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2008 Archive
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.
9 June 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of risk intelligence 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.
2 June 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, today launched “Industry Voices”, a collection of articles and critical papers which will discuss common issues and challenges faced by the compliance community.
2 June 2008
Acclaimed Financial crime consultant, Kenneth Rijock, will be presenting a World-Check Power Breakfast in New York on the 16th of June.
15 May 2008
Habubank, the first commercial joint stock bank in Vietnam, today announced that it will utilise World-Check’s risk intelligence solutions to enhance its due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance processes. World-Check is the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, with more than 2800 clients in 153 countries.
14 May 2008
The Financial and Capital Market Commission of Latvia (FKTK) today announced that it will use World-Check’s risk intelligence service to enhance its role in overseeing regulatory compliance in the country. Featuring comprehensive profiles on heightened risk individuals and sanctioned entities, World-Check’s global database is recognised as the industry standard in KYC anti-money laundering, fraud prevention and counter terrorism financing protocols.
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 .
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.
23 April 2008
World-Check, the leading provider of risk intelligence to the world’s financial and regulatory institutions, today released the second edition of its PEP White Paper, entitled “Refining the PEP definition”. 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 and serves as a reference framework for implementing an effective PEP risk mitigation strategy within the banking, legal, asset management, accounting and broader regulated industries.
9 April 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of structured risk intelligence, is proud to announce that its researchers profiled the Islamist terrorist group known as Harakat Ul-Jihad-Islami/Bangladesh in August 2003, almost five years ahead of its recent OFAC anti-terrorism designation. World-Check has once again warned users of a heightened risk entity years before its assets have been frozen by various sanctions agencies.
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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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