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AML Compliance – Identifying the Red Flags Money Laundering in the Real Estate Sector
Purchasing real estate is an attractive way for money launderers to legitimise larger amounts of ...
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International ID Day – An Overview of the 2021 Identity Landscape
The International ID Day is not marked on everybody’s calendar but is of significant value for ma...
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Anti Money Laundering, Blog, Financial Crime / AML, Reg Tech
EU’s Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD6)
Summary: Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD6) highlights a stringent framework to combat...
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Wholesale or Retail CBDCs? Settling the Endless Debate
The world is now moving towards digitisation at a faster pace than ever. The payment systems have...
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7 Ways to Protect Business and Remote Staff from Cybercriminals
Businesses are facing ‘new normal’ as the workplace has shifted from offices to homes amid corona...
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Indonesia’s First-ever Comprehensive Law on Data Privacy – the PDP Bill
Being the largest economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is experiencing enormous growth in the dig...
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FATF’s June 2021 Plenary – Strategic and Country-specific Initiatives
The fourth plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took place from June 20-25 t...
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Business transformations for operational resilience amid COVID-19 crisis
The pandemic continues affecting businesses and consumer operations along with having economical ...
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A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs)
Identifying UBOs and their control over a business is crucial for financial firms to meet regulat...
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Identity Proofing – Prevention from Data Breaches
World economic forum states that Cyberattack is mapped as one of the top threats to global stabil...
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Blog, Identity & KYC
Biometric Identification is On the Rise in Education Sector
An acceptable method of identification i.e. biometric technology is hitting the education industr...
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Top 5 Most Common Identity Fraud Attempts in 2021
Fraudsters in the post-pandemic world took complete advantage of rapid digitization. Bad actors b...
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The 10 Biggest DeFi Hacks of 2022 and How Can KYC/AML Compliance Help
The crypto industry witnessed a challenging year in 2022, marked by numerous hacks and scams, hig...
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AML Screening – Identifying Financial Criminals in the Art & Antiquities Sector
There is no doubt in the fact that art and antiquities are one of the sectors responsible for bil...
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COVID Passports – Bringing Convenience to the Travel & Tourism Sector
“Sorry, the earth is closed today.”
Tony Stark’s sarcastic dialogue became the worst possible re...
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Marketing Firms embracing KYC Services for Better service Delivery
Browsing through your Facebook newsfeed and you come across one of ‘Those’ friends – “Hey P...
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What Makes the Automotive Industry a Vehicle for Money Launderers
The automobile industry is the world’s biggest revenue-generating sector. In the global aut...
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AI face recognition for total automation
Face recognition is everywhere but still we’re unable to say goodbye to document, maybe because w...
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Video KYC (VKYC) | Identity Verification and Fraud Prevention
In the last few years, the verification industry has experienced remarkable expansion. As our tec...
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Elevated Business Security: A Comparative Analysis of Identity Proofing and Identity Verification
In today’s digital age, businesses must have a robust identity verification system in place...
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Risk Assessment – Helping Businesses Determine High-Risk Customers
The 2008 financial crash was a pivotal event in shedding light on the detrimental impact of lacki...
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A Basic Guide to Smurfing and the Role of AML in Combating It
Scammers employ various strategies to conceal illegally acquired funds, and one increasingly prev...
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UK Watchdogs Hit Financial Institutions with Record AML Fines in 2021
A dramatic increase in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) fines was seen in 2021 as financial watchdogs ...
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AML Compliance for Money Service Businesses (MSBs) – How Shufti’s AML Screening Helps
Money laundering has spread like a virus in today’s globalized society. Banks and other fin...
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Blockchain Technology and KYC for Crypto Exchanges – How Shufti Can Help
KYC compliance is the backbone of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) measures implemented by any fin...
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Healthcare is the New Target of Criminals – What’s the Solution?
The healthcare sector has been facing many challenges due to coronavirus pandemic. Cybercrimes ha...
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Understanding Risk assessment in the Gambling Sector
The e-gambling industry has always been lucrative for gamers. However, it has also been constantl...
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All You Need to Know About Facial Recognition
Rapid digitisation over the past few years has led to the adoption of facial recognition for many...
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Identity verification in social media – Lighting up the dark side
Social media is a word every one of us can relate to. With every passing day, it is penetrating i...
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Shufti Marks 4 Years of Streamlining KYC and AML for Global Businesses
October 2021 marks four complete years since the launch of Shufti. As years begin to stack, t...
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Document Verification Checks: Streamlining the Onboarding Process for New Customers
Verifying documents is critical to regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and many organisations...
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KYC and Blockchain – The Foundation of a Secure Crypto Landscape
Blockchain technology has demonstrated fast-paced growth throughout the world and now faces the c...
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Enhanced Digital Security with Facial Recognition and Liveness detection
The increasing number of cyber-attacks and online fraud calls out for strong security measures. U...
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4 Ways How Technology Can Simplify KYC and AML Workflow Management
While the terms AML and KYC are used interchangeably, there is a huge difference between the two....
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A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing a Perfect e-KYC Solution for Businesses
Most of our processes, including financial and business dealings, have now shifted to online plat...
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Top Applications of Facial Recognition Technology in the Digital Age
Facial recognition technology is biometric security in which an individual’s physical trait...
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Money Laundering Spikes High in the Gulf Region – What’s Next?
Given the rapid increase in FinCrime, the Gulf region is now working day in and day out to impose...
