14/4/2009 ·

Ideal for the measurement of flow, density and temperature of liquids and slurries, such as aggressive or contaminated, sanitary or particle-filled fluids.
Features:
- Flow ranges from 60 to
60K Kg/Hr (2.2 to 1650 lb/min) - Accuracy up to 0.25% of reading
- Materials: flow tubes -
316 L, splitter flanges -
316 Ti, housing - cast iron - Process temperature
-40°F to 356°F - Ambient temperature
-40°F to 140°F - Wide flow ranges
ACCURATE AND RELIABLE
This meter has the ability to
maintain high accuracy,
despite changing viscosity conditions, with accuracy of +0.25% of reading.
EASY CLEANING
The ACM series has smooth stainless steel tubes and no moving parts, and is therefore very easy to flush and clean.
MULTI-TASKING
The ACM series of mass coriolis flow meters measure flow, density and temperature.
MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY
Because of the meter's 316 stainless steel flow tubes, the ACM series can measure a wide range of materials.
VARIETY OF ELECTRONICS
Electronics available for the ACM series include a local, hazardous rated display and a remote, panel-mount digital display.
9/4/2009 ·
Automated scheduling of Avaloq Banking System (ABS) and enterprise systems with UC4 Workload Automation Suite
VIENNA, February 3, 2009 – UC4 Software, a leading global provider of workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization solutions, today announced the certification of UC4 Workload Automation Suite for use with the Avaloq Banking System (ABS) version 2.6. The companies have also signed a partnership agreement that will enhance Avaloq to refer customers requiring a complementary scheduling and automation solution to UC4 Software.
“The certification of the UC4 adapter enables organisations to utilise a complementary technology that has been successfully tested and validated against our Model Bank environment,” said Adrian Bult, COO, Avaloq Evolution AG. “Joint customers will be able to increase the return on their existing technology investments leveraging a solution that interfaces directly with the Avaloq Banking System.”
Avaloq solutions are changing the IT landscapes within private and retail banks in Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Singapore, Hong Kong and other markets. With UC4 Workload Automation Suite enterprises remove manual intervention, reduce latency and mitigate risk from their end-to-end business processes. The UC4 Business Integration for Avaloq communicates directly with ABS through application interfaces, allowing customers to extend the automated scheduling of their core banking systems and integrate with external applications.
UC4 Workload Automation Suite can manage back-end processing for ABS and all other surrounding systems that many finance institutes rely on. Avaloq users receive regular software updates which support banks in remaining compliant with industry regulations. When utilizing additional tools it is important that Avaloq users work with solutions that are compatible and certified for use with Avaloq. This reduces maintenance and support issues and allows joint customers to benefit from the enterprise wide visibility and control provided by UC4.
“It gives UC4 great pleasure to extend its relationship with Avaloq,” said Cesare Capobianco, chief executive officer, UC4 Software. “We have benefited from an excellent working partnership working towards receiving this certification. It has allowed us to develop an interface that is compliant with Avaloq’s technical specifications, which also delivers measurable business value to our joint customers.”
About Avaloq
The Avaloq Group, with branches in Luxembourg and Singapore, is the Swiss market leader in the field of standard banking software. For over a decade, the Swiss company has been developing and marketing the Avaloq Banking System. It is trusted by leading financial service providers in private, retail and universal banking in international financial centres around the globe. A network of specialists with first-class partners in the areas of implementation, software, service and technology enables Avaloq to offer its clients a comprehensive all-in-one solution – a modular, innovative and integrated standard software for the financial sector. Avaloq is owned by its management and employees.
About UC4 Software
UC4 Software is a leading global provider of workload automation, job scheduling and IT process optimization solutions that ensure core business processes and enterprise information systems run faster, more accurately and without interruption. More than 1,600 companies worldwide have successfully enhanced application processing performance and improved IT efficiency using UC4’s business acceleration solutions. Customers include American Suzuki Motor Corporation, Cadbury, eBay, Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Mattel, McGraw Hill, Panasonic, Robert Bosch, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, T-Systems and Verizon
8/4/2009 ·
Abdestbozan Otu: Gülgillerden, siyah ve yeşil boya çıkartılan bitkidir. Rutubetli yerlerde yetişir. Boyu 70 santimetreye ulaşır. Mide rahatsızlıklarında kullanılır.
