All Financial Crime articles – Page 14
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BlogSpotting suspicious activity in the arts and antiquities markets
Fine art is used by launderers and terrorists to move billions of dollars of illicit cash every year. As regulators look to clamp down, Paula Krulicki outlines some of the key warning signs for Anti Money Laundering compliance teams to be aware of
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NewsTNO, Rabobank and ABN AMRO report ‘good initial results’ from privacy-enhanced data-sharing AML project
A project to allow the sharing and analysing of transaction information between banks while protecting privacy of customers has had ‘good initial results’ after testing with synthetic data, a bank involved has said.
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NewsFinCEN appoints former Chainalysis executive as new head
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has appointed a former executive of cryptocurrency analytics firm Chainalysis as its new Acting Director.
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NewsUS beneficial ownership register step closer as FinCEN publishes consultation
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has started the regulatory process of implementing a new beneficial ownership registry for businesses by publishing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comment on the proposals.
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VideoThe Biden Presidency - Key financial crime challenges in a new political landscape
Following the federal elections of 2020, both the US executive branch and both chambers of Congress are under the effective control of the Democrats.
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VideoStriking the balance between FinCrime, Privacy Law, and Encryption - What needs to change?
Efforts to tackle financial crime and requirements to protect privacy can seem conflicted and, in some cases, drive opposite regulatory expectations for the private sector. Increasingly, entities regulated for anti-money laundering (AML) are drawing large amounts of information from third parties to understand customer FinCrime risks.
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VideoThe drive for Corporate transparency
For decades scandal after scandal has demonstrated that anonymous shell companies have been used to divert public funds, channel bribes and ill-gotten gains as part of cross border corruption and money laundering schemes.
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Video“Off-Grid Workflow” for AML and CLM
It is extremely rare to find an organisation at can claim that its CLM and AML processes have become more efficient and cost-effective over the last ten years.
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VideoDeFi Technologies will change banking forever - Decentralised Finance and New Frontiers for Blockchain
In the minds of many, blockchain technology – the use of encrypted blocks of data to create a shared ledger of activity – is synonymous with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
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VideoBlock… Change? Blockchain and the transformation of compliance
The financial services industry has spent the last decade warily eying Blockchain technology as a challenger to conventional ways of ‘doing money’ and as a potential risk to pre-existing regulatory norms.
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VideoUnlocking Crypto Crime – there is no such thing as Crypto currency crime. A presentation by Nick Furneaux
Regulators and financial crime compliance professionals have begun to grasp the concepts behind blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and other virtual assets.
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VideoBrexit means…Will the UK and EU keep aligned on financial crime?
At the end of 2020, the transition period for the UK’s departure from the EU came to an end. Prior to Christmas, the UK and the EU had finalised a trade agreement that included clauses about both parties’ commitment to international financial crime standards.
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VideoReshaping the Future, Planning- Compliance Priorities in Uncertain Times
The recent public health crisis has focused compliance professionals’ attention on making financial crime frameworks responsive and resilient in the face of an uncertain operating environment.
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VideoA world in Crisis. How has COVID-19 transformed financial crime – and our response?
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed what we think of as ‘normal life’.
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NewsHungarian authorities dismantle €8million VAT ‘invoice mills’ fraud scheme
An organised criminal group that used “missing traders” to fraudulent claim €8.2million has been dismantled by the Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration, Europol announced yesterday.
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NewsInternational Compliance Association announces new Global Practitioner Advisory Board
The International Compliance Association has announced the members of its new Global Practitioner Advisory Board.
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Q&AFinCrime Job Focus: Nina Kerkez, Director, Consulting, UK & Ireland, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
In our latest reader-submitted Q&A, Nina Kerkez talks about her pride in helping vulnerable people
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NewsErnst & Young drops appeal against $10.8m penalty to laundering whistleblower
Ernst & Young (EY) has dropped its appeal against the United Kingdom’s High Court awarding former partner and whistleblower Amjad Rihan $10.8m (€9.08m) in compensation.
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VideoFinancial Crime: Tackling A Growing Threat. A conversation with Sir Rob Wainwright
Financial Crime is a trillion-dollar global industry that allows criminals and corrupt elites to protect their illegal gains.
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NewsOnline gaming association calls for ‘decisive action” in money laundering investigations in Malta
An association of iGaming companies based in Malta has called for “clear and decisive action” to hold money launderers in the industry accountable following a series of scandals in recent weeks.
