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Definitions of 891 terms used in risk, compliance, financial crime and governance, from A to Z.
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Compliance and Regulation 125 terms
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Financial Crime 271 terms
- AML/CFT Framework and Standards
- Bribery and Corruption
- Customer Due Diligence and Correspondent Banking
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Governance 92 terms
All 5 subdomains in Governance -
Legal, Tax and Reporting 76 terms
- Corporate Secretarial and Company Law
- Dispute and Investigation Management
- Financial Reporting and Audit
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Risk Management 148 terms
- Business Continuity and Resilience
- Controls and Risk Treatment
- Financial Risk (Credit, Market, Liquidity)
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Sustainability and ESG 82 terms
- Climate Risk
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholders
- ESG Frameworks, Standards and Disclosure
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Technology, Cyber and Data 97 terms
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Terms beginning with A 49 terms
- Abuse of Dominance
- Account Takeover (ATO)
- Accountability
- Active Bribery (Supply-Side Bribery)
- Adequacy Decision
- Adequate Procedures Defence
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Terms beginning with B 43 terms
- Backtesting
- Bank Run
- Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)
- Basel Accords
- Basel III
- Basel Operational Risk Event Types
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Terms beginning with C 142 terms
- Call for Action Jurisdictions (FATF Black List)
- Capital Adequacy
- Capital Conservation Buffer
- Carbon Footprint
- Carbon Intensity
- Carbon Neutrality
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Terms beginning with D 51 terms
- Dark Patterns
- Data Anonymisation
- Data Breach
- Data Breach Notification
- Data Classification
- Data Controller and Data Processor
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Terms beginning with E 44 terms
- Earnings Management
- Economic Capital
- Egmont Group
- Electronic Discovery (e-Discovery)
- Electronic Identity Verification (eIDV)
- Embargo
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Terms beginning with F 49 terms
- Facilitation Payment
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Failure to Prevent Offence
- Fair Lending
- Fair Value Measurement
- Fairness (AI)
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Terms beginning with G 23 terms
- Gatekeepers
- Gender Pay Gap
- General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- General Licence
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
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Terms beginning with H 14 terms
- Hawala
- Hazard
- Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)
- Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP)
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Health and Safety Risk Assessment
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Terms beginning with I 64 terms
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Identity Theft
- Illicit Financial Flows (IFF)
- ILO Core Labour Standards
- Impact Investing
- Impact Tolerance
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Terms beginning with J 2 terms
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Terms beginning with K 10 terms
- Key Audit Matters (KAM)
- Key Control Indicators (KCIs)
- Key Person Dependency
- Key Risk Indicators (KRIs)
- Kickbacks
- Kleptocracy
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Terms beginning with L 20 terms
- Layered Ownership
- Layering
- Legal Basis for Processing
- Legal Counsel
- Legal Hold
- Legal Persons and Legal Arrangements
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Terms beginning with M 41 terms
- Maker-Checker Principle
- Management Action Plan
- Management Override of Controls
- Management Representation Letter
- Mandatory Disclosure Rules (MDR)
- Maritime Sanctions Evasion
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Terms beginning with N 20 terms
- Name Matching (Fuzzy Matching)
- Name Screening
- National Risk Assessment (NRA)
- Near Miss Reporting
- Nested Accounts
- Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)
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Terms beginning with O 15 terms
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
- OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
- Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements
- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
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Terms beginning with P 65 terms
- Paris Agreement
- Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
- Passive Bribery (Demand-Side Bribery)
- Payable-Through Account (PTA)
- Payment Card Fraud
- PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)
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Terms beginning with Q 2 terms
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Terms beginning with R 74 terms
- Ransomware
- Reasonable Grounds to Suspect
- Records Management
- Records of Processing Activities (ROPA)
- Records Retention
- Recovery and Resolution Planning
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Terms beginning with S 82 terms
- Safe Harbour
- Sanctions
- Sanctions Compliance
- Sanctions Compliance Officer
- Sanctions Deconfliction
- Sanctions Evasion
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Terms beginning with T 45 terms
- Tabletop Exercise
- Tail Risk
- Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS)
- Targeted Sanctions (Smart Sanctions)
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
- Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
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Terms beginning with U 8 terms
- U.S. Person
- UN Global Compact (UNGC)
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)
- Uncertain Tax Positions (UTP)
- Unexpected Loss (UL)
- Unfair Commercial Practices
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Terms beginning with V 8 terms
- Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Value at Risk (VaR)
- Vendor Due Diligence
- Vertical Restraints
- Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)
- Virtual Assets
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Terms beginning with W 19 terms
- Wage and Hour Compliance
- Wall-Crossing
- Wash Trading
- Watchlist (Blacklist)
- Whistleblower Mechanism
- Whistleblower Policy
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Terms beginning with X 1 term