-Acı Ağaç: Sedefotugillerden, 2-3 metre boyundaki bitkinin, ince kabuklarının üzerinde sarı benekler bulunur, çiçekleri kırmızıdır. Sıcak ülkelerde yetişir. Mide, bağırsak, karaciğer ve böbreklerin çalışmasını düzenlemede yardımcıdır.
-Adam Otu: Mavimsi-mor renkli çiçekler açan, rozet yapraklı ve kazık köklü çok yıllık otsu bir bitkidir. Kökleri insana benzediği için, bu isim verilmiştir. Ağrı kesici ve yatıştırıcı etkileri bulunur.
-Ayı Üzümü: Fundagillerden, küçük taneler halinde kırmızı renkli yemişleri bulunan ve tüylü bitki, 1-3 metre yüksekliğindedir. Çiçekleri pembe salkımlar halindeki Ayı Üzümünün, ishal kesici, idrar yollarını temizleyici etkileri vardır.
-Baldırı Kara: Eğreltiotugillerden, nemli yerlerde yetişen bitkinin yaprakları at yelesini andırır. Grip ve soğuk algınlığında rahatlatıcı etki yaratır.
-Binbirdelik Otu: Çalılık ve fundalıklar arasında yetişen, uzun ömürlü, otsu bir bitkidir. 30-80 santimetre boyunda, gövdesi dört köşeli bitkinin, yaprakları sapsız, çiçekleri parlak sarı renktedir. İdrar ve balgam söktürdüğü, iştah açtığı bilinir.
-Bit Otu: 1-1.5 metre boyunda, tüylü bir meyvesi olan ve Mayıs-Haziran aylarında mavi-mor çiçekler açan bir bitkidir. Çok zehirli olduğundan dahilen kullanımı bugün terk edilmiştir. Önceleri tetanos, kuduz, sara gibi hastalıklarda yatıştırıcı olarak kullanılıyordu. Bugün bit, kene gibi vücut parazitlerini öldürmede kullanılır.
-Çavdar Mahmuzu: Buğdaygillere ve özellikle çavdarların üzerinde asalak olarak yaşayan bir mantardır. Bitkiden kanamaları dindirmede yararlanılır.
-Çoban Çantası: 30-40 santimetre boyunda, Mart ve Ekim ayları arasında beyaz çiçekleri olan otsu bir bitkidir. İdrar artırıcı, damarları daraltarak kanama dindirici ve kabız yapıcı etkisi bulunur.
-Danabağırtan: Kışın yapraklarını dökmeyen, 50 santimetre boyunda, Mart-Eylül aylarında yeşilimsi beyaz çiçekler açan bir ottur. Bazı hayvan hastalıklarında, hayvanın derisi altına yerleştirilerek kullanılır.
-Darifülfül: 4-6 santimetre koni biçiminde, açık esmer renkli, yakıcı ve keskin lezzetli olan meyveleri taze veya kurutulmuş halde baharat veya ilaç olarak kullanılır.
-Deniz Kadayıfı: Yosuna benzer bir bitkidir. Denizlerde yetişen bitki, Atlantik Okyanusu sahillerinde bulunur.
-Dövülmüş Avrat Otu : Bahar aylarında yeşilimsi çiçekler açan, kırmızı meyvelere sahip bir bitkidir. Kök ve gövdesi taze olarak veya yıkanıp kurutulduktan sonra toz haline getirilerek kullanılır. Kurutulmuş bitki müshil, kusturucu ve idrar söktürücü olarak bilinir. Taze bitkinin kullanımı tehlikelidir.
