Yorkshire-based anti-money laundering software specialists SmartSearch have achieved 15th position in the 2020 Sunday Times Profit Track list, which recognises the British companies with the fastest-growing profits over the last three years. The firm has seen an increase of more than 80% in profits over the past year, and a six-fold rise over the three-year period looked at by the list, which is in its 21st year, with the latest version launched as the COVID-19 edition. SmartSearch has introduced a Rapid Response Service to help firms deal with coronavirus challenges, enabling them to set up on its digital platform in less than 48 hours in order to verify customer ID without physical documents.
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