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RiskWatch: Making a Killing – South Sudanese Military Leaders’ Wealth, Explained October 29, 2020 In this episode of Vcheck Global’s podcast, RiskWatch, our host speaks with the author of “Making a Killing: South Sudanese Military Leaders’ Wealth, Explained,” a report published by The Sentry earlier this year. The report uncovers how top military and opposition leaders in South Sudan engaged in what appears to be corrupt business activities and […] -
Considerations for Financial Services Partnership and M&A Due Diligence October 28, 2020 Though it may appear that partnerships and M&A across the banking sector have been slowed by the pandemic, a reported uptick in deals closed in August may indicate increased M&A deals in financial services in the remainder of 2020 and across various industries. Moreover, while corporate banks have not been known for risk-taking, the growing […] -
Bank Customer Due Diligence: New Guidance for Monitoring Politically Exposed Persons October 21, 2020 Just one month before the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began reporting on what has been dubbed the “FinCEN Files”—an investigation of thousands of suspicious activity reports and government documents highlighting global financial corruption—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) dropped an important guidance document on August 3 that highlights the serious, ongoing national security and criminal […] -
Supply Chain Due Diligence: Mitigating Sanctions Risk with New OFAC Compliance Framework September 23, 2020 A wave of enforcement actions from the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over the past two years has likely pushed the release of a new sanctions compliance framework—the first ever by the office—and highlights the critical importance of supply chain due diligence to mitigate sanctions risk. Quite often, OFAC violations occur […] -
All About Bank Secrecy Act Reform August 25, 2020 Vcheck Global is paying close attention to how this potentially foundational change to the U.S. anti-money laundering (AML) system… -
Julie Peck Installed As Vcheck Global Chief Executive Officer August 10, 2020 A message from our newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Julie Peck. For those of you whom I have not yet had the pleasure to meet, I wanted to introduce myself. As interim, and now permanent CEO of Vcheck Global, I have spent the past three months getting to know many of you, and working closely […]