The role of BSA staff was typical compliance and very task-oriented. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Never Forget. The day that changed the world. Learn More. Learn More.

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India’s Central Bank Holds Firm On Data Storage Mandate

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Companies based in the United States that contend the directive would be costly, were they to comply — costly to the tune of millions of dollars. The newswire stated the mandate in India may have a ripple effect and may push the needle toward a similar walling in of data. On the other side of the equation? That trio of U.S.

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5 Ways Your Transaction Monitoring System Can Detect COVID-19 Related Fraud

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As with any global or regional disaster, illicit actors are taking advantage of the increased pool of possible victims. Advisories from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and other federal and state agencies address the increase in the number of reported fraud cases tied to the pandemic. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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