
Regtech-a Need for Financial Institutions
In the background of increased financial transactions, money launderings have also spiked. Regtech is the need of the hour
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CIO Applications Europe | Friday, July 10, 2020

In the background of increased financial transactions, money launderings have also spiked. Regtech is the need of the hour.
FREMONT, CA: Regtech (Regulatory Technologies) are platforms that combine regulations with technology. They also monitor compliance along with regulations. Today, legislation and regulations are rapidly depending on regtech, as they also give solutions for anti-money laundering (AML) compliances.
AML regulations make institutions have an obligation to give control to customers, called "Know Your Customer" and "Customer Due Diligence" procedures. This is to assess the risk levels of customers to whom companies open accounts. Risk includes data such as adverse media data and Politically Exposed Person data.
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Such data change daily, and it is impossible to manually control these. Financial institutions responsible for detecting and preventing suspicious transactions need higher technology.
AML Screening Software
Thus, AML Screening software is necessary for companies as they can scan their customers in the AML data of sanctions and PEP lists published globally. This includes a number of "terrorist wanted lists" too. Who wants to mediate terrorist financing?
Today, with active online banking transactions, financial institutions perform thousands of transactions in a minute. Transaction monitoring software mediates such transactions and automatically trigger alarms based on certain rules and scenarios.
Such transactions that trigger alarm are the only transactions controlled by AML compliance officers, manually.
Screening tools allow financial institutions to screen transactions by receivers and senders to their sanctions, PEP, terrorists wanted lists, and adverse media data.
There are many regtech startups that provide these services like Sanction Scanner to combat financial crimes. They provide cost-effective solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.
As Coronavirus pandemic has prompted a spike in online transactions, such screening software can only save financial institutions.
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