Anti-Money Laundering

The fight against terrorism funding spurs anti-money laundering laws

As nations the world over work to defeat terrorism, greater effort has been made to disrupt terrorist funding sources. From the Financial Action Task Force to the US PATRIOT Act, anti-money laundering regulations now require financial organizations to better know your customers. On top of government regulation, corporate governance entities also require stricter oversight of customers and greater protection for shareholders through anti-money laundering requirements. But to carry out the kind of due diligence necessary to prevent illegal transactions, a financial institution needs an efficient way to identify and scrutinize Politically Exposed Persons, or PEPs, who represent the greatest risk. For major international financial organizations, Dow Jones provides an anti-money laundering solution that is rapidly becoming the most trusted on the market.

Dow Jones provides tools for anti-money laundering activities

Dow Jones Watchlist offers anti-money laundering compliance professionals a reliable and comprehensive service for identifying people who may require additional scrutiny by virtue of their position in foreign governments or their association with such persons. Drawing information from a continuously updated database of PEPs in every country in the world, Dow Jones Watchlist delivers the most authoritative list of individuals and entities on government sanction lists. Follow-up due diligence research can be easily accomplished with an optional subscription to Dow Jones's private collection of business information—more than 28,000 sources that include many of the world's leading business news and information providers. And to accommodate the needs of any organization, Dow Jones Watchlist can be easily customized and integrated into existing compliance systems. With Dow Jones Watchlist, organizations can meet anti-money laundering requirements with greater confidence and productivity.

Tools for compliance with anti-money laundering regulations

Dow Jones Watchlist enables organizations to carry out anti-money laundering activities with ease.

• Perform enhanced due diligence more effectively and efficiently
• Tighten anti-money laundering controls and prevent illicit payments with key information about a public figure's identity, as well as the identities of their relatives and close associates
• Get access to detailed information on more than 500,000 profiles from a single point, minimizing the time users must spend on business research on the free Web
• Consult country profiles containing political, economic and social summaries that provide context for PEPs
• Use Personal Identification Data—aliases, spelling variants, data of birth—to better identify persons of interest

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