Humanitarian Groups, Other Nonprofits Still Hobbled by Diminished Banking Services

ACAMS, interview, December 2018

Rightly or wrongly, the perception that charitable organizations pose unmanageable compliance problems persists within the global banking industry despite mounting efforts to keep the vital nonprofit sector plugged-in to the global financial system.

U.S. regulators, global advocacy groups and anti-money laundering professionals have issued statements and launched a number of initiatives in recent years to increase banks’ trust in charities and other nonprofit organizations, and ensure they supply their lenders with better due-diligence data on persons depositing, transferring or receiving funds on their behalf.

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