New screening and monitoring requirements for Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) in Canada have recently been implemented. To remain compliant banks and payment processors will have to implement a much more wide-reaching AML regime than ever before. Financial institutions will have…
PEP Screening in Poland – What you need to know
Poland is set to become one of the most exciting FinTech hubs in Europe. Already it hosts rapidly expanding FinTech companies such as PayU and Blue Media who offer an alternative to traditional financial products in the payments and banking…
4MLD – Changes to the Status of PEPs
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…
WORKING IN PAYMENTS? Here’s what you need to know to stay compliant with MLD4 (Part 2)
(Part 2 of 2) The EU’s Fourth Money Laundering Directive (MLD4) will be implemented in the UK by the end of this month and in the rest of the EU by the end of the year. On Monday we started…
WORKING IN PAYMENTS? Here’s what you need to know to stay compliant with MLD4
(Part 1 of 2) First introduced in 1991, the EU’s Money Laundering Directives aim to prevent money laundering and other financial crimes such as terrorist financing. The Fourth Money Laundering Directive (MLD4) was passed in 2015 and all EU states…
The Fourth AML Directive: Filling the Silence
Although the Fourth Anti Money Laundering Directive is now “set in stone”, the UK does still have some degree of flexibility in how it implements the European requirements. This was what the Head of Financial Crime at the FCA (Rob…
Halting the Torrent of Stolen Money Finding a Safe Haven in the UK
In a report titled “Don’t Look, Won’t Find” released on 23rd November, Transparency International UK found the country’s AML supervision to be “fragmented”, “inadequate” and riddled with a “lack of transparency”, allowing “billions” of pounds in corrupt funds to flow…
Regulators Focus Their Efforts On RegTech: FCA Call for Input
In a call for input, the FCA has just affirmed that innovative technology has a key role to play in enabling financial services to meet regulatory requirements and invited businesses to have their say in how it should “refine and…
Barclays Hit by £72 Million Fine For Slack Checks on Rich Clients
Barclays was dealt the largest disgorgement penalty ever imposed by the FCA, after a damning report found that it was lax in checking rich politically exposed clients, who were part of an “elephant” £1.9 billion “deal of the century”, because…
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