Philippines True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study

Financial institutions in the Philippines already operate in a region rife with risks stemming from human trafficking, environmental crimes, narcotics trafficking, terrorism financing and more. Our study details how the pressures of this volatile business climate coupled with increasing regulatory attention and oversight impacts cots and operating efficiencies as financial institutions take a front-line role in preventing financial crimes.  

The study details the factors driving increases in financial crime compliance costs: 

• The total projected cost of financial crime compliance across all financial firms in the Philippines is $690M for 2020 
• The average total projected cost of financial crime compliance across all financial institutions in the Philippines has risen 44%
• Based on survey findings, financial crime compliance professionals attribute 12%, on average, of recent cost increases to the COVID-19 impact
• Average annual financial crime compliance operations costs per organization is $14.80 million
• 59% of financial crime compliance operations costs are dedicated to labor, 39% are dedicated to technology
• The average number of Full Time Equivalents (FTE) on a compliance staff is 67 for mid/large financial institutions

Our study results also provide in-depth perspective into how operations challenges and cost pressures stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic are testing financial institutions. The study illustrates the top five challenges compliance departments in the Philippines are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant remote working period.

Finally, the study takes a closer look at the enterprise benefits of an effective financial crime compliance program. The study outlines how a multi-layered solution approach not only maximizes the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of key due diligence workflows, it also delivers insights for customer management activities and business opportunities across critical customer and third-party relationships. 

In addition, the study provides numbers that illustrate how financial institutions that have invested in technology solutions to support financial crime compliance workflows have experienced smaller cost increases and less negative impacts from COVID-19.  
 
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