Michael S

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Michael S is a compliance writer and editor at ComplyFocus specializing in AML, KYC, and financial-crime compliance. He has 22 years of experience writing about the compliance field CAMS and G-CAMO. Michael writes to help analysts, investigators, and career-changers understand how anti-money-laundering rules work in practice.

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Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) vs Customer Due Diligence (CDD).

What customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence mean, how they differ, and when higher-risk customers require the enhanced approach.

What Is a SAR? Suspicious Activity Report Filing Explained.

What a Suspicious Activity Report is, what triggers one, who files it, and what happens after — explained in plain language for compliance teams.

The 3 Stages of Money Laundering: Placement, Layering, and Integration (Explained Simply)

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BREAKING: AGZIT Launches AI Hiring Platform That Could Make Traditional HR Interviews Obsolete

The global hiring industry has long been plagued by the same bottlenecks — overworked HR teams conducting repetitive first-round interviews, candidates waiting weeks for...

Top AML and KYC Certifications Where Employers Hired Certified Candidates (2026 Guide — Based on ONRIGA Standards)

Introduction In 2026, compliance hiring has become sharper, faster, and far more credential-driven. Banks, fintechs, payment institutions, and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) are no...

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RBI Penalises Pune Cooperative Bank for KYC Upload Failures

RBI fined Dharmavir Sambhaji Urban Cooperative Bank ₹10,000 for late CKYCR uploads — one of dozens of cooperative-bank KYC actions in 2026.

DNB Fines ABN AMRO €8.5M Over AML Due Diligence Failures

De Nederlandsche Bank has fined ABN AMRO €8.5m over structural due diligence failures on high-risk customers between 2023 and 2024.

PEP Screening Explained

What a politically exposed person is, why PEPs are higher risk, how screening works, and how to manage a PEP relationship under AML rules.

Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) vs Customer Due Diligence (CDD).

What customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence mean, how they differ, and when higher-risk customers require the enhanced approach.
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