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Best Practices: Compliance for Banking as a Service (BaaS)
Spencer Vuksic Spencer Vuksic

Best Practices: Compliance for Banking as a Service (BaaS)

Regulators have increased scrutiny of BAAS partnerships, raising the need for comprehensive compliance programs across sponsor banks, fintech partners and BAAS middleware providers. Learn more about compliance best practices across BAAS and what to look for in a compliance provider.

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How to Effectively Screen PEPs
Spencer Vuksic Spencer Vuksic

How to Effectively Screen PEPs

Screening your customers and business counterparties to identify PEPs is an important part of a risk-based approach to AML compliance. Doing business with politically exposed persons is not prohibited, but organizations are mandated to identify PEPs and take appropriate measures to reduce money laundering risks.

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Is Your Watchlist Data Any Good? We have a 5 minute test
Peter Piatetsky Peter Piatetsky

Is Your Watchlist Data Any Good? We have a 5 minute test

We created a 5 minute test you can give to any compliance vendor to see if their data is any good. This this test is based on our experience as compliance technology users and purchasers in government and the private sector, as well as technology builders.

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Ransomware Response and Sanctions Compliance
Spencer Vuksic Spencer Vuksic

Ransomware Response and Sanctions Compliance

This step-by-step guide highlights exactly when sanctions compliance requirements are triggered during a ransomware attack. Ensuring that ransom payments are not directed to sanctioned actors, like REvil, enables incident response firms to avoid sanctions violations and cyber insurance providers to respond to claims.

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Incident Response & Sanctions Navigating Ransomware Risks
Spencer Vuksic Spencer Vuksic

Incident Response & Sanctions Navigating Ransomware Risks

In October 2021, the US Treasury's sanctions authority, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), issued sanctions compliance guidance for the cryptocurrency industry. Castellum.AI has helped its users meet or exceed the specific steps mentioned in the guidance document recommendations since January 2021.

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