Category: Terms

  • Day 212: Red Flag

    Day 212: Red Flag

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 212 🚩 Red Flags in Financial Crime: The Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore   Imagine your fire alarm starts beeping—you wouldn’t just remove the batteries and go back to sleep. In financial crime, red flags are like that alarm: they warn us something’s wrong. But criminals count on people ignoring them.   ### How…

  • Day 211: Reasonable Cause (To Suspect)

    Day 211: Reasonable Cause (To Suspect)

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 211 🔍 “Reasonable Cause to Suspect” – The Fine Line Between Vigilance and Oversight in Fighting Financial Crime 🚦   Imagine you’re a teacher, and a student suddenly brings a shiny new phone every day—but you know they don’t have pocket money. You don’t have proof they stole it, but something feels off. That…

  • Day 210: RTGS

    Day 210: RTGS

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 210 🚨 How Criminals Exploit “Instant Money Transfers” (RTGS) – And How to Stop Them 💸🔍   Imagine sending cash to a friend, and it arrives instantly—no waiting, no delays. That’s the power of Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), the system banks use for large, urgent transfers. But while RTGS makes business faster, criminals love…

  • Day 209: Pyramid Scheme

    Day 209: Pyramid Scheme

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 209 🚨 The “Money Trick” That Robs People – Pyramid Schemes Explained 🎩💸   Imagine your friend tells you: “Give me $10, and if you bring two more friends who also give $10, you’ll get $30!” Sounds easy, right? But what if those friends can’t find new people? The whole thing collapses—and you lose…

  • Day 208: Private Investment Company (PIC)

    Day 208: Private Investment Company (PIC)

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 208 🚨 How “Secret Money Boxes” Help Bad Guys Hide Dirty Cash ��   Imagine you have a secret box where you keep your toys—no one knows what’s inside except you. Now, what if bad guys had a “secret money box” to hide stolen cash? That’s what a Private Investment Company (PIC) can be…

  • Day 207: Private Banking

    Day 207: Private Banking

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 207 🚨 How Crooks Hide Dirty Money in “Private Banking” 🚨   Did you know some super-rich people use special bank services called Private Banking? It’s like VIP banking—super private, with fancy investments, secret accounts, and big loans. But guess what? Bad guys LOVE abusing these services to hide stolen money! 💸   ### How…

  • Day 206: Predicate Crimes

    Day 206: Predicate Crimes

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 206 🚨 How “Dirty Money” Starts with a Crime (And How to Stop It!) 🚨   Did you know money laundering doesn’t start with fancy bank tricks? It starts with a “predicate crime”—a fancy term for illegal activities that create “dirty money” in the first place! 💸🕵️   ### 🤔 What’s a Predicate Crime?   Think…

  • Day 205: Ponzi Scheme

    Day 205: Ponzi Scheme

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 205 🚨 The Sneaky Trick That Steals Millions: Ponzi Schemes Explained! 🚨   Imagine someone promises to double your pocket money in just a week—sounds amazing, right? But what if they’re just using your money to pay back other kids while keeping most of it for themselves? That’s how a Ponzi Scheme works!   Named…

  • Day 204: Placement

    Day 204: Placement

    #QuickbiteCompliance day 204 💰 “Placement” – How Dirty Money Sneaks Into the System (Stage 1 of Money Laundering) 🕵️♂️   Imagine you stole a giant chocolate bar but can’t eat it all at once—so you break it into tiny pieces and hide them in your lunchbox, backpack, and pockets. That’s how criminals “place” illegal cash into…

  • Day 203: Physical Presence

    Day 203: Physical Presence

    #QuickbiteCompliance Day 203 🏦 “Ghost Offices” & Financial Crime: Why Physical Presence Matters 🕵️♂️   Imagine your school has a rule: Every student must sit in class to take a test. Now, what if someone sent a empty chair with a note saying, “I’m here!”—but no real student showed up? That’s how criminals trick the system…