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NewsGermany unveils tough new AML law in bid to boost prosecutions
The German government has adopted draft legislation aimed at boosting money laundering prosecutions.
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NewsNasdaq to acquire Canadian AML technology firm Verafin in $2.75bn deal
Nasdaq has agreed a $2.75bn deal to acquire Canadian anti money laundering and fraud platform provider Verafin.
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Q&AFinCrime Job Focus: Ellison Anne Williams, CEO & Founder, Enveil
In our latest reader-submitted Q&A, Ellison Anne Williams explains how she has worked to make homomorphic encryption commercially practical for anti-money laundering and data protection
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NewsEuropean finance ministers agree plan for single rule book and centralised supervision of anti-money laundering
European finance ministers have agreed draft proposals to establish a single rule-book and centralised supervision of anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.
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NewsUS SANCTIONS: Airbnb admits it may have breached Cuban sanctions; Western Union halts Cuba transactions; Trump imposes fresh restrictions related to China and Iran
AirBnb has admitted it may have breached US sanctions and could face litigation.
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AnalysisSARs and the FinCEN Files – did disclosure rules play a part?
The FinCEN Files have shocked many across the world. The leaked documents show banks moved more than $2 trillion between 1999 and 2017 in payments even though they believed them to be suspicious. So how was this allowed to happen?
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Q&AFinCrime Job Focus: Hugo Veazey, Director, Anti-Financial Crimes Solutions, RDC
In our latest reader-submitted Q&A, Hugo Veazey describes sharing his passion for fighting financial crime
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BlogArming for the rise of digital fraud
Digital is a channel of choice for consumers, accelerated by COVID-19. But digital interaction isn’t the only thing that has accelerated – fraud has too. Toby Carlin examines the latest data on how banks are tackling the threat.
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AnalysisFinCrime Report country guide: Europe
The latest Anti-Money Laundering and sanctions regulatory position for each country in Europe.
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Q&AFinCrime Job Focus: Blake Cuningham, product lead, Comply Advantage
In our latest reader-submitted Q&A, Blake Cuningham talks about tackling the puzzle of complex product development challenges
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NewsCrypto analytics firm CipherTrace files patents for technology to trace privacy coin Monero
Cryptocurrency risk intelligence and analytics firm CipherTrace has filed two patents for technology to trace transactions for privacy coin Monero (XMR).
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Q&ABuilding the FinCrime team of the future
Gayatri Viswanath of Standard Chartered Bank talks about the skills that compliance teams need in the future, ahead of her appearance at the FinCrime World Forum
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BlogCriminals are increasingly targeting different banks’ weaknesses
In a world of rapidly evolving technology, how do financial services firms keep up with the criminals? asks Mike Harris
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BlogGermany’s proposed AML law: what it would mean for compliance professionals
Germany’s draft anti-money laundering law would widen the definition of money laundering crimes. Oliver Förster explains how this would both ease and add to AML compliance workloads.
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AnalysisThe IIoT and the future cyber threat landscape
You can’t help but wonder whether Robert Hannigan can easily get to sleep at night, given the report into cyber-security threats he has just co-authored.
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BlogAML ambiguity and more work for business? Welcome to the EU-UK trade agreement
Matthew Redhead gives his take on the Brexit trade agreement and what it could mean for financial crime
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Article20 arrested across Europe in ‘unprecedented’ international operation against laundering network
Law enforcement authorities from 16 different countries have disrupted the QQAAZZ money laundering network, carrying out 40 house searches and arresting 20 suspected members of the group.
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NewsUS Treasury warns making ransomware payments could breach sanctions regulations
The US Treasury department has warned that facilitating payments to cybercriminals to remove ransomware from IT systems risks breaching sanctions regulations.
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NewsSARs filing rises for three quarters of senior AML compliance decision-makers, survey finds
Nearly three-quarters of senior AML decision-makers reported an increase in Suspicious Activity Reporting last year as criminals sought to exploit Covid-19 disruption, research out today has revealed.
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NewsWhat is the future for the UK’s Unexplained Wealth Orders?
A UK court case earlier this year saw a reversal for the National Crime Agency in an unsuccessful attempt to use Unexplained Wealth Orders to force a suspect to reveal the source of funds. John Binns and Michael Drury explain what this means for the future of UWOs and for reporting bodies.
