Knowledge & Training

In the new normal of payments, what are the top AML risks? Have AML/CFT risks been impacted by COVID-19? Apart from being a massive public health crisis, COVID-19 is also sounding the death knell for cash. During the peak of […]

AML in Austria: Regulations and compliance Austria is one of Europe’s major financial hubs, attracting a range of commercial business interests and offering financial services to customers from all over the EU and the world. The primary financial regulator in […]

Shell companies are business entities that are often used by money launderers to hide illegal funds and the identity of beneficial owners. In 2016, the Panama Papers exposed the extent to which shell companies were being used to launder money […]

The European Union’s Fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) came into force across all member states on 10 January 2020. The directive set out a range of requirements and amendments to EU AML legislation, including the introduction of a legal […]

Transaction monitoring, and therefore AML transaction monitoring thresholds, are fundamental components of the risk-based approach to anti money laundering that banks and financial institutions in jurisdictions across the world are required to implement. When customers engage in activity that appears […]

It’s no secret that fighting financial crime depends on knowing your customers. Yet current AML/CFT regulations provide merely a starting point for this. The emphasis regulators place on taking a risk-based approach leaves much to an individual financial institution’s best […]

From designated non-financial businesses and professionals (DNFBPs) to virtual asset service providers (VASPs), the breadth of firms subject to anti-money laundering (AML) regulations is greater than ever. Moreover, the regulations themselves – and the criminal activities they’re designed to detect […]

As part of their regulatory compliance obligations, banks and other financial institutions (FIs) must develop and implement risk-based AML programs to counter the money laundering and terrorism financing threats they face. After performing risk assessments on their customers, firms should […]

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (FSA), known as Finanstilsynet, is the primary government agency responsible for the supervision of Norway’s financial system and is tasked with oversight of all banks and financial institutions within the country. In its supervisory […]

The fight against money laundering is a huge challenge for financial institutions around the world. As criminal methodologies grow more sophisticated, so must the anti-money laundering (AML) measures put in place to stop them. Since modern AML requires firms to […]

Crypto exchanges and wallets: AML red flags As the use of cryptocurrency becomes more widespread, cryptocurrency service providers must deal with a greater range of threats from money launderers that exploit the speed and anonymity associated with the online trade […]

Money laundering is a growing problem in the Netherlands, with estimates suggesting that around €16 billion in illegal funds is laundered there every year — money derived from a range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, sexual exploitation and extortion. […]