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Blog, Financial Crime / AML
FSA demands greater AML Compliance from Japanese Crypto Exchanges
In a recent move, Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Japanese Financial regulator, has demanded...
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Securing Telehealth Services and Fighting Identity Fraud with Shufti’s ID Verification Solution
The telehealth industry has been completely revolutionized by services ranging from medical essen...
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Digital ID Verification – Why is it Critical for Customer Experience?
Last year was all about lockdown and pandemic disrupting business operations to the very core. Th...
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The Future Of the Financial Sector in the Gulf Region
Digital transformation, that has undoubtedly disrupted numerous industries worldwide, has reached...
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Healthcare is Under Attack: Strengthening Security with Biometric Verification
Healthcare scams cost our economy tens of billions of dollars every year and the lowest value of ...
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An Insight into Money Laundering Through the UAE’s Gold Industry
Since the beginning of time, gold has been considered a medium for payment and trading with its e...
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Biometric Authentication is Smart but AI Makes it Smarter – Here is How
In the ongoing digital age security is a top priority concern of any organization. Data is a maj...
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Face Verification – Trends and Benefits for the Corporate World in 2021
Face verification technology has gained popularity over the past few years. A biometric authentic...
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KYC in 2021 – Shaking Things Up in the Financial World
Despite the considerable investments made by industry leaders, KYC is still a challenge in the fi...
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KYCC – Going an Extra Mile to Prevent Financial Crimes
As cases of money laundering and terror financing are increasing globally, the concerns to overco...
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Money Laundering Through Cryptocurrency: Red Flags and AML Risks
As the use of virtual assets becomes widespread, crypto firms have a major dilemma to deal with &...
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Cybersecurity vs User Experience – Knowing the Art of Balancing
Several years of debate between cybersecurity and customer experience has driven most people craz...
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Post-pandemic eCommerce Landscape Calling for Robust ID Verification Solution
During the coronavirus pandemic, the e-commerce industry has witnessed a significant increase in ...
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Forex Market – Are there Enough KYC/AML Regulations to Keep Perpetrators at Bay?
Regulatory pressure, hefty penalties and increasing criminal instances are some risks associated ...
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Insights Into Austria’s Biometric KYC Onboarding [2022 Updates]
Biometric authentication is considered a convenient approach for onboarding online customers that...
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AML Screening – Revealing the True Identities of Ultimate Beneficial Owners in Businesses
Hiding the Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs) behind a business is never a good sign. However, som...
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Secure the Fintech Future with RegTech
Financial Technology (Fintech) refers to the use of technological advancements in the financial i...
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Blog, Reg Tech
Shufti GDPR Review 2018: How we protected our clients from regulatory fines?
Shufti stands out in KYC industry not only because of its highly customizable and global iden...
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Ensuring KYC/AML Compliance In Cryptocurrency Firms – The Role of Shufti
With emerging technologies in the financial industry, cryptocurrency is picking up the pace, and ...
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Understanding and Implementing Age Verification Requirements in Accordance with the FDA Deeming Rule
Youth is considered the most valuable asset for any country, and it is the government’s responsib...
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2 Factor Authentication: Businesses’ Secret Weapon Against Cybercriminals
Passwords continue to be a low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals.
Approximately 15 million record...
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ID verification Services – Why Paper IDs are inferior to Digital Cards?
ID verification services are at the forefront of making online marketplace transparent and ensuri...
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The Latest KYC Regulation Bill for Bitcoin ATMs and DeFi Platforms
As the digital revolution takes hold worldwide, there has been an unparalleled surge in the adopt...
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AML Compliance – Mitigating Money Laundering Risks in Insurance Companies
The huge influx of funds through insurance companies has led criminals to exploit the whole syste...
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Key Takeaways from Shufti’s Global Identity Fraud Report 2020
After the rollercoaster year 2020, Shufti hopes this year will be less distressing for every...
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AML Compliance – Global Watchlists that Businesses Need to Consider
Coordinated sanctions after the Russian invasion of Ukraine have made the headlines due to their ...
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EDD: Safeguarding Business Interests with Comprehensive Risk Mitigation
Traditional due diligence practices may not provide sufficient insights into higher-risk business...
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Anti Money Laundering, Blog, Business Technology, Financial Crime / AML, Identity & KYC
Global Economies are joining forces with FATF against money laundering
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has been very keen on eliminating financial crime (money laund...
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Blog, Business Technology
Fintech Trends – Unlocking the Unmapped Potential
Fintech, a blend of two words Finance and Technology, represents the collision of two worlds that...
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Know Your Investor (KYI) – Onboarding the Right Investors for Your Business
In today’s tech-driven world, financial operations are being transformed by emerging digital solu...
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The Top Use Cases of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Technology
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology has transformed how businesses collect, process, a...
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Facial Recognition Technology Pioneered at Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
Facial recognition has grown by leaps and bounds with the arrival of the sophisticated pattern-ma...
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A Quantitative Insight into the Global Gaming and Gambling Industry
The gaming and gambling industry has demonstrated exponential growth in the past decades and is e...
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Enhancing Trust in eCommerce with AI-powered Identity Verification
eCommerce in today’s world involves utilizing evolving technologies to ensure convenience for cus...
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Japan’s Act on Personal Information Protection – What Businesses Must Do
New and emerging ways to bypass verification checks have allowed fraudulent entities to breach th...
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