-Dul Avrat Otu: 1 metre boyunda, yaz aylarında kırmızımsı çiçekler açan, büyük yapraklı bir bitkidir. Yapraklarından yapılan ilaçlar, romatizma ve nikris ağrılarını gidermede ve mide iltihaplarını iyileştirmede yardımcı olur.
-Ebu Cehil Karpuzu: Bitki, kabakgillerdendir. Elma iriliğinde meyvesi bulunur. Zehirlidir ve 2 gramdan fazlası öldürebilir. Romatizma ağrılarını dindirir, kaşıntıları giderir.
-Eşek Hıyarı: Haziran - Ağustos aylarında sarı renkli çiçekler açan, yol kenarlarında rastlanan bir bitkidir. Meyve ve köklerinden faydalanılır. Taze yapraklar basit yaralanmalarda kanamayı dindirir.
-Farekulağı: Çuhaçiçeğigillerden, tohumları kuşyemi olarak kullanılan bitkilerin cins ismidir. Güzel kokan çiçekli bitki, beyazımtırak erguvan rengindedir.
-Geyikdili: 20-30 santimetre boylarında, otsu bir bitkidir. Çiçeksizdir. Kökleriyle yapraklarının idrar söktürücü, hafif ishal giderici ve yara iyileştirici etkileri vardır.
-Güzelavrat Otu: Patlıcangillerden, kireçli topraklarda yetişen bitki, 180 santimetre boyundadır ve birkaç sene yaşayabilir. Meyveleri yuvarlak ve siyahtır. İçeriğindeki atropin zehirlidir. Kalbi yavaşlatan, tansiyonu yükselten etkisi vardır.
-Havacıva Otu: 20-30 santimetre boyunda, Mayıs-Temmuz aylarında mavi çiçekler açan, kumlu topraklarda yetişen otsu bir bitkidir. Kökünde taşıdığı kırmızı boya maddesi, boyamada kullanılır.
-Hüsnü Yusuf: 60 santimetre boyunda kırmızı çiçekli bir bitkidir. Çiçekleri toplanıp kurutularak, kullanılacağı zaman suyla kaynatılarak içilir. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu döneminde hanımlar bu bitkiden hazırlanan merhemleri renk vermesi için ciltlerine, özellikle yüzlerinde kullanırdı.
-Kadın Tuzluğu: 2 metre boyunda, Mayıs-Haziran ayları arasında parlak sarı renkli, güzel kokulu çiçekler açan dikenli bir çalıdır. Kırmızı renkli meyveleri vardır. Olgun meyveleri ve kurutulmuş kökü kullanılır. Meyveler hoşaf ve reçel yapımında da tüketilir. Ateş düşürücü, arpacıklarda ise pansuman yapıcı olarak kullanılır.
-Kısa Mahmut: 10-50 santimetre boyunda, yaz aylarında türüne göre değişik renkli çiçekler açan bir bitkidir. Acı lezzetiyle mideyi uyararak, iştah açar.
-Köpek Dili: 20-90 santimetre uzunluğunda, ilkbahar sonunda kırmızı çiçekler açan bir ottur. Mikrop öldürücü özelliğiyle basit yaralar üzerine taze yapraklarıyla kompres yapılır.
-Kuzukulağı: Haziran-Eylül aylarında küçük çiçekler açan, ortalama 50 santimetre yüksekliğinde bir bitkidir. Kurutulmuş kökleri ve yaprakları ilaç olarak, taze bitki ise salata malzemesi olarak tüketilir. Eski Mısır’dan beri yemek malzemesidir.
-Loğusa Otu: Mayıs-Eylül aylarında, türüne göre değişik renkli çiçekler açan otsu bir bitkidir. Yaprakları genellikle kalp şeklindedir. Loğusa Otu’nun kurutulmuş kökleri toz haline getirildikten sonra, suda kaynatıp bal, pekmez veya şekerle tatlandırılarak ya da doğrudan bala konup macun haline getirilerek alınabilir.
