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SME specialist Consulting at Rahn takes us to all kinds of wonderful tasks and places. This is one of the highly dynamic perks our team experiences that in return, makes them equally dynamic. The Rahn rockstars represent the key spokes in our IT business proposition that enables your company to turn the churning machine faster. […]

Improved by External Efforts Problem-solving in your company shouldn’t be a solitary task. The expertise of external consultants, alongside your team, makes for an unstoppable force. Problem-solving in your company or department is an everyday activity we all make peace with early in our corporate careers – there’s going to be something to sort out […]

How to avoid becoming the Bait Cybercriminals are crafty and creative. As we become more and more reliant on technology, nobody is immune to their nefarious activities. Through various types of phishing scams, they exploit the lonely, the poor, the honest, the helpful, the elderly, the rich and certainly the naïve in ways that never […]

A Brief History of FinTech Storage and databases, Automation, Machine-Learning, Big-Data, Identity and Security Monitoring, Management Tools, Computing and Networking. IT for Finance professionals, commonly known as “FinTech”, has evolved at a blistering pace over the last few decades.  Combined with the flexibility of Cloud computing, FinTech, in a short space of time, has changed […]

Extracting Key Insights from Information with RAHN It is a universal human truth that our businesses and reputations are as important to us as our children or animals are. And rightfully so. So where does one start? As always, with the information. More specifically, data quality.  The facts and statistics collected for reference or analysis […]

Snatch Control away from Criminals Fear and panic: Someone has gained control over another person against their will and is now holding them hostage. Incidents of kidnappings for ransom continue to rise, and no sector of society is immune to this sudden threat. The modus operandi of kidnappings for ransom is to gain an obscene […]

The Rising Threat of Environmental Criminality Financial or Cyber Crimes are examples of crimes against people. Crime is creative, it’s everywhere – and as always, nothing new. The very nature of any business is to exploit an opportunity versus a demand. These efforts exist in all forms. But the problem lies with the way the […]

Tackling the scourge of Human Trafficking In the murky world of financial crime, human trafficking, people smuggling and modern slavery surely stand out as the most callous and despicable acts perpetrated by organised crime syndicates. From the mass drownings that occur across the Mediterranean and English channel on an almost daily basis to the many […]

What it is, and what your company can do Sanctions screening is a process undertaken by financial institutions, with the help of specialised software, to help them identify and detect any potential financial crimes, either while onboarding a new client, or screening an existing customer. It plays a crucial role in trying to prevent money […]

A South African Case Study The South African Reserve Bank recently issued a notice declaring that administrative sanctions had been imposed on two life insurers following an investigation that found weaknesses in their anti-money laundering control measures. This case study, which forms Part 2 of our Financial Crime Compliance series, takes a closer look at […]

Case Study on Domestic Prominent Influential Persons The South African Reserve Bank issued a notice on 17 September 2021 that administrative sanctions had been imposed on two life insurers following an investigation that found financial compliance weaknesses in their money laundering control measures. This case study, which forms part of a series, will have a […]