KYC and AML obligations are nothing new to the legal sector. Remaining compliant with the 4th & 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directives and having accurate and up-to-date information on corporate customers are typically the biggest challenges to law firms and in-house lawyers.
It is now more crucial than ever for law firms to have watertight compliance processes, to fully understand corporate hierarchies, sources of wealth and ultimate beneficial ownerships, and to be able to produce audit trails to demonstrate how KYC decisions have been reached.
Completing accurate records at the time of customer onboarding is a complex task including several, typically manual processes. It is also a major cause of customer friction.
Watch our webinar replay to learn how you can:
- meet your regulatory obligations in line with the SRA
- streamline KYC and AML processes to reduce time spent on unbillable hours
- speed up client onboarding
- quickly update and obtain all the necessary evidence as part of the ongoing KYC review.
