Patent US 9,600,837

Anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and other anti-crimes measures are enforced in compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA PATRIOT Act in the USA or equivalent laws in other countries, and crimes in financial transaction activities such as online banking, trading, money services, shopping, payment, etc. are reduced. Embedded identification information is read from a machine-readable official government issued identification document such as a passport, driver's license, etc., and such information is sent to a financial institution for approval and for anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and other anti-crimes purposes.