Reimagining KYC to Meet Regulatory Scrutiny Reported by Suparna Goswam (Summary version featured below) Banks are struggling to keep up with evolving Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, as outdated processes create compliance gaps and increase regulatory scrutiny. In the first half of 2024, KYC-related fines more than doubled to $51 million, with major banks facing […]

Reported by Eve Sampson (Summary version featured below) In a quiet Maryland suburb, Pari Ibrahim spends her nights searching for traces of lost Yazidi women. As the executive director of the Free Yezidi Foundation by day, she transforms into an investigator by night, sifting through hundreds of photographs of missing girls and women kidnapped by […]

Reported by Bernhard Warner President Trump has long argued that a law barring companies from bribing officials of foreign governments stifles deal-making abroad and puts American companies at a disadvantage. But when he effectively put the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act out of commission this week, the order did not elicit the cheers from corporate America […]