May 2006 - The Case Study outlines the reputation free-fall Riggs Bank went through in the final years of the banks existence and it discloses the true cost of non-compliance. World-Check a provider of KYC intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities to the financial industry, yesterday announces the release of a Case Study titled “Reputation Damage: The Price Riggs Paid.’

March 2006 - What do a Caribbean island’s ex-ambassador to UNESCO, a financial advisor to Nigeria’s deceased dictator Sani Abacha, and a major contributor to a US Democratic-backed voter drive in the mid-90s have in common?

March 2006 - World-Check had profiled 14 of the 22 Al-Qaida operatives prior to the end of 2005. One of the fugitives Fawaz al-Rabia reportedly the mastermind behind the bombing of the Limberg was profiled by World-Check in February 2002 - a full eight months prior to the Al-Qaida attack on the French Supertanker.

February 2006 - BIT BANK contracted with World-Check, the leading provider of KYC and PEP Intelligence as part of a strategic programme to develop the customer due diligence efforts throughout the bank's operations.

February 2006 - Saudi Hollandi Bank has licensed the services from London based World-Check to manage its reputational, financial and compliance risks. World-Check's Online and Datafile services will be networked across the bank's operations to automatically identify and evaluate risk, and to complete and document all enhanced customer due diligence work.

February 2006 - LONDON, February 08, 2006 – World-Check, the leading provider of structured intelligence on known heightened-risk individuals and businesses, today announced the launch of two key new features. This newest version of World-Check’s market-leading database, launched on January 31, includes new options unique to the industry: Graphical Display and Printed Reports.

January 2006 - LONDON, January 30, 2005 – World-Check, the leading provider of structured intelligence on known heightened-risk individuals and businesses, today announced plans to celebrate the company’s fifth anniversary. World-Check, which released Version 1.0 in January 2001, has since grown to become the leader in providing the world’s financial institutions with Know your Customer (KYC) and Politically Exposed Person (PEP) intelligence.

December 2005 - World-Check, the pioneer and leading provider of structured intelligence on known heightened-risk individuals and businesses, today announced how once more their research teams have identified and profiled an individual as ‘high risk’ almost two years prior to him being added to the UN and Bank of England Sanction lists.

November 2005 - Hyderabad: World-Check, intelligence gathering solutions provider for financial communities, and SDG Software have announced they would offer anti-money laundering solutions to banks.

November 2005 - World-Check, which compiles data from public sources on politically exposed people worldwide, reports that “the panels have bank records confirming that millions of dollars were transferred from presidential accounts to Aristide’s wife, his former security chief, Oriel Jean, his private social welfare foundations, the Aristide Foundation, fictitious businesses and unnamed Aristide associates. Other government cheques were written to cash, without any explanation of the recipient or the reason for the payment”.