-Oğulotu: Haziran-Eylül aylarında çiçek açan, limon kokulu 60-70 santimetrelik otsu bir bitkidir. Çiçekleri beyaz veya sarımsıdır. Limona benzer kokusu ve lezzeti ile hazmı kolaylaştırıcıdır. Ayrıca uykusuzluk için yatmadan önce banyo suyuna 2 yemek kaşığı oğulotu yağı eklenerek yıkanmak faydalıdır.
-Öküzgözü : Bileşikgillerden, çayır ve ormanlarda yetişen ve papatyayı andıran bir bitkidir.
-Pelesenk Odunu: 10-15 metre boyunda, oval yapraklı bir ağaçtır. Pelesenk odunu mobilyacılıkta oldukça değerlidir. Pelesenk reçinesi ağrı kesici ve ateş düşürücü etki gösterir.
-Peygamber Ağacı: 15 metreye kadar yükselebilen bu ağaçlar, mavi çiçeklidir. Terletici ve uyarıcı olması nedeniyle soğuk algınlığında kullanılır.
-Sarısabır: Yaprakları dikenli bir ağaçtır. Kozmetik olarak da kullanılabilen Güneş yanığı ve egzamada iyileştirici etkisi bulunur.
-Sinirliot: 20-30 santimetre yüksekliğinde, sulak yerleri seven ve Mayıs-Ekim aylarında türüne göre değişik renkli çiçekler açan otsu bitkidir. Taze yaprakları kanamaları durdurmada kullanılır.
-Şeytanotu: 3 metreye kadar yükselebilen, büyük ve parçalı yapraklı, sarı çiçekleri olan otsu bir bitkidir. İran, Hindistan gibi ülkelerde baharat olarak bilinen bitki, iştah açıcı, hazmı kolaylaştırıcı ve sindirim sistemi gazlarını gidericidir.
-Tavşan Memesi: Maki ormanlarında bulunan, kışın yapraklarını dökmeyen, 1 metre boyunda, nohut kadar kırmızı renkli meyveli ve çiçekler açan bir ağaççıktır. Acı lezzetiyle iştah açıcı, ayrıca idrar söktürücü ve ateş düşürücüdür.
-Unutmabeni Çiçeği: Ballı baba familyasından, küçük yapraklı bir kır bitkisidir. Buna Aşkotu ve Güveyotu da denilir. İlkbaharda dallarının ucunda demetler halinde küçük pembe çiçekler açar. Dal uçları ve çiçek demetlerinin damıtılması ile elde edilen yağ, kozmetik sanayide yaygın olarak kullanılır. Çiçekleri ise sinirlilik hali, yarım baş ağrısı ve adet düzensizliklerinin tedavisinde yardımcıdır.
-Venüssaçı: Rutubetli ve serin yerlerde, dere kenarlarında yetişen ve 20-40 santimetre yüksekliğinde otsu bir bitkidir. Öksürük kesici, balgam söktürücü ve göğsü yumuşatıcı özellikleri bulunur.
-Yahudi Otu: 30-50 santimetre boyunda, yaz sonunda sonbahar mevsimine uzanan altın sarısı renkli çiçekli papatya ailesine ait bir bitkidir. İdrar söktürücüdür.
-Yılan Yastığı: Baharda kötü kokulu, çok açık yeşil çiçekler açan, gölgeli ve serin yerleri seven, sonbaharda mısır koçanı gibi turuncu-kırmızı meyveler veren bir bitkidir. Taze yaprak ve kökler sivilcelerdeki cerahati toplamak için ve basit yaralarda pansuman yapıcı olarak kullanılır. Taze bitkiyi yemek, bulantı, kusma, ishal ve kalpte ritm bozukluklarıyla ölüme yol açan zehirlenmelere neden olabilir.
-Yılancık: 15-80 santimetre boyunda, tüm yaprakları sık ve sert tüylü, koyu mor çiçekli bir bitkidir. Mikrop öldürücü etkisi nedeniyle yaralara sürülür.
http://www.mailce.com/isimlerine-aldirmayin-hepside-birbirinden-sifali-bitkiler.html
8/4/2009 ·
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A new robotic suit could transform the lives of paralyzed people, giving them the ability to walk again.
