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When a Business Has No Website: Rethinking KYB for African SMEs
Why the absence of a digital footprint should not automatically become an AML red flag A…
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Beneficial Ownership in Africa: Who Really Controls the Company?
The name on the company registration document is not always the person behind the business A…
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The Sanctions Screening Problem in Africa: When Names, Identities and Data Don’t Match
Why sanctions screening is not simply a name-matching exercise A customer opens a bank account. The…
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Correspondent Banking and Africa: When De-Risking Becomes a Financial Crime Risk
Why cutting financial connections may sometimes create more risk than it removes A bank in West…
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The AML Investigator’s Dilemma: When African Transaction Patterns Look Suspicious but Aren’t
Introduction For an AML investigator, a transaction alert is often designed to make you uncomfortable. A…
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NGOs, Corruption, and AML/CFT Risks in Africa: A Risk-Based Perspective
Why the nonprofit sector needs stronger financial controls without becoming a target of indiscriminate de-risking A…
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P2P Crypto Trading in Africa: The AML Challenge Regulators Cannot Ignore
Why peer-to-peer crypto markets are growing — and why regulating them is becoming increasingly difficult A…
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The African Entrepreneur Who Doesn’t Fit a Traditional KYC Profile
In financial crime compliance, one of the most important questions is not simply “What documents does…
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SIM Swap Fraud, Account Takeover and the AML Challenge for Mobile Money Providers
How criminals can turn control of a phone number into control of a financial account A…
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Trade-Based Money Laundering and Africa’s Informal Trade Corridors: The Hidden Challenge Behind Cross-Border Commerce
Introduction Across Africa, trade has always been more than an economic activity — it is a…