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  • Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Rules of the Road

    Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Rules of the Road

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    KYC and AML Regulations KYC (Know Your Customer) laws refer to regulations that require financial institutions and other businesses to verify the identity of their customers and clients in order to prevent money laundering, terrorism financing, and other forms of financial crimes. KYC laws were introduced in the United States in the 1970s under the…

  • The Future of Digital Identity Management & KYC

    The Future of Digital Identity Management & KYC

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    Self-Sovereign vs Digital ID Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is a decentralized approach to digital identity management that emphasizes individual control and ownership over personal data. In contrast, digital identity (DI) typically involves the use of centralized systems, such as those employed by social media platforms, governments, and financial institutions, to manage and authenticate identity. There are…

  • KYC, Transparency and Duty of Care in Wealth Management

    KYC, Transparency and Duty of Care in Wealth Management

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    Asset Protection is Duty of Care Duty of care is a legal obligation that requires wealth managers to act in the best interests of their clients and exercise a reasonable standard of care and skill when managing their assets. This duty encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including providing sound investment advice, making suitable investment…

  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Software Provider draglet Integrates 4Stop’s KYC and Anti-Fraud Technology

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    COLOGNE, Germany, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — 4Stop (“FourStop GmbH”) a leading KYC and anti-fraud technology provider, announces that it has completed the integration of its proprietary KYC and risk management technology with draglet and is now live and operational. draglet has been deeply involved in the developments of Blockchain technology since the conception of Bitcoin and Ethereum technology.…

  • Financial Institutions AML & KYC

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    Financial institutions fear to be wittingly or unwittingly implicated when they are used to settle, facilitate, or finance international trade transactions (e.g., through processing wire transfers, providing trade finance, and issuing letters of credit and guarantees). Implication is criminal prosecution for money laundering. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) rules extends to everybody and leads to…

  • Know-Your-Customer (KYC) for a Clean Nominee Bank Account

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    [box]Know-Your-Customer (KYC) rules that freeze up non-compliant banking, businesses, entities and persons. Freeze up means that transfers are blocked; no trade in capital processed.[/box] Financial institutions fear to be wittingly or unwittingly implicated when they are used to settle, facilitate, or finance international trade transactions (e.g., through processing wire transfers, providing trade finance, and issuing…

  • Corporatize your Offshore Capital Structure

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    [box]AML & KYC are the first issues for consideration, when planning an Offshore Capital Structure.[/box] The best course of action to ring-fence liability, is this ORS/402(b) program. FATCA and the Automatic Exchange of Financial Information reporting rules are enforced now. The PRC has the same rules about foreign financial account reporting as does the USA.…

  • Secrecy & Privacy for Offshore Investment

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    Whether you are from China or the USA there are TWO important questions in regards to how one deals with money and offshore investment: on the individual tax compliant level and at the institutional reporting level Whether it is the client himself or the foreign financial institution (FFI) they really have no idea about what…