The invention, known as ReWalk, acts like a kind of exoskeleton. It consists of lightweight, motorized leg supports and an assortment of intricate motion sensors.
Users wear a backpack that holds a computerized control box which helps the medical device recognize when a step needs to be taken.
"Standing changes my whole environment. I don't have to look from the bottom up. Now I am eye to eye with everybody," Radi Kaiof, who has used the device, told CNN.
Kaiof, a former Israeli soldier, was paralyzed from the waist down 20 years ago. He doesn't have feeling in his legs but is still able to move with the use of the robotic suit
With the assistance of crutches, which offer balance and support, people paralyzed from the waist down can walk, bend, sit and even climb stairs when they wear the suit.
The futuristic invention offers an alternative to using a wheelchair for those who have functioning upper bodies and are capable of standing with the use of supports.
It is the creation of Dr. Amit Goffer, an engineer and founder of Haifa, Israel-based high-tech firm Argo Medical Technologies. Goffer was inspired to create the device more than a decade ago after he became disabled in an accident.
The medical technology that could help paraplegics do what was once considered impossible isn't available for purchase yet. The device wasn't ready for testing until late 2007 and currently is in clinical trials in Tel Aviv.
More trials are planned for the United States and Europe, and if the product receives the necessary approvals, it could hit the market in 2010.
The price of the device hasn't been set yet, but is expected to be comparable with the typical average yearly expense of using a wheelchair.
The robotic suit improves the quality of life of people paralyzed from the waist down, according to Goffer, who wanted to give paraplegics an alternative to using a wheelchair. It also benefits their overall health since it keeps their bodies active all day long, he says.
But when it comes down to it, the invention is all about helping people regain respect. Dignity is "the No. 1 problem" for people who use wheelchairs, says Goffer.
For Kaiof, the former soldier, the robotic suit has changed his life. Before he tried it on, his daughter had never seen him stand before.
When he stood before her for the first time, she couldn't believe just how tall he was, he recounted to CNN.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/09/robotic.suit/index.html
8/4/2009 ·
Luxury Villas
Nominee for "Best Villa in Mexico," 2007 World Travel Awards
Treat yourself to all the amenities of a six-star resort, but with the expansive space and privacy of this stunning oceanfront home. Perched high on a cliff overlooking Land’s End, where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean, Villa Peñasco offers the ultimate in natural beauty and first-class luxury.
On the spacious main terrace, take in the magnificent ocean view from the jacuzzi or infinity pool as you listen to the soothing sounds of its waterfall. The terrace also features a palapa shade structure complete with an elegant bar, refrigerator, and barbecue, all perfect for outdoor entertaining.
Inside, the villa offers a state-of-the-art gourmet kitchen. The scenic dining room seats 16, and fully opens to the main terrace. After dinner, relax around the large stone fireplace in the living room. When day is done, choose from five beautiful bedrooms. Each has a full marble bath, private terrace, TV, refrigerator, safe, and fabulous view.
