August & September 2020: Veriff’s Verification Flow

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We can split our new developments on the verification flow during Q3 to two separate categories: We’ve also made a wealth of technical improvements. User experience improvements New web experience We have overhauled our user interface on the Web. With the overhaul we’ve made the flow much shorter and easier to complete for users getting

12 Month Review of FATF Standards, Virtual Assets & VASPs

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The Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, has completed a 12 month review of the implementation of its revised standards regarding Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers (“VASPs”). The FATF has highlighted that further guidance is needed on Virtual Assets and VASPs. The FATF carried out a 12-month

More U.S. Financial Institutions Facing AML Requirements

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For several years, almost all U.S. financial institutions have been subject to strict AML compliance requirements. Failure to follow these requirements can have severe consequences – including loss of an institution’s ability to conduct business. However, some financial institutions have not been subject to these requirements. Now with new FinCEN regulations in place, the situation is changing.

What is Real ID and why is it important?

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“Your ID is not valid for passing through this security checkpoint.” Those are the words some travellers will hear beginning October 1, 2021 at airports throughout the United States.  The reason: those travellers will hold state-issued IDs that do not comply with the new Real ID standards. What is Real ID? And how would you