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Instant refresh – next step, continuous KYC
Periodic reviews, lookbacks and repapering may not feature in future editions of the AML lexicon as computing and data storage capacity, allied with artificial intelligence, make knowing your customer and every change that affects them – registered..
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01 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
See through – KYCC
There may be no explicit regulatory imperative to know your customer’s customer but as technology enables ever more data to be analysed in finer detail, and the pressure to avoid reputational exposure from association with business which would not..
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02 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
EU countries fall short on public UBO registers
BySara Lewis, in Brussels
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03 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
MONEYVAL member states’ AML/CFT controls still too weak, says annual report
By Keith Nuthall
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05 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
National Australia Bank in midst of investigation by AUSTRAC
Australia’sthird biggest lender, by market capitalisation, is under scrutiny over “seriousconcerns” about its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing(AML/CTF) programme. National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB) says AUSTRAC, the..
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07 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
AUSTRAC expands casino probe to more big players
Three top casino operators in Australia are underinvestigation by AUSTRAC, the country’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), overtheir management of high-risk and politically exposed person (PEP) customers. Crown Resorts had already been found unfit..
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07 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
Staycation reads
Susan Grossey may be contacted on +44 (0)1223 563636, susan@thinkingaboutcrime.com, www.thinkingaboutcrime.com
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10 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
Shhh[aring]… It’s confidential computing
Leslie Conner Warren (leslie.warren@r3.com) is Government Relations Policy Manager at R3.
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15 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
From ancient to post-modern: arts, antiquities & U.S. AML
Matthew Reinhard (+1 (202) 626-5894, mreinhard@milchev.com) is a member of Miller & Chevalier Chartered.
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16 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
Latvia fines AS ‘Rietumu Banka’ €5.85m for catalogue of AML breaches
The Financial and Capital Market Commission (FCMC), Latvia's regulator, on 15 June [2021], fined AS ‘Rietumu Banka’ €5.85m for a slew of failings in its controls around anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist and proliferation financing..
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18 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
Mediterranean to Caribbean - passports to paradise?
Buy a passport and arguably you’re well on the way to washing out any previous reputational stains. The European Commission is pushing to end the practice, with action against Cyprus and Malta that could end up in court, but Caribbean jurisdictions..
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21 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
Careless whispers?
Denis O’Connor, a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, was a member of the British Bankers’ Association Money Laundering Committee from 2003-10 and a member of the Joint Money Laundering Steering Group’s Board and Editorial Panel between 2010 and 2016. He has been a frequent speaker at industry conferences on financial crime issues, both in the UK and abroad.
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22 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
Dollar weakness – AML and sanctions reverberations
The United States has sought, increasingly, to prosecute foreign policy through economic means – the Trump administration sprayed out sanctions about three times a day during the president’s four-year term [1] – but this has only driven the targets..
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22 June 2021
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285 - 27 May 2021
English law firms fined for AML notification delays
Six solicitors firms must each pay UK£800, plus UK£600costs, for late confirmation of fulfilling a core anti-money laundering obligation,the Solicitors Regulation Authority for England and Wales revealed on 23 June [2021].Under the Money Laundering,..
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24 June 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
Malta, one of four put on FATF ‘grey list’
By Keith Nuthall
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25 June 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
GWFS, broker dealer pays US$1.5m for SARs omissions and not filed
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on 12 May[2021], imposed a US$1.5 million penalty and cease and desist order [1] on GWFSEquities, a Colorado-based broker-dealer, for suspicious activity reporting failuresbetween September 2015 and..
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28 June 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
No level playing field in EU AML, auditors confirm
Theapproach to anti-money laundering at EU level is beset by “institutional fragmentation”and “poor coordination”, says the European Court of Auditors (ECA). In a special report [1], the ECA notes that AML and counterterrorist financing supervision..
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30 June 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
FATF directs focus to environmental crime, right-wing extremism and weapons of mass destruction
By Keith Nuthall
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30 June 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021
AI v ML: a reality check
Justin Bercich (justin@lucinity.com) is Head of AI, Lucinity (www.lucinity.com).
Online Published Date:
30 June 2021
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286 - 24 June 2021