Fortlands Point is a fabulous villa strategically located at the lookout point where Discovery Bay meets the Caribbean Sea. Two old canons still remain on the shore of this property providing testimony to the role the land of this wonderful property once played in the defense of Jamaica. The views from its peninsula are stunning of both Discovery Bay on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other.The villa boasts seven air-conditioned bedrooms with seven en suite bathrooms, three private beaches, 270-degree ocean views, a squash court, weight room, TV room and many other amenities. The villa can accommodate up to 14 guests with a maximum of 10 adults since two of the bedrooms are only suitable for young children (trundle beds).Entrance to the villa is into a small courtyard with a pond leading to the front door. A reception/sitting area leads though to the pool deck or left to the formal dining room that seats twelve on its 100-year-old 12' mahogany heirloom table. A covered outdoor dining area adjoins the dining room as well providing charming seaside dining.The interiors are Colonial style and feature cut stone, mahogany pieces and an abundance of teak and other tropical woods as well as Italian tile and Persian rugs which complement the dramatic architecture.Textures of teak, cedar, Italian tile and Persian rugs complement the dramatic architecture. With families in mind, seven bedrooms (including two specifically for children) have been thoughtfully designed on individual split-levels. The comfortable verandah is complete with black granite bar, icemaker and television. Sunset cocktail hours here drift into leisurely long dinners under the stars on any of five open-air dining areas. Inside is the formal dining room with 100-year-old 12' mahogany heirloom table. As a special treat, the staff will serve dinner on the very point itself, followed by a seaside bonfire if you wish ~ evenings to treasure and remember.A large, comfortably furnished verandah offers a black granite bar, icemaker and TV and is a popular gathering place for guests to savor sunset cocktails.Built on four levels (one of which is an attic level), the villa offers the living room, verandah, bar with TV, outside dining areas, inside formal dining room and kitchen on the main level. All of these rooms open to the wide stone terrace, infinity style private swimming pool and hot tub. A few steps lead down to the lawn and then to the main beach on the bay beyond. Just across the lawn, steps lead down to two more private beaches on the sea.Another level features a bedroom with a custom designed mahogany king-sized bed plus a day bed. French doors lead to a furnished terrace and the lawn. This bedroom has a TV, ocean view and en-suite bathroom complete with a tub/shower combination and bidet. This bedroom is, also, wheelchair accessible via a ramped entrance and wide doorways.Another level features three additional bedrooms. One of the ocean view bedrooms features a king sized bed plus a daybed, en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination and bidet and French doors open to a furnished balcony. Another bedroom offers ocean views, a queen sized 4-poster bed and en-suite bathroom with a tub/shower combination. Additionally on this level, there is a children's room with twin beds and en-suite bathroom with tub/shower combination.On yet another level there is the Captain's Room which offers a king sized 4 poster bed, TV, spacious en-suite bathroom complete with a double vanity, bidet and large walk in shower with two showerheads and three water jet body massagers. Additionally, the family room is located on this level and it offers ocean views, a comfortable sitting area, TV with surround-sound and balcony.On the top level there is a spacious loft bedroom under high peaked ceilings. This bedroom features a king sized bed, TV, spacious bathroom with large walk in shower with two shower heads and three water jet body massagers and a bidet. The room provides sea views from the bedroom area, bathroom and shower. Additionally, on this top level there is another children's loft bedroom with twin beds and en-suite bathroom with shower.All of the bedrooms feature remote control air-conditioners and ceiling fans. Additionally, all of the bathrooms in the villa are fitted with stainless steel Kohler fixtures.Please, also, note that the homeowner requests that guests do not smoke in the bedrooms.Other amenities include DSS TV system, sound system with music channels and a Norstar telephone system with intercoms to the bedrooms, kitchen and staff quarters.Outside, the pool deck provides ample seating beside the pool with a 'disappearing edge' and a Jacuzzi that tumbles into the pool.Additional recreational amenities include an indoor, championship, glass backed squash court and a mirrored fitness room that includes a universal weight machine and elliptical cycle.Fortlands Point is a wonderful family home and offers guests the use of two complementary port-a-cribs, one high chair and children's games. The DSS TV system includes Disney and other children's programs.Please note that the home has two German Shepherd dogs on the property that love children.Fortlands Point is an exceptional villa in an exceptional setting.
8/4/2009 ·
Add Scanning Capabilites to Your Huntron Tracker Model 30 System
Adding a Huntron® Scanner to your Tracker Model 30 system lets you access components using standard DIP clips and cables, custom cables to PCB connectors or interface to a bed-of-nails.
You can compare one component with another in real-time (64 pins max.) or use your PC to automate testing and scan up to 128 pins.
