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Broker dealers are individuals or firms that buy and sell securities for their own account or on behalf of their customers. Since they deal with large sums of money and a range of financial instruments, and engage in frequent transactions […]
Knowledge & Training
To avoid detection by financial institutions (FIs), criminals often use surrogates, known as money mules, to conduct illegal activities on their behalf. Money mule networks are a global problem, moving vast sums of illegal money between accounts and facilitating a […]
The EU has long tried to determine which predicate offenses drive money laundering. With the latest anti-money laundering directive set to be transposed into law in December 2020, many new predicate offenses will need to be monitored by regulated businesses—screening […]
We finished the first part of this blog with the introduction of 3AMLD in 2005. At this point, the EU had in place an already extensive framework of AML and CFT obligations, including Customer Due Diligence (CDD)/Know Your Customer (KYC) […]
Over the last twelve months, the European Union (EU) has been considering how to renew its attack on money laundering, following a wave of anti-money laundering (AML) control failures at Northern European banks and linked scandals about potential illicit flows […]
Environmental crime (sometimes known as ‘green crime’) involves exploiting natural resources and wildlife, with various associated criminal activities that include violence, theft, and trafficking. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) estimates that environmental crime profits reach up to $281 billion […]
On 11 May 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) implemented its Final Rule, setting out a range of new customer due diligence (CDD) requirements for financial institutions in the United States. In more detail, the CDD Final Rule involves […]
An eWallet, or digital wallet, is a software-based system that holds users’ payment information and can be used to pay for goods and services, either online or in person with a mobile device. The global use of eWallets has grown […]
Managing your client relationships with politically exposed persons (PEPs) is a high-priority issue for any compliance officer responsible for this high-risk business area. Managing PEPs in practice Despite the importance of these relationships for any financial institution (FI), there is […]
Why is P2P money laundering becoming more prevalent? Advances in fintech have allowed for the development and widespread uptake of a variety of online financial services, including peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding, both of which have grown to represent multi-billion dollar […]
As banks and non-bank financial institutions explore new, innovative methods with which to deliver financial services, digital lending has emerged as an opportunity for those organizations to loan money faster and more efficiently. Digital lending is essentially the use of […]
As banks and other financial institutions (FIs) embrace advances in financial technology, the digital banking sector has grown dramatically. This trend shows no signs of slowing down: one survey suggests 86 percent of UK adults use some form of online […]