Is your business ready for the changes coming with 4MLD? The UK government is in the process of transposing 4MLD into UK legislation via the Money Laundering and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payee) Regulation 2017, which will come…
NYS DFS Part 504 Breakdown and Analysis
On January 1st 2017 New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) Part 504 went live. This rule provides a clarification on how OFAC and other lists are screened and how transactions are monitored. The impacts of this rule may…
europos Partners with Global Gaming
europos is proud to announce that it has partnered with Global Gaming to help fight financial crime in online gaming. Global Gaming offers B2C and B2B gaming products and services in regulated and emerging markets around the world and has…
AML/CTF Regulation 2017 – Dates for the Diary
As 2016 draws to a close we highlight the main AML/CTF regulatory changes that will come into force in 2017. What does the year ahead have in store for regulated industries and how this will shape 2018? 2017 to 2018…
Information Sharing and FinTech – A Challenge and an Opportunity for Financial Crime Policy
Combating financial crime and terrorist financing is reliant on effective government policies however, the success of these policies can face many obstacles. Last week the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies held an event that highlighted two key challenges…
Two Key Lessons from the Biggest AML Compliance Stories of 2016
Recently we attended the Financial Crime and Compliance Summit at KPMG hosted by The Compliance Register. The event highlighted the challenges faced by the compliance professionals at the center of some of the biggest compliance stories of the year. In…
FinTech Finance speaks to VP Stephen Ball
In the UK for every for every £1 caught by AML regulation, £999 is successfully laundered. It’s clear the current ways firms screen and monitor their customer relationships to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing isn’t working. Stephen Ball, VP…
Financial Crime in FinTech
FinTechs are known for being agile, fast-paced and quick to market with new payment products that delight customers. But is it these same factors that make them attractive targets for terrorists and money launderers? How well equipped are FinTechs to…
Key takeaways from the ACAMs UK Chapter meeting
New AML & Tax lists proposed On July 5, the European Commission (EC) outlined a proposal for key revisions to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD). These aim to further reinforce the European Union’s rules on anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist…
AFTER BREXIT, WHAT NEXT FOR FINTECH, REGTECH & COMPLIANCE?
It’s been a turbulent couple of weeks following the UK’s momentous vote to leave the European Union – and nowhere has ‘Brexit’ caused more shock and uncertainty than in the FinTech & RegTech communities, of which 80% voted to remain, according…
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