Huntron Scanners can be used with a Huntron Access Prober to provide Common line connections while the Prober is probing a PCB. This method gives you up to 128 selectable Commons to use. For example, you can connect the Scanner to a connector on a PCB mounted in the Prober using a common ribbon style cable. While the Prober is probing, any one of the lines on the connected ribbon cable can be selected as the Common reference. This would provide you true point-to-point testing capabilities.
Note: The ProTrack Scanner will be replaced by the Scanner II and/or the Scanner 31S effective 1/1/2008. This applies to commercial sales only.
Scanner II and Scaner 31S users may want to consider these Optional Accessories to enhance their test capabilities.
Highlights:
· The Scanner II and Scanner 31S accessories add scanning capability to the Tracker Model 30
· All Scanners have a minimum 64 pin capability
· The Scanner II can scan up to 128 pins when the A and B channels are combined
· The Scanner 31S use standard IDC style connectors
· The Scanner II uses the common SCSI-2 (68 pin) style connectors
· Up to 8 Scanner IIs can be “daisy-chained” to increase the available number of test pins
Selecting Accessories for your Scanner II
The Scanner II accessories for interfacing to your printed circuit board come "ala carte". This means that you select the accessories you want included with your Scanner. Choose from SMT or through-hole style DIP clip and cable kits (Scanner Adapter required with Scanner II) or a mutli-pin breakout cable. Details on these accessories are provided on this page.
6/4/2009 ·
Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance regulation has proved to be one of the biggest operational challenges banks, accountants, lawyers and similar financial service providers worldwide have had to overcome.
World-Check, the industry standard KYC compliance solution, provides an overview of KYC compliance and its origins, and outlines the compliance mandate as applicable to banks, accounting firms, lawyers and other regulated financial service providers – not just in the UK, Europe and the USA, but all around the world. Relied upon by more than 3,000 institutions worldwide, this KYC database solution provides effective legal and reputational risk reduction.
Why “Know Your Customer?”
The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre revealed that there were sinister forces at work around the world, and that terrorists activities were being funded with laundered money, the proceeds of illicit activities such as narcotics and human trafficking, fraud and organised crime. Overnight, the combating of terrorist financing became a priority on the international agenda.
For the financial services provider of the 21st century, “knowing your customers” was no longer a suggested course of action. Based on the requirements of legislative landmarks such as the USA PATRIOT Act 2002, modern Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance mandates were created to simultaneously combat money laundering and the funding of terrorist activities.
What is Know Your Customer (KYC)?
Know Your Customer, or KYC, refers to the regulatory compliance mandate imposed on financial service providers to implement a Customer Identification Programme and perform due diligence checks before doing business with a person or entity.
KYC fulfils a risk mitigation function, and one its key requirements is checking that a prospective customer is not listed on any government lists for wanted money launders, known fraudsters or terrorists.
If preliminary KYC checks reveal that the person is a Politically Exposed Person (PEP), for example, Advanced Due Diligence must be done in order to ensure that the person’s source of wealth is transparent, and that he or she does not pose a reputational or financial risk in terms of their finances, public positions or associations. Beyond customer identification checks, the ongoing monitoring of transfers and financial transactions against a range of risk variables forms an integral part of the KYC compliance mandate.
But to understand the importance of KYC compliance for financial service providers better, its origins need to be examined.
Origins of Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance
The arrival of the new millennium was marred by a spate of terrorist attacks and corporate scandals that unmasked the darker features of globalisation. These events highlighted the role of money laundering in cross-border crime and terrorism, and underlined the need to clamp down on the exploitation of financial systems worldwide.
Know Your Customer (KYC) legislation was principally not absent prior to 9/11. Regulated financial service providers for a long time have been required to conduct due diligence and customer identification checks in order to mitigate their own operation risks, and to ensure a consistent and acceptable level of service.
In essence, the USA PATRIOT Act was not so much a radical departure from prior legislation as it was a firmer and more extensive articulation of existing laws. The Act would lead to the more rigorous regulation of a greater range of financial services providers, and expanded the authority of American law enforcement agencies in the fighting of terrorism, both in the USA and abroad.
