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Want to test the efficiency of your Sanctions tool?

Learn more about the exciting new tools PwC's anti-financial crime team is bringing to Cayman's market.

Financial institutions face ongoing regulatory challenges. Sanctions regimes are becoming more complex and dynamic, which regulators expect financial institutions to implement restrictive measures in a way that increase detection.
PwC’s approach is designed to comprehensively test the capabilities and measure the effectiveness of your payments and customer screening filters. It ranges from testing obvious matches with a sanctioned subject to detect misspellings, which may be caused by human error.

Combating financial crime:  Discussion series

In an increasingly complex and fast evolving global business environment, regulators are working together with financial institutions on strategies to strengthen their anti-financial crime measures. In this new discussion series on combating financial crime, PwC specialists talk about the latest risks and themes and how these affect the Cayman market.

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In an increasingly complex and fast evolving global business environment, regulators are working together with financial institutions on strategies to strengthen their anti-financial crime measures. In this new discussion series on combating financial crime, PwC specialists talk about the latest risks and themes and

Our first episode with Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson will touch on effective risk management and the emerging role of trusted advisors as the "fourth line of defense" against financial crime.

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Following up on our last week's discussion in our series on combating financial crime, PwC specialists Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson go more in depth around the composition of a Compliance department, and how technology can help improve effectiveness.

PwC works as a global network assisting clients in combating financial crime. In this second episode of our discussion series, our PwC specialist  Liviu Chirita is sharing his global experience and insights and discussing how it can be leveraged for the Cayman Islands environment.

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In this week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime, PwC specialists Liviu Chirita and Diana Creciun discuss the benefits but also the risks of a public beneficial ownership register and why it is important to get this right.

Training is a key component in combating financial crime. In this third episode of our discussion series, PwC experts  Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson explore questions around who should be attending training, what should be the composition of a Compliance department and what should executive management's involvement be in addressing AML issues.

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Last week's episode discussed how regulators and countries respond to mutual evaluation reports findings and what makes their response successful. This week Liviu Chirita and Diana Creciun discuss what should the financial institutions focus on in the specific circumstances of the Cayman Islands and the importance of

Following up on our last week's discussion in our series on combating financial crime, PwC specialists Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson go more in depth around the composition of a Compliance department, and how technology can help improve effectiveness.

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Training is a key component in combating financial crime. In this third episode of our discussion series, PwC experts Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson explore questions around who should be attending training, what should be the composition of a Compliance department and what should executive management's involvement be

Data is at the heart of any information system. In this week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime, PwC specialist Liviu Chirita explains the benefits for financial institutions of understanding their available data and its role in a risk based and evidence based approach, as well as what options of technologies and tools are available.

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This week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime with Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson focuses on how regulators and countries respond to mutual evaluation reports findings and what makes their response successful.

This week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime with  Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson focuses on how regulators and countries respond to mutual evaluation reports findings and what makes their response successful.

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Data is at the heart of any information system. In this week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime, PwC specialist Liviu Chirita explains the benefits for financial institutions of understanding their available data and its role in a risk based and evidence based approach, as well as what

Last week's episode discussed how regulators and countries respond to mutual evaluation reports findings and what makes their response successful. This week Liviu Chirita and Diana Creciun discuss what should the financial institutions focus on in the specific circumstances of the Cayman Islands and the importance of an evidence based approach.

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A lot of our Cayman financial institutions are part of larger groups, implementing group designed policies and procedures around AML. In this week's episode of our discussion series on combatting financial crime, PwC specialists Liviu Chirita and Diana Creciun explore how local teams should work with their group

A lot of our Cayman financial institutions are part of larger groups, implementing group designed policies and procedures around AML. In this week's episode of our discussion series on combatting financial crime, PwC specialists Liviu Chirita and Diana Creciun explore how local teams should work with their group policies and initiatives to ensure effectiveness and local compliance.

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PwC works as a global network assisting clients in combating financial crime. In this second episode of our discussion series, our PwC specialist Liviu Chirita is sharing his global experience and insights and discussing how it can be leveraged for the Cayman Islands environment.

In this week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime, PwC specialists Liviu Chirita and Diana Creciun discuss the benefits but also the risks of a public beneficial ownership register and why it is important to get this right.

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This week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime with Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson touches on correspondent banks' expectations of their partners around AML effectiveness and what Cayman financial institutions should do to preserve and maintain their relationships.

This week's episode of our discussion series on combating financial crime with  Liviu Chirita and Kelli Dawson touches on correspondent banks' expectations of their partners around AML effectiveness and what Cayman financial institutions should do to preserve and maintain their relationships.

Changing your perspective on Enterprise Risk

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Changing your perspective on Enterprise Risk

Today, risk permeates every aspect of business. The stakes are high, and Boards need to make informed decisions to succeed. So, how do you stay ahead of the game?

Risk Assurance provides a robust framework to allow for defensive tactics as well as value creation through offensive activities.

Contact us

Marlon Bispath

Marlon Bispath

Partner, Assurance, PwC Cayman Islands

Tel: +1 (345) 914 8674

Kelli  Koutney

Kelli Koutney

Risk and Credit Modelling Advisory Services, PwC Cayman Islands

Tel: +1 (345) 914 8678

Diana Creciun

Diana Creciun

Banking, PwC Cayman Islands

Tel: +1 (345) 914 8774

Ciara Plunkett

Ciara Plunkett

Manager, Banking and Capital Markets, PwC Cayman Islands

Tel: +1 (345) 914 8783

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