lperez, Author at ACAMS Today

December 2017 - February 2018, Interviews

Celebrating Excellence

December 12, 2017December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

Each year ACAMS is honored to recognize members at the award ceremony during the Las Vegas conference. This year, at the 16th Annual AML and Financial Crime Conference, ACAMS recognized several innovative and passionate professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the anti-financial crime...

December 2017 - February 2018, From the Editor

Reflections of Greatness

December 12, 2017 /Leave a comment

In 2018, we will have the opportunity to witness excellence, greatness and talent during the approximately two-week period of the Winter Olympic Games. For Olympians it is a culmination of years of training, hard work, sacrifice and even some luck to qualify for the...

December 2016 – February 2017, Practical Solutions

Putting Data to Work for the Regulated

December 9, 2016 /Leave a comment

Views on compliance are conflicted. While no reasonable financial institution would intentionally place risk on themselves, their clients, or their reputations by impairing their compliance capacity, the drudgery of getting eyes on the really important information—the gathering of data from multiple disparate systems and...

December 2016 – February 2017, Europe, Regulatory Initiatives

Know Your Customer: Enhanced Requirements

December 9, 2016April 7, 2017 /Leave a comment

Know your customer/customer due diligence (KYC/CDD) requirements have been the focus of regulatory revision processes both in the U.S. and the EU in 2016, leading to a changed understanding of the KYC/CDD requirements and the approaches and tools needed to meet these requirements. These...

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La Diligencia Debida en la Gestión de Riesgos de Sanciones

March 1, 2016March 20, 2023 /Leave a comment

El siguiente artículo analiza las sanciones en vigor contra Rusia, Siria e Irán, así como las que recientemente se suprimieron para Bielorrusia en marzo de 2016, y pone de relieve el vínculo con la exposición a que, en este sentido, se enfrentan las entidades en...

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Compliance, December 2015 - February 2016

Dear Board

December 9, 2015December 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

Below is a letter from an imaginary Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) officer. The BSA officer and the institution are completely fictitious. Although the case studies are true, the following letter is fictional and does not depict any actual person or financial institution. A letter...

December 2015 - February 2016, Europe, Practical Solutions

Financial Crime Risk Assessment

December 9, 2015March 10, 2022 /1 Comment

Legislation in force to prevent financial crime has become more risk focused, requiring organizations to fully understand the risks their organization faces based on their business model and strategy. Companies’ financial crime controls are increasingly in the crosshairs of regulators. Therefore, embedding financial crime controls...

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La Cuarta Directiva de ALD/CTF de la UE: Un Enfoque Integral Basado en el Riesgo

September 22, 2015March 20, 2023 /Leave a comment

Dos casos de alto perfil, a saber, la investigación de Charlie Hebdo y la de la Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), que han dominado los titulares de noticias en el transcurso de semanas en el primer semestre de 2015, han generado una vez más...

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Europe, Global Financial Crime Review, September - November 2015

The Fourth EU AML/CTF Directive: A Holistic Risk-Based Approach

August 25, 2015September 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

Two high-profile cases, namely the Charlie Hebdo and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) investigation, which have dominated news headlines over the course of weeks in the first half of 2015, have once again generated discussions around the importance of combating crime.1 At...

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Chipre—¿Convirtiéndose en un centro geopolítico en Europa?

May 8, 2015March 21, 2023 /Leave a comment

Chipre es la tercera isla en tamaño y la tercera más poblada del Mediterráneo. Está ubicada al sur de Grecia y al este de Turquía. El país ha sido un Estado miembro de la Unión Europea desde 2004 y de la eurozona desde 2008. En...

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About lperez

Celebrating Excellence

Reflections of Greatness

Putting Data to Work for the Regulated

Know Your Customer: Enhanced Requirements

La Diligencia Debida en la Gestión de Riesgos de Sanciones

Dear Board

Financial Crime Risk Assessment

La Cuarta Directiva de ALD/CTF de la UE: Un Enfoque Integral Basado en el Riesgo

The Fourth EU AML/CTF Directive: A Holistic Risk-Based Approach

Chipre—¿Convirtiéndose en un centro geopolítico en Europa?