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New: Consider making a donation to Politech! Dow Jones releases Know Your Customer, USA Patriot database Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:00:53 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC: Dow Jones releases Know Your Customer, USA Patriot database From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- From: "John Cieciel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Press Room - Press Release 4 December 2001 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:30:19 -0500 <http://www.factiva.com/investigative/releases/pfa092302.asp?node=press4> http://www.factiva.com/investigative/releases/pfa092302.asp?node=press4 J. Cieciel --- http://www.factiva.com/investigative/releases/pfa092302.asp?node=press4 Factiva Press Release Factiva Helps Curb Potential Money Laundering With Factiva Public Figures & Associates Global Index Assists Financial Institutions with "Know Your Customer" Obligations, Government Agencies with Statutory Duties New York (September 23rd, 2002) - Factiva™, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, has today introduced Factiva Public Figures & Associates, a comprehensive guide to government officials, politicians and people of political influence around the world, as well as their associates. Factiva Public Figures & Associates identifies individuals who may require enhanced scrutiny due to their political connections, a major focus of recent anti-money laundering legislation, including the USA Patriot Act, and established benchmarks such as the Customer Due Diligence for Banks from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. It also includes lists of specially designated nationals such as those produced by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control and the European Union. Since its commercial availability in May, subscribers to Factiva Public Figures & Associates include UBS AG and a major German bank. "UBS values Factiva Public Figures & Associates as the leading information source on politically exposed persons and an excellent tool for due diligence duties," says Michael Alkalay, executive director of the UBS Financial Intelligence Unit. "UBS, the largest provider of private banking and wealth management services, calls on the best tools for its Compliance services," continues Alkalay. "We are impressed by Factiva's product, it is very important to our 'know our customer' procedures." "The focus on relatives and close associates is an important product differentiator in this emerging market. No other product offering combines the ability to unravel complex webs of personal and political relationships with Factiva Public Figures & Associates' breadth of data," says Clare Hart, president and CEO of Factiva. "In today's political and economic climate, Factiva is pleased to enhance institutions' ability to manage regulatory risks and best avoid even the appearance of impropriety." Factiva Public Figures & Associates reflects the journalistic integrity and extensive reporting experience of both Dow Jones and Reuters, drawing from the extensive archives of those two global news providers as well as those of the nearly 8,000 multilingual sources available through Factiva's products and a wealth of local language sources available only in print. Unlike other comparable indexes which aggregate third party sources, Factiva researches and cross- references information to create the most thorough and accurate profile of the political network in each country. Factiva Public Figures & Associates highlights a much wider range of power brokers than other international almanacs, offering an initial database of 176,000 people entries. This will grow to more than 280,000 entries by 2003--making it the most accurate, complete and up-to-date information available. In addition, Factiva Public Figures & Associates contains valuable country profiles, enabling users to place an individual public figure within the context of a broader political, economic, and social landscape. "Products such as Factiva Public Figures & Associates are extremely useful options for bankers as they deal with the due diligence challenges facing them under the USA Patriot Act and other money laundering-related laws," notes John J. Byrne, senior counsel & compliance manager, American Bankers Association. Delivered utilizing industry standard XML transmitted via secure link, Factiva Public Figures & Associates may be customized and integrated into a customer's local intranet or content management system. Once delivered and integrated, all searches take place securely behind an institution's firewall. Factiva Public Figures & Associates can also be delivered on CD-ROM. For more information please visit: www.factiva.com/publicfigures. About Factiva Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva offers the only single content solution with multiple language interfaces and multilingual content covering nearly 8,000 sources. Factiva’s products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organizational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function. Factiva's content management and integration services are used by leading organizations around the world. Built on industry standards and open architecture, Factiva products deliver flexible, extensible, customizable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise. Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise and e-learning programs reflect Factiva's innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond the content. Factiva is one of KM World Magazine's "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management" and part of eContent Magazine's "Top 100 content companies to watch". Factiva is also recognized as a winner of the 2002 Software & Information Industry Association's Codie Awards in the Best Online Business, Corporate or Professional Information category. 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