Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance Solutions

At Equifax, we understand the challenges and complexities you face in meeting your AML/CTF obligations.

To assist, we have designed a number of solutions which integrate seamlessly into your existing workflows and processes, minimising the cost, effort and time to engage new customers and to conduct Ongoing Customer Due Diligence (OCDD).

Market Overview

Since 2007 the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act (2006) (AML/CTF) has mandated obligations on reporting entities which provide a designated service. Designated services are provided by banks, nonbank financial services, remittance (money transfer) services, bullion dealers and gambling businesses.

To meet these obligations, over 14,000 Australian organisations need to conduct enhanced customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, threshold and suspicious matter reporting, record keeping, correspondent banking controls and the implementation of an AML/CTF program. From 1 January 2016 these obligations were tightened to additionally require:

- Identification and verification of individuals and companies using independent, reliable data
- Collection and verification of beneficial ownership and control
- Implementation of PEP & Sanctions Screening for customers and beneficial owners
- Implementation of ongoing risk-based AML management and Customer Due Diligence processes.

Compliance with the AML legislation can be costly; non-compliance can be even more costly.

From September 2016 the legislation was further amended to allow reporting entities to collect information about their customers from providers like Equifax, rather than collecting all information directly from their customers.

How Equifax helps businesses across the AML lifecycle

Whether you're looking to on-board new customers quickly and efficiently, or establish an ongoing Customer Due Diligence program, we have the data, solutions and know-how to help you meet your AML obligations.

We can help you:

Collect

Equifax can help you collect AML information directly from your customers. We provide white labelled customer onboarding web forms as part of our AML and Credit Decisioning offering.

Business Verification and Beneficial Ownership

Confirm a business is valid and registered in Australia against ASIC, ABR and ATO registers. Quickly identify Beneficial Ownership and use our visualisation tool to fast track your interpretation of your customers’ corporate structures. For foreign entities our overseas partner provides information suitable for AML purposes on over 65 million companies in 230 countries.

Identify Individuals

Use Australia’s most comprehensive electronic identity verification service to verify individuals. Layer in the fraud assessment components to get the complete picture of your customer. Our locally hosted Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) check screens against a global database of over 1.3 million entities in 240 countries. For sanctions checks, we screen against
100% of all publically available regulatory global watchlists.

Ongoing Customer Due Diligence

Keeping on top of changes to your customers is simple with automated alerts. Be the first to know of changes to your AML customer base that may impact their risk profile. For annual customer due diligence requirements, utilise our batch service for re-verification of your existing customer base.

Products

GlobalScreening

Our GlobalScreening solution is locally hosted and customisable, allowing you to check watchlists and identify politically exposed persons around the world.

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International Credit Reports

Check the credit history of a company outside of Australia to help you assess business risks.

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IDMatrix

Australia’s most comprehensive electronic verification solution that accurately verifies individuals' identities and detects fraud.

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Commercial Alerts

Get breaking news on customer credit defaults, name changes, loan applications, bankruptcy proceedings and more with Commercial Alerts from Equifax.

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Commercial Entity Validation

Get peace of mind that you are dealing with a legitimate business, and reveal the people behind it with Corporate Entity Validation checks from Equifax.

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Corporate Structure Visualisation

Fast-track your interpretation of corporate structures, identify beneficial owners and search the PPSR with Visualisation.

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Company Beneficial Ownership Identification

Get breaking news on customer credit defaults, name changes, loan applications, bankruptcy proceedings and more with Commercial Alerts from Equifax.

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ZipID

Face-to-face identify verification for lenders, brokers, lawyers and conveyancers that's fast and flexible. Note: ZipID permanently closed 30 June 2023.

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Key Benefits

See how Equifax's AML and due diligence solutions can help your business.

  • On-board your customers quickly

    Reduce the time to get new customers on board with fast electronic AML/CTF compliance verification.

  • Meet AML/CTF Ongoing Customer Due Diligence requirements

    Equifax’s fraud alerts and remediation services warn of customer changes affecting your business and help solve fraud issues, ensuring AML/CTF and OCDD compliance.

  • Automate your AML workflows

    Achieve the maximum amount of efficiency in your AML processes with our workflow and decisioning solutions which provide end-to-end AML compliant processes across the entire customer lifecycle

  • Know who you’re dealing with

    High-level assurance that Equifax’s comprehensive data bureau will give you the full picture on the business or person you’re working with.

  • Get the complete company picture

    Discover the true situation of a company’s beneficial ownership and control simply and easily.

  • Reduce costs

    Decrease manual effort and access multiple, integrated data sources.

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