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From KYC to KYT: Why African Fintechs Need to Understand the Customer’s Behaviour
For years, KYC has been at the centre of financial crime prevention. Who is the customer?Where…
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The African AML Analyst: What Global Compliance Teams Often Miss
Global AML frameworks are designed to create consistency. That makes sense. A bank, fintech or payment…
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Adverse Media Screening in Africa: Why Google Is Not Enough for AML Investigations
Adverse media screening sounds simple. Take a customer’s name, put it into Google, look for negative…
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Crypto, Mobile Money and Banks: The New Three-Layer Financial Ecosystem in Africa
Africa’s financial system is no longer built around the traditional bank account alone. Across the continent,…
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The African Remittance Customer: AML Challenges Behind Cross-Border Family Transfers
A customer sends €300 from Spain to Senegal. Another sends £200 from the United Kingdom to…
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Fraud Typologies African Fintechs Should Be Watching in 2026
Africa’s fintech ecosystem is growing at a remarkable pace. Mobile money alone processed more than $2…
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Financial Inclusion vs Financial Crime: Can AML Controls Go Too Far?
Financial institutions have a difficult job. They need to keep criminals out of the financial system…
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The Cash Economy and AML: Why Cash Is Not Automatically Suspicious in Africa
In financial crime compliance, cash often gets a bad reputation. A customer deposits €5,000 in cash.…
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AML Transaction Monitoring in Africa: Why One Threshold Does Not Fit Every Market
The same transaction can mean something completely different depending on where, how and why it happens.…
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The WhatsApp Economy: AML Risks in Africa’s Informal Digital Commerce
When business happens in chats, payments happen elsewhere, and the compliance picture becomes harder to see…