Mike Byrne Appointed as smartKYC’s New Business Development Director
smartKYC announces Mike Byrne as the company’s new Business Development Director.
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Adverse MediaAIAMLAwardsConferenceContinuous MonitoringESGEventsExplainable AIFintechGDPRJargon BusterKYCNew HireOnboardingPartnershipRegtechUBOXAIGDPR and KYC – Living Together in Perfect Harmony?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Know Your Customer (KYC) screening are two important regulatory frameworks in the world of data protection and financial services. GDPR and KYC screening can conflict in several ways, particularly in relation to the collection and storage of personal data. However, it is mandatory for organizations to comply with both by carefully balancing the requirements of each and taking appropriate measures to protect personal data.
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2022: A Year in Review
In 2022 we planned ahead and took an active approach to new regulations, sharing our opinions on several industry trends and creating new solutions for industry trends. Our 2022 AML research gave insight to key industry shifts.
Negative News Screening: Processing Foreign Languages
As we addressed in our latest adverse media post, there is an array of categories—and subcategories— of negative news screening that need to be properly screened for accurate and relevant results. But how do people look for and analyse adverse media in foreign languages? And why is this still so difficult?
smartKYC Comment on the Wolfsberg Principles for Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Crime Compliance
On 1st December 2022, the Wolfsberg Group published its Principles for Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Financial Crime Compliance. It is a welcome piece of commentary and advice and is inline with our thinking at smartKYC.
smartKYC Wins ‘Best Proposition for AI, Machine Learning’ at the Data Management Insight Europe Awards 2022
We have won the award for ‘Best Proposition for AI, Machine Learning’ at the Data Management Insight Europe Awards!
smartKYC Wins ‘Best Financial Crime Solution’ at the RegTech Insight APAC Awards, 2022
We have won the award for ‘Best Financial Crime Solution’ at the RegTech Insight APAC Awards!
What is Adverse Media? No, we don’t mean another definition…
It is well known that ‘adverse media’ screening is the process of searching for negative news and other data sources about an individual or company for due diligence purposes.
smartKYC Wins ‘Best Financial Crime Solution’ at the RegTech Insight USA Awards 2022
We have won the award for ‘Best Financial Crime Solution’ at the RegTech Insight USA Awards!
smartKYC launches smartLISTS
We are pleased to announce the launch of our smartLISTS module. smartLISTS are a better way for financial crime teams to manage and screen against their internal watchlist data.
smartKYC partners with kompany to provide live access to real-time global register network
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: 14 July 2021 – smartKYC, the world’s most advanced enterprise solution for KYC due diligence automation, has announced a strategic, data partnership with kompany, the global RegTech platform for business verification and Business KYC (KYB) for AML compliance.
smartKYC Shortlisted for 2018 Global FinTech Hackcelerator and FinTech Awards
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that smartKYC and 59 other finalists will compete for the Global FinTech Hackcelerator and FinTech Awards at this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival. The finalists will get to showcase their innovative solutions at the Festival. This year’s finalists were selected from 514 submissions from over 40 countries, representing a cross-section