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Wolfsberg Group updates its RBA guidance, urging FIs to replace tick-box compliance with a more proportionate, prioritised, and outcome-focused approach to FC risk management

by AdrianaAMLP | Jun 23, 2026

The updated guidance builds on Wolfsberg’s 2025 Statement on the Risk-Based Approach and aligns with FATF’s revisions to Recommendation 1, framing the RBA around proportionality, prioritisation and effectiveness. It encourages financial institutions to use risk...

MAS issues Consultation Paper on Guidelines on AI Risk Management, outlining proportionate measures to ensure FIs use AI responsibly and securely, with feedback due by 31 Jan 2026

by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Nov 13, 2025

The Guideline proposes proportionate, organisation-wide expectations for financial institutions—covering governance, AI inventories, lifecycle controls, and skills development—to ensure the safe and responsible use of AI, including generative systems…

FCA’s survey on Financial Crime Controls in Corporate Finance firms exposes major AML gaps, with two-thirds failing key standards and urging stronger risk assessment, due diligence, and oversight

by AdrianaAMLP | Oct 20, 2025

The FCA’s review reveals that a notable proportion of corporate finance firms fail to maintain comprehensive business-wide risk assessments or adequately monitor their appointed representatives. Strengthening these controls is essential to ensuring compliance with the...

G20/OECD Report on Blended Finance De-risking Measures warns that weak governance and opaque guarantee structures can turn blended-finance projects into targets for corruption, ML, and fraud

by AdrianaAMLP | Oct 17, 2025

The report underscores that effective de-risking depends on transparent structures, coherent regulations, and well-governed financial ecosystems capable of attracting sustainable private investment. These measures, while aimed at mobilising capital, also strengthen...

EBA’s 2025 Final Report on AML/CFT Implementation Reviews shows EU supervision has strengthened, yet gaps in tools and enforcement remain, with AMLA set to ensure consistent FC oversight

by AdrianaAMLP | Oct 13, 2025

The report highlights that national competent authorities have improved risk-based