Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)

KYC/CDD at Different Stages of Customer Lifecycle   Customers need solutions to their needs and wants and explore different financial options, to choose suitable institutions for collaboration and services. They need quick responses and easy solutions to their account opening and financing needs.  The financial objectives of the customers might include obtaining finance or funds, to utilize or invest in some profitable business or company or they may require other services that these financial institutions provide, such as credit card, payment gateway, digital payment solution, etc. When we talk about the financial service industry, such as banks, money exchange businesses, money service businesses (MSBs), remittance companies, insurance houses, payment gateways, etc. the needs of most of the consumers are linked with their financial objectives. 

01   What Is Compliance? Compliance means efforts put in by the management and employees of an organization or institution, to ensure that applicable Laws, Regulations, Standards, Rules, etc are complied with. 02   Is Compliance a One-Time Process? Compliance is not a one-time process or activity. Compliance is a continuous process, because Regulators all around the world, continuously work on improving the regulatory framework in different domains.  Regulatory authorities and bodies, revise the existing Regulations, Rules, etc. and they also issue new Laws, Regulations, Standards, Directives, etc. due to various reasons including changes in the market dynamics, business practices, emerging risks, use of technology, the introduction of digital payment mechanisms, etc.  Applicable requirements issued by the relevant Regulators are required to be complied with by the relevant organizations, institutions, companies, etc. for which those are issued by regulatory authorit...

Introduction: One of the important Regulatory Compliance requirements of Anti-Money Laundering Frameworks is the performance of activities which is known as Customer Due Diligence.  Before onboarding, the customers are unknown to the company or business because of the non-verification of identification information of the prospective customer.  Due diligence is a process that is performed, to assess the possible risk of Money Laundering or Terrorist Financing (ML/TF), associated with the prospective customer. Due diligence enables organizations to avoid onboarding criminals such as money launderers or terrorists and associated people or organizations. Without performing due diligence, the organizations carry the risk of dealing with customers who may be money launderers, terrorists, or other criminals.   In the past, various organizations, especially banks have been  significantly   penalized by the regulatory authorities, due to the weak Customer Due D...

Use of Data Analytics by Compliance Function   Data analytics or simply analysis of data in a meaningful form is the need for various functions and departments working in an organization. Similar is the case with the Regulatory or Compliance function, of the organization, which is established to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, by the management and employees of the organization. Data re quired to assess the compliance status may be dispersed in different departments and systems, which need to be identified and extracted on a timely basis. One of the problems is the legacy data, which may be incorrectly maintained, by the business and operation departments of the organization.  For example, the information related to account opened by the organization of different customers may be dispersed with different business departments or branches. Such information may contain errors or violations of applicable regulatory requirements due to various reason...

What Is Regulatory Compliance To understand Regulatory Compliance, we need to know about Compliance first.  What is Compliance? In general terms, Compliance means the act of identifying and practicing the particular information, received from some reliable source. Now, if we think about Compliance by a business, entity, or organization, then Compliance will be defined as follows: Compliance means the identification, understanding, and practicing of the provisions of applicable laws, regulations, standards, policies, circulars, etc. that are issued by the State or the Regulatory authorities. Now, Regulatory Compliance means, compliance with the provisions of applicable regulations issued by the regulator. Who is a Regulator?  Regulator The Regulator is the supervising body or institution, which issues a license, provides directions, issues frameworks and regulations, and provides oversight to the entities or organizations, which are registered with it.  For example, The Se...