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Vital4 opens office in Malta to better support the European market

Earlier this year, Vital4Data was thrilled to announce that we had expanded our physical presence into Europe, establishing European HQ and RDI centers in Malta. Our software is employed by a variety of organizations for financial crime prevention and detection, which is of use in AML/KYC compliance, pre-employment screening, and third-party risk management. This cutting-edge platform, powered by machine learning, is perfect for Malta’s growing gaming industry.

The gaming industry consistently faces technological disruption and change on a daily basis. The Gaming Act, which went into effect in 2018, transformed how the gaming sector is regulated and equipped operators with the tools they needed to maneuver the current landscape and future developments. Vital4 is pleased to play a role by providing gaming operators in this market with the data they need for building customers’ profiles and performing adequate customer risk assessments.

FIAU warns that Malta gaming operators are failing to collect effective AML data

Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has warned that too many remote gaming operators only collect data that “add no value” for some high-risk players in conducting anti-money laundering (AML) checks.

In an enforcement factsheet covering 2019-2020, gaming was listed as one of the two “main contributors” to the increase in suspicious transaction reports related to money laundering.

A number of investigations into gaming operators found that operators often only gathered details that “add no value” when building a customer’s profile, such as simply stating that the customer is employed.

The most common type of breach was an inadequate customer risk assessment (11.6%) and the second most common breach was a lack of measures to check if a player is a politically exposed person (7.6%).

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As a gaming operator, we understand how important it is for you to perform adequate checks and implement enhanced due diligence when it comes to your customers.

Contact Vital4 today to learn how our global screening solutions can help you build customer profiles that adhere to regulations and mitigate risk.

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