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Regulation: An effective deterrence mechanism?
It has been nine years since we lurched into the financial crisis of 2008, the aftermath of which saw regulators change their approach to...

Andrew Travis
Jun 5, 20172 min read
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Impact of 4MLD on e-money businesses
Money laundering and terrorist financing remain two main priorities on the international agenda and domestically, for regulators. The...

OpusDatum
May 29, 20173 min read
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Digitising trade finance
For decades, trade finance has been connecting the world by facilitating cross-border trade transactions. With technological innovation...

OpusDatum
May 22, 20172 min read
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A bittersweet alliance
In the year 2006, controversy shrouded talks of Romania and Bulgaria’s possible accession into the European Union (EU) on New Year’s Day...

OpusDatum
May 8, 20173 min read
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Guarding against cyber crime
The evolution of technology has changed the way we do business, communicate with each other and impacts our basic day-to-day activities....

OpusDatum
Apr 24, 20172 min read
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When goods go bad
Innovation has been synonymous with business growth for decades and continues to be so. Compliance, however, is a word innovators within...

OpusDatum
Apr 10, 20173 min read
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The 4MLD approach
In an increasingly complex regulatory environment, keeping abreast with regulatory changes and rules are crucial. It directly impacts...

OpusDatum
Mar 27, 20173 min read
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Financial inclusion in Ghana
Mobile phone technology is one of the most interesting trends today, not only for individual consumers but also for businesses. It has...

OpusDatum
Mar 10, 20177 min read
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Introducing our new look-back tool: OD Tracker
Key to managing financial crime risk is understanding the transactions a customer makes. This information, however, can be difficult to...

OpusDatum
Feb 27, 20171 min read
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PSD2: Striking a balance
There has been a lot of controversy about the impending regulation on strong customer authentication under the second Payments Services...

Andrew Travis
Feb 13, 20173 min read
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Regtech: The new frontier?
Regtech is the new buzzword in the fintech sector. Combining regulation and technology, some hope this will transform how government,...

OpusDatum
Jan 30, 20172 min read
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A whistleblower’s predicament
Edward Snowden, as many of you may know, is the man who leaked information about the covert activities of intelligence agencies in the...

Andrew Travis
Jan 16, 20173 min read
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