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TL;DR: <\/strong>Enhanced due diligence requirements are triggered by specific high-risk indicators<\/strong>. For regulated businesses, understanding when and how to apply enhanced due diligence measures is crucial. This guide examines the critical controls required to move from standard to enhanced verification and the benefits of automating enhanced due diligence<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Why is Enhanced Due Diligence Important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Enhanced due diligence measures are important as they support businesses in having a comprehensive understanding of their customers and the risks they pose to the company. As a result, companies can better track and prevent money laundering and other financial crimes. Moreover, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) forms a core aspect of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programs, making it a mandatory process that moves beyond simplified and standard due diligence processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In essence, enhanced due diligence deeply verifies a customer or client’s identity, background information, and source of funds. EDD is driven by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations to effectively combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Following the FATF’s enhanced due diligence requirements, jurisdictions worldwide, such as the European Union’s AML Directives and the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, have followed suit. This will be covered in more depth below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding Enhanced Due Diligence Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Simplified Due Diligence (SDD) is a low-intensity AML check used for customers with low risk, allowing less verification and monitoring. Next, Standard Customer Due Diligence (CDD) forms the norm baseline and focuses on confirming a customer\u2019s identity through basic checks. You can learn more here: What is Customer Due Diligence (CDD)?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, EDD goes much deeper, shifting from “who is this customer” to “why this customer, why this product, etcetera.” Enhanced due diligence measures are implemented when there is a heightened risk of money laundering, terrorist financing, or corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, enhanced due diligence requirements come from a combination of standards and national AML laws, such as those stated previously. Moreover, these requirements are further shaped by sector-specific guidance from regulators, including the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), to address further gaps in AML programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a glance, standard customer due diligence<\/a> versus enhanced due diligence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n