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January 2, 2025
Tax Avoidance vs Tax Evasion: Legality Aspects & Detection Measures
Learn about the most common forms of tax avoidance and tax evasion, access the key nuances, and find out how to determine the difference between the two processes, their legality, ethical context, and links to AML/KYB compliance.
January 2, 2025
KYC in Traditional Finance (TradFi)
KYC is one of the most important tools for fraud prevention, AML compliance, and risk management in TradFi; however, increasing compliance costs, outdated systems, and cross-jurisdictional regulations create significant challenges. Learn how you can overcome them.
January 2, 2025
How Fraudsters Continue to Succeed with Multi-Accounting in 2025
Access the latest information on multi-accounting and find out how fraudsters juggle this tactic in different industries.
December 30, 2024
Cryptocurrency Regulations Around the World
Cryptocurrency regulations are constantly developing as governments worldwide try to balance a fine line between allowing innovation to take root and protect customers. The cryptocurrency regulatory landscape differs across Europe, the United States, Asia, the Middle East, and other regions.
December 18, 2024
Refund Fraud: Definition, Key Types & Ways to Stop It
Learn why scamming away and abusing return policies remains a serious threat to various e-commerce marketplaces and access key solutions explaining how businesses should respond to refund fraud.
December 18, 2024
KYC in the Metaverse: Trust in a Virtual World
The metaverse is revolutionizing how we connect, work, and even do business – a path that holds incredible opportunities and enormous challenges in security and trust among users. Know Your Client (KYC) processes are key to preventing fraud and building trust in a virtual environment that supports safe interactions and growth.
December 16, 2024
Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) Reporting [Guide]
Access the latest news and summarized takeaways regarding FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership (BOI) Reporting rule: which entities need to comply and what exact steps reporting companies need to take right now.
December 11, 2024
How to Check if a Business is in Good Standing
Learn why you need to know if a business is in good standing, what happens in the case of non-compliance, and why certain risk factors, like onboarding a Politically Exposed Person (PEP), come with certain risks that can potentially harm your company.
December 11, 2024
Understanding KYC and MiCA
The recent boom in the cryptocurrency market has raised the need for a solid regulatory framework to guarantee users’ transparency, safety, and protection; the European Union has adopted the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) to offer a meaningful legal framework for crypto-assets issued within its borders. Among the essential elements introduced by MiCA is a strict Know Your Customer (KYC) policy and procedures to reduce the risk of money laundering, fraud, and other illicit activities.
December 1, 2024
Responsible Gaming: Does this Concept Actually Work?
Access the latest insights on responsible gaming practices, how they look on different gaming and gambling sites, why some platforms ask their users to provide IDs, and how to strengthen age verification measures to stay compliant with stricter regulatory rules.
November 30, 2024
KYC Risk Assessment: Automation Rules & Key Risk Factors to Consider
Explore the main risk factors, the complexity behind implementing a risk-based approach, and how to identify high-risk factors quickly. We provide a step-by-step explanation of how to set up an effective KYC risk assessment flow using automation.
November 27, 2024
The 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (6AMLD) [Simple Explanation]
Look through the recent amendments in the EU regulatory landscape, including important factors like systemized sanctions, tougher punishments, stricter rules on corporate compliance, and all things linked to money laundering controls and the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, or 6AMLD.
November 21, 2024
Proof of Income: Top 10 Document Types [& Verification Tips]
Look through the main proof of income practices, document types, industries that use such documents for verification, and how this process works in the context of compliance and fraud prevention.