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2008 Archive
24 June 2008
"Confessions of a Money Launderer" series written by Kenneth Rijock is currently on a summer break. The popular series will return to the website in September. If you are a new visitor to our website why not catch up on what you missed by accessing the 'Confessions' archive here.
23 June 2008
David Leppan, World-Check Founder and CEO, has today released a ground-breaking discussion paper entitled “PEPS: Moving Forward”. Delivered to the Egmont discussion group earlier this month, this paper offers a candid view of the weaknesses in the Politically Exposed Person definition, the potential flawed interpretation thereof, and offers directions in which this subject may need to evolve. Read the full Press release here or go directly to the Discussion Paper here.
10 June 2008
World-Check, has once again alerted clients to high risk individuals years ahead of their names appearing on a sanctions list. Recent OFAC designations include terrorism-related individuals as well as narcotics-related
individuals and organizations. In both cases World-Check profiled the individuals between four and
six years ahead. Read the full Press Release here.
individuals and organizations. In both cases World-Check profiled the individuals between four and
six years ahead. Read the full Press Release here.
3 June 2008
World-Check would like to alert our users to the fact that we will be removing the IDAC (Investment Dealers Association of Canada) keyword from profiles and relacing this with a new keyword IIROC (Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada). This replacement will take place of a period of time, so please update your records accordingly. IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada.Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., Read more about IIROC here.
3 June 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, has launched “Industry Voices”, an opinion maker’s platform for sharing expertise on combating financial crime. Industry Voices is a collection of articles and critical papers which will discuss common issues and challenges faced by the compliance community. Read the full press release here.
15 May 2008
Habubank, the first commercial joint stock bank in Vietnam, has announced that it will utilise World-Check’s risk intelligence solutions to enhance its due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance processes. To read the full press release click here.
14 May 2008
The Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FKTK) has chosen World-Check's risk intelligence service to assist them in their commitment to safe-guard and promote the reputation of Latvia as a serious and reputable place of business. Read the full press release here.
13 May 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, has reported that in the first four months of 2008 it has seen a 12% increase in the total number of client institutions using its services, and recently signed up its 2800th client . Read the full press release here.
9 May 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, continues to outperform official sanctions lists in identifying and profiling terrorism related companies and individuals. Read the full press release here.
23 April 2008
We are pleased to announce the release of the 2nd edition of our White Paper titled “Refining the PEP Definition”. Download it here. This highly anticipated paper expands further on the traditional Financial Action Task Force (FATF) definition of the Politically Exposed Person beyond its primary regulatory context. The paper provides an authoritative PEP definition that serves as a reference framework for implementing an effective PEP risk mitigation strategy within the banking, legal, asset management, accounting and broader regulated industries. Read the full press release here.
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Confessions of a Money Launderer on summer br...
"Confessions of a Money Launderer" series written by Kenneth Rijock is currently on a summer break. The popular series will return to the website in September. If you are a new visitor...more
World-Check CEO releases PEP discussion paper
David Leppan, World-Check Founder and CEO, has today released a ground-breaking discussion paper entitled “PEPS: Moving Forward”. Delivered to the Egmont discussion group earlier this mont...more
Recent OFAC designations: World-Check ahead a...
World-Check, has once again alerted clients to high risk individuals years ahead of their names appearing on a sanctions list. Recent OFAC designations include terrorism-related individuals as well as...more
Alert: Replacing Keyword - IDAC to IIROC
World-Check would like to alert our users to the fact that we will be removing the IDAC (Investment Dealers Association of Canada) keyword from profiles and relacing this with a new keyword IIROC (Inv...more
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