Anti-money laundering (AML) and combatting the financing of terrorism (CFT) regulation in combatting illicit flows is currently one of the primary international financial-sector standards that may, if not carefully implemented, have an impact on financial inclusion.
We seek to support compliance with international standards in a manner that does not unnecessarily affect financial-sector development and inclusion. We’ve conducted extensive research in the area of financial integrity as part of our Risk, Remittances and Integrity programme and beyond, across Africa, Latin America and Asia.
How digitising customer due diligence can strengthen providers during COVID-19 and beyond For the last two decades, financial inclusion practitioners have been addressing the barriers that prevent adults from accessing and using financial services that can improve their livelihoods. One of the major barriers, originally uncovered by FinMark Trust in
Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) in conjunction with Cenfri and supported by FSD Africa are pleased to officially launch the Inclusive Financial Integrity Toolkit. Countries in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region have been on a development curve in setting up effective Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Modern financial crime has evolved significantly over the last few decades. Detecting these global networks of sophisticated crime has become more complicated than solving a thousand-piece puzzle in minutes and with half the pieces missing; humanly impossible. This is the kind of complexity that faces the authorities and institutions at
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) represent some of the worst crimes and are a major contributor to corruption and development challenges across the developing world – particularly in Africa, where IFFs coincide with an absence of substantive economic inclusion. They have been estimated to be as large as USD80 billion annually
Despite the growing redundancy of the proof of address requirement, it continues to present an obstacle to the unbanked and underbanked populations who want to access formal financial services. Proof of address has been used by financial institutions to verify the identity of clients despite it offering little value as
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of people, and the financial and other systems that underpin much of our daily existence. Remittance recipients in Africa are likely to be particularly hard hit by both the immediate and longer-term effects of the pandemic. In 2018 alone, personal remittance flows to
BankservAfrica and Cenfri investigate the role of ID proxy initiatives in transforming payment ecosystems in Africa and beyond. Real-time instant payments have become a hallmark of the digital economy and financial system. As part of our growing work in payment ecosystems, this report clarifies and investigates proxy and addressing
The problem of illicit financial flows is recognised in the SDGs yet little progress has been made in combatting them Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are typically understood as “dirty money” crossing borders. The term covers a number of different cross-jurisdictional crimes including money laundering (ML), bribery, corruption, resource smuggling, human
Read our latest report with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) exploring KYC innovations It is estimated that approximately one billion people across the world do not have access to an officially recognisable identity. Most of these people live in developing economies. The ability of a person to prove their
We all know that sinking feeling when the bank tells you that the proof of address you brought does not meet the required standard. You then have to go back home and search for an original official document sent to your address in the last month or so that is
How digitising customer due diligence can strengthen providers during COVID-19 and beyond For the last two decades, financial inclusion practitioners have been addressing the barriers that prevent adults from accessing and using financial services that can improve their livelihoods. One of the major barriers, originally uncovered by FinMark Trust in
Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) in conjunction with Cenfri and supported by FSD Africa are pleased to officially launch the Inclusive Financial Integrity Toolkit. Countries in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region have been on a development curve in setting up effective Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Modern financial crime has evolved significantly over the last few decades. Detecting these global networks of sophisticated crime has become more complicated than solving a thousand-piece puzzle in minutes and with half the pieces missing; humanly impossible. This is the kind of complexity that faces the authorities and institutions at
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) represent some of the worst crimes and are a major contributor to corruption and development challenges across the developing world – particularly in Africa, where IFFs coincide with an absence of substantive economic inclusion. They have been estimated to be as large as USD80 billion annually
Despite the growing redundancy of the proof of address requirement, it continues to present an obstacle to the unbanked and underbanked populations who want to access formal financial services. Proof of address has been used by financial institutions to verify the identity of clients despite it offering little value as
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of people, and the financial and other systems that underpin much of our daily existence. Remittance recipients in Africa are likely to be particularly hard hit by both the immediate and longer-term effects of the pandemic. In 2018 alone, personal remittance flows to
BankservAfrica and Cenfri investigate the role of ID proxy initiatives in transforming payment ecosystems in Africa and beyond. Real-time instant payments have become a hallmark of the digital economy and financial system. As part of our growing work in payment ecosystems, this report clarifies and investigates proxy and addressing
The problem of illicit financial flows is recognised in the SDGs yet little progress has been made in combatting them Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are typically understood as “dirty money” crossing borders. The term covers a number of different cross-jurisdictional crimes including money laundering (ML), bribery, corruption, resource smuggling, human
Read our latest report with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) exploring KYC innovations It is estimated that approximately one billion people across the world do not have access to an officially recognisable identity. Most of these people live in developing economies. The ability of a person to prove their
We all know that sinking feeling when the bank tells you that the proof of address you brought does not meet the required standard. You then have to go back home and search for an original official document sent to your address in the last month or so that is
