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Meet the ACAMS Staff, September - November 2015

Lindy Thomas: The Wonderful World of Enterprise Members

August 25, 2015 /Leave a comment

Lindy Thomas is ACAMS’ client relationship specialist for enterprise members. She enjoys working with individual enterprise members and demonstrating what each element of the ACAMS enterprise membership offers. Prior to her appointment as the client relationship specialist for enterprise members, Ms. Thomas held various...

AFC Challenges, In Focus, September - November 2015

Dial-In and Cash Out: VoIP Technology and Associated Risks

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 /Leave a comment

A sound anti-money laundering (AML) regime is one that evolves parallel to existing money laundering risks. A more robust regime proactively scans the external environment and identifies emerging risks upfront—case in point Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. Generally, VoIP is recognized only as...

Practical Solutions, September - November 2015

The Power of Peer Groups for Community Banks

August 25, 2015January 14, 2020 /2 Comments

A superhero is an ordinary individual who, in spite of overwhelming obstacles, finds strength to persevere and endure toward his mission. Being heroic means having an overall allegiance for the betterment of society, having a concern for a moral cause, knowing there is a personal...

Practical Solutions, September - November 2015

Trust but Verify: New Trends and Technology in Identity Document Verification and Authentication

August 25, 2015 /Leave a comment

The birth of commerce—the idea of trading goods and services for some kind of remuneration—is lost in history, but early examples can be seen when man learned to trap and hunt and traded for grains and other food products that were grown by others....

Compliance, September - November 2015

The Evolution of Sanctions and PEPs

August 25, 2015 /Leave a comment

Sanctions have been used throughout history to bring about change. They can influence a country’s or an individual’s activities or policies—particularly if breaches of international law or human rights have occurred, or if a democracy is under threat. Recently, sanctions have been used to...

Practical Solutions, September - November 2015

Sanctions and Beneficial Ownership—From Arithmetic to Calculus

August 25, 2015 /Leave a comment

Sanctions compliance is about to get a lot harder, and for once, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had nothing to do with it. The impending beneficial ownership rules, outlined in the August 4, 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, are going to create...

Europe, European Connect, September - November 2015

European News and Updates

August 25, 2015October 4, 2016 /Leave a comment

Editor’s Note: European Connect is a new section in the ACAMS Today magazine that will update members on ACAMS news and activities in Europe. Since joining ACAMS in January, I have had the opportunity to meet many of our members in person at the...

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Integrating Privacy into AML Practice

August 25, 2015August 31, 2015 /Leave a comment

The collection, processing and transfer of personal information by financial institutions in response to anti-money laundering (AML) requirements worldwide is moving privacy to the forefront of concerns that are being addressed by legislators and regulators. For financial institutions—particularly those with multinational operations—it is becoming...

In Focus

De-Risking: Fact or Fiction

August 25, 2015October 10, 2016 /1 Comment

Bank discontinuance is no longer just a catch phrase. Some consider it to be not an epidemic but a pandemic. Gone are the days where a MSB could readily open a bank account with their ID and a pen stroke. This is not about blame...

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Anunciando el Nuevo Capítulo de ACAMS de Alemania

August 24, 2015 /Leave a comment

El Capítulo de ACAMS de Alemania fue fundado el 26 de junio del 2015, en las oficinas de UBS en Frankfurt. El capítulo reúne a un equipo de profesionales de antilavado de dinero (ALD) y profesionales de delito financiero y de cumplimiento de instituciones bancarias...

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