New clients are highly desirable, for all financial institutions. But in this era of increasing Fraud, Money Laundering and Financial Terrorism activities, a new client might end up being a curse rather than a blessing. OPES Software’s Client Onboarding module was designed driven by the goal to apply the financial institution’s due diligence and AML/CFT procedures on every prospective client application, with the objectives of:
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Facilitating the account-application process for the prospect client, via a powerful but easy-to-use web-based application.
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The uploading and review (by the FI’s staff) of all necessary associated documents provided by the client for the account opening application.
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The review by FI staff of all new account requests, as well as their current status.
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The rigorous cross-checking of each client against a variety (at the FI’s discretion) of sanctions databases and other online services, so as to gain a complete profile of the potential client.
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Complete control at the FI management level for the acceptance or rejection of the new account application.
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The integration of all application and verification steps (optional) and associated documents with the FI’s core banking software system (OPES Software’s Unibanx suite or another product).