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Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

The Challenges of Name Redaction in Adverse Media Screening: Balancing Privacy and Public Interest

In today’s globalized compliance landscape, adverse media screening plays a critical role in identifying potential risks associated with individuals and entities. However, a fundamental challenge arises from how different legal systems approach privacy and transparency, particularly when it comes to naming individuals in media reports. Across

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Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

AI-Powered Due Diligence Screening: Unlocking True Straight-Through Processing for Compliance

In the evolving landscape of compliance, financial institutions, regulated businesses and large corporations face mounting pressure to streamline Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, meet anti-money laundering (AML) requirements, and manage third-party risk efficiently. Traditionally, KYC and supplier screening has been a resource-intensive process,...

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Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

The Perils and Promise of Using Generative AI for KYC Screening

As the COO of smartKYC, I've been at the forefront of innovation in due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) screening processes for many years. The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, has opened up exciting new possibilities for enhancing KYC screen

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Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

The Evolution of KYC Screening into Integrity Screening: Beyond Financial Risks

Know Your Customer (KYC) processes have traditionally been the backbone of financial institutions’ efforts to prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. Historically, KYC screening focused primarily on identifying red flags such as suspicious transactions and connections to criminal activities. However, in recent ...

Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

The Evolution of KYC to KYX: Understanding Your Counterparties

In the realm of financial services and beyond, ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) has long been a foundational principle. Initially implemented as a means of combating money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud, KYC procedures have ‌traditionally centred around verifying the identity of individual customers. But, as the business landscape has grown ...

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Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

Automated Enhanced Due Diligence Using AI

When to use Enhanced Due Diligence Know Your Customer (KYC) screening can take many forms as a process and certainly as a technology solution in the ever expanding industry. At a minimum, companies have a requirement to check and verify an individual's identity by using document verification and/or biometric tools, which may suffice in terms of a ...

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Hugo Chamberlain

Hugo Chamberlain Chief Commercial Officer at smartKYC

Why Showing Your Workings is Essential for Trusted AI and KYC

The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) has been in our collective consciousness for decades, mainly due to far-fetched Hollywood depictions of AI-powered killer Terminators, i-Robots and Replicants. These fictional portrayals, twinned with outspoken views from technology titans like Elon Musk and Professor Stephen Hawking, have led to some ...

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