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KYB Compliance Failures Cost Firms £1.23B in H1 2025
Global KYC/AML penalties hit £1.23 billion in H1 2025, with TD Bank's £3 billion fine highlighting systemic verification failures. Most implementations break on data quality, not collection, as 3% of Kenyan CR12 documents contain mismatched registry data. The core requirement is auditable, coherent evidence retrieval, not just upfront checks.
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The article correctly shifts focus from regulatory theory to engineering reality, but the 3% mismatch statistic may understate the problem in jurisdictions with less digitized registries.
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