MEDIA RELEASE PR41312
Baker Tilly International Chooses World-Check to Strengthen its International AML
Compliance Procedures
LONDON, Sept 17 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet / -
Baker Tilly International, the world's 8th largest accountancy and
business advisory network, today announced it will make World-Check's "Know
Your Customer" Online Service (KYC) available to its 147 members after a
competitive review of its existing AML compliance provisions.
According to Baker Tilly International Chief Operating Officer and
Technical Director, Paul Ginman, "We believe it is in our members interest
to review constantly their anti-money laundering compliance requirements.
Providing access to World-Check's service across our global network allows
our members to enhance their processes of identification of new clients."
World-Check research has been trusted by compliance teams from around the
world for the last decade. With 49 of the world's top 50 banks, 9 of the
top 10 accounting firms and 25 of the world's top 100 companies already
using its products and services, World-Check continues to experience growing
demand from a broad range of sectors including real estate, extraction,
pharmaceuticals and aviation, as well as financial services. Presently, over
30,000 compliance and legal professionals across more than 160 countries
depend on World-Check.
"Baker Tilly International members operate in a highly regulated
environment with an international footprint, and are ahead of the curve in
recognising the importance of client screening. We are delighted that they
recognise the value in extending their use of the World-Check online service,
" said Daniel Peak, CEO of World-Check.
"World-Check products and services enable thousands of companies across
all sectors to avoid unwittingly becoming accessories to illegal activity. We
are proud that so many world-class organisations rely on us to help them
identify the nature and identity of their clients."
About World-Check
Trusted by more than 4,500 institutions in over 160 countries, including
49 of the world's top 50 banks, World-Check offers an end-to-end solution
for assessing, managing and remediating financial, regulatory and
reputational risks. World-Check's global database of Politically Exposed
Persons (PEPs) and heightened risk individuals and entities, due diligence
reports, passport verification and country risk assessment tools provide the
means to address the full spectrum of risk across all markets and industries.
Represented across five continents, World-Check's international
research team monitors emerging risks in more than 50 languages, covering
over 240 countries and territories worldwide.
About Baker Tilly International
Baker Tilly International is the 8th largest accountancy and business
advisory network in the world by combined fee income of its independent
members. Its members specialise in providing accountancy and business
services to entrepreneurial, growing businesses worldwide.
For more information contact:
Clare Warren
Tel: +44-207-647-8500
Fax: +44-07540-875141
cwarren@world-check.com
SOURCE: World-Check
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