5 פוסטים
What the SDN list is, how OFAC screening actually works inside a fintech, where false positives come from, and the 7 mistakes that have cost firms eight-figure settlements since 2023.
The FATF definition, Tier-1 vs Tier-2 vs RCAs, where the data actually comes from, refresh cadence that holds up under audit, and the documentation pattern that has carried compliance teams through Mutual Evaluations.
Why traditional keyword adverse-media screening generates 70%+ false positives, where LLM classifiers actually help, multilingual challenges that vendors quietly fail at, and a 7-criterion evaluation framework for picking a vendor.
A short, jargon-free guide to FCPA third-party vetting: when the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to your brokers / agents / consultants, what the 16 red flags actually look like, and the difference between a one-off compliance check and a monitored program.
A clean shell company is not a clean entity. The hard part of due diligence is the people behind the legal wrapper — UBOs, controlling shareholders, board directors. Vetting only the entity is the canonical false-clean.