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Phoenix Compliance Essentials #22 Today’s focus: the key stages of KYC You are onboarding a new customer. Do you know exactly what needs to be verified? KYC enables institutions to identify and verify customers, understand their activities and assess their level of risk in order to prevent ML/FT-P-C risks. 1️⃣ Identify the customer Identification must … Read more

Phoenix Data Protection Essentials #4 Today’s focus: data breaches – do you know how to respond when an incident occurs? No organisation is entirely immune to a personal data breach. When an incident occurs, responding quickly is essential.But having the right methodology is just as important. Identify, assess, document, notify, inform and remediate: these are … Read more

Phoenix Compliance Essentials #21 Today’s focus: rebound accounts, understanding a circumvention scheme used in money laundering networks. ➡️ Definition A rebound account (also referred to as a transit account) is a bank or payment account used as an intermediary to conceal the origin of funds or circumvent certain control measures and international sanctions. In practice, … Read more

Phoenix Data Protection Essentials #3 Today’s focus: when is the appointment of a Data Protection Officer mandatory in Monaco? In Monaco, the appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) is mandatory in certain cases provided for under Law No. 1.565 of 3 December 2024. The appointment of a DPO is required where the organisation: ➡️ … Read more

Phoenix Compliance Essentials #20 Today’s focus: risk assessment, a cornerstone or a weakness of your AML/CFT-P-C framework? In the field of AML/CFT-P-C, the risk-based approach is more than a regulatory requirement: it is a structured methodology at the heart of every effective compliance framework. At the core of this approach lies the enterprise-wide risk assessment. … Read more