In October 2001, President George W. Bush signed off the USA PATRIOT Act, effectively providing federal regulators with a new range of tools and powers for fighting terror financing and money laundering. During July 2002, the US Treasury proceeded to introduce Section 326 of the PATRIOT Act, a clause that removed some key burdens for regulators and added significant enforcement muscle to the Act.
What 9/11 changed, in essence, was the extent to which existing legislation was being implemented. Using the provisions of the earlier anti-terrorism USA Act as a foundation, it included the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act, which allowed for federal jurisdiction over foreign money launders and money laundered through foreign banks. Significantly, it is this anti-terror law that would make the creation of an Anti Money Laundering (AML) programme compulsory for all financial institutions and service providers.
Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act dealt specifically with the identification of new customers (“CIP regulation”), and made extensive provisions in terms of KYC and the methods employed to verify client identities.
In accordance with this piece of updated KYC legislation, federal regulators would hold financial institutions accountable for the effectiveness of their initial customer identification and ongoing KYC screening. Institutions are required to keep detailed records of the steps that were taken to verify prospective clients’ identities.
Although current KYC legislation does not yet demand the exclusion of specific types of foreign-issued identification, it recommends the usage of machine-verifiable identity documents. The ability to notify financial institutions if concerns regarding specific types of identification were to arise, combined with a risk-based approach to KYC, proved to provide a robust mechanism for addressing security concerns.
Effectively, the risk-based approach to customer due diligence grants regulated institutions a certain degree of flexibility to determine the forms of identification they will accept, and under which conditions.
KYC compliance: Implications for banks, lawyers and accounting firms
The KYC compliance mandate, for all its positive outcomes, has burdened companies and organisations with a substantial administrative obligation. Additionally, KYC compliance increasingly entails the creation of auditable proof of due diligence activities, in addition to the need for customer identification.
With the ever-increasing emphasis on being able to demonstrate adequate anti money laundering procedures and prevention techniques, plus the draconian penalties for those failing to maintain suitable evidence of such activity, no financial institution can afford to be without an automated system such as MLTrac.
MLTrac is part of our portfolio of banking software and is dedicated to identifying, tracking and regulating potentially suspicious or illegal activities in respect of money laundering and/or the proceeds of crime.
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MLTrac enables financial institutions to improve their internal disciplines,supplement their policies and procedures, and make a clear statement to the authorities about their commitment to effective anti money laundering controls.
MLTrac's functionality is based upon a combination of our experience, together with contributions from our customer base and the relevant international financial authorities. Regular updates also take account of any future changes in market requirements and legislation.
Functions:
KYC Document Management - The definition, scanning, management and tracking of customer documentation, and reporting of any deviations.
KYC Account Monitoring -The tracking of movements over account(s) looking for deviations outside of a pre-determined profile.
Manual Watch List Checking. Enter a name and the system will check to see if the name, or like sounding names, appear on any of the watch lists (e.g. OFAC, Bank of England and others) that the system monitors
Message Monitoring. MLTrac can be configured to check all inbound and outbound messages, irrespective of format, to see whether any field (normally the Ordering Customer and Beneficiary) appears on one of the supported checklists. The bank has control over the granularity of the name checking so as not to create too many false alerts. Messages that fail Watch List Checking are put to a quarantine queue for manual intervention. Full Audit Trails of all checks and actions taken is maintained by the system.
Cash Remittances. For the many institutions that originate from a country with a large overseas population the problems associated with accepting cash for remittance back home when taken against the potential ramifications of anti money laundering legislation means that the business is very risky and, often, not worth doing. The Cash Remittances module does away with this fear. Information concerning the remitter is maintained as part of the KYC Documentation Management module and is displayed and made available to the teller at the point of capturing data. A full record off all remitters and beneficiaries is maintained. Limits can be placed upon the individual remitter and upon the ultimate beneficiary (irrespective of source). The resulting SQL database can be interrogated for unusual payment patterns.
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