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Yet to explode – non-proliferation compliance
Quietly ticking in the corner, the control of proliferation finance may not be at the top of every risk register but with international standards in place it cannot be disregarded, says Paul Cochrane.
Despite the huge risks involved in..
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One basket for the rotten eggs
Expansion and overlap of financial crime risks is driving integration of teams and systems as firms seek to improve their response and contain costs. Mark Dunn examines the trend.
The convergence of financial crime prevention continues..
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Currency and capital flows: a Chinese trade
Public officials are caught directing state funds to their own accounts offshore while the Chinese government seeks to clamp down on corruption even as it strives to loosen control over the country’s currency. Gao Fu Mao, in Beijing, asks if..
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Out front in West Africa – Ghana
Four years ago Ghana was far off the anti-money laundering pace but it has staged a remarkable recovery as John Dyson reports.
Ghana continues to be recognised as one of Africa’s success stories. The country remains relatively peaceful..
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FATF warns against wholesale de-risking
“De-risking should never be an excuse for a bank to avoid implementing a risk-based approach in line with Financial Action Task Force standards,” FATF announced in a release on 23 October 2014. Those standards, the 40 Recommendations,..
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Singapore confirms rise in suspected illicit funds seizures
By Poorna Rodrigo
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Changing prospects – the MLRO role
“No one wants to be the MLRO anymore. You work very hard to get to the top of the industry and when you’re there you can’t give the CF11 [1] title away”: it wasn’t exactly an upbeat opening from Edward Maguire at the..
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No better – UK regulator reports on small banks’ controls
MLROs at a quarter of small banks had a “detrimental effect” on the AML and sanctions systems and controls, the Financial Conduct Authority reports from its latest thematic review. Other findings, if not quite so dramatically negative,..
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FATF sets Iran February deadline for terrorist finance law
By Keith Nuthall
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FATF papers point way on beneficial ownership and risk-based approach in banking
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) approved two sets of guidance at its October 2014 plenary: one, on transparency and beneficial ownership [1], is aimed primarily at policymakers but the other on application of the risk based approach to..
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SWIFT takes true measure of correspondent banking
Banks that use the SWIFT payments messaging platform will be able to gain a clear picture of their correspondent banking activities from January next year. A new service, called SWIFT Profile, will draw out both a bank’s direct and nested..
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Bedtime stories for bankers
Internationally-agreed documents often read as unsatisfactory high-level compromise but the Financial Action Task Force guidance on application of a risk-based approach for the banking sector both manages to offer direction and, on occasion, even..
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Assured performance – testing the technology
If it is necessary to implement transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems, it is no longer sufficient without understanding how they work and how effective they are. Kitty So talks to leading testing service..
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