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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...

Europe, Germany Chapter, Know Your Chapter, September - November 2015

Announcing the New ACAMS Germany Chapter

August 17, 2015February 2, 2021 /Leave a comment

The ACAMS Germany Chapter was founded on June 26, 2015, at the offices of UBS in Frankfurt. The chapter brings together a team of anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime and compliance professionals from global banking and insurance institutions, money services businesses (MSBs) and development...