Anti-money laundering (AML)
Tradeweb Europe Takes Thomson Reuters' KYC Service
The electronic trading venue's European arm has chosen Thomson Reuters' Accelus Org ID to complement its existing know-your-customer (KYC) due diligence processes.
BvD Ups Bank Compliance Data
Dutch company information provider Bureau van Dijk will this month begin rolling out enhanced features to Bankscope, its database of banks' financial statements, ratings and intelligence, in response to increased customer demand for quick and user…
Linedata Adds Fatca Tax Withholding, AML Upgrades
Linedata's Mshare transfer agency software can now be used to automate the withholding of a 30% tax on US-sourced income to individuals and entities that are not compliant with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Swift Adds Two to Compliance Services Arm
SWIFT has appointed Christopher Johnson and Fedra Ware as Practice Leads, Compliance Services, in the Americas.
Burton-Taylor: Risk, Regulations Drive Data Spend
Annual spend on financial market risk-related data peaked at $2.52 billion in 2013, equating to roughly 10 percent the $25.77 billion spent each year on market data worldwide, and is growing by 5.74 percent year-on-year as a result of increased…
CounterpartyLink Releases KYC Compliance Index
Legal entity intelligence firm CounterpartyLink, also known as CPL, will make a know-your-client (KYC) compliance index, as well as deeper beneficial ownership information to 10 percent levels, available on its web-based service, CPL Online.
New Tech Benchmarks Required After HSBC AML Failure Probe
The US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found the bank's monitoring of correspondent relationships and bulk cash transactions wanting. Enterprise-level solutions are required to solve complex anti-money laundering problems.
The Wait Is Over
With key decisions about LEI standards now made and clearer definitions of Fatca and other regulations completed, Asian markets, especially Japan, can begin to respond. Michael Shashoua examines how the compliance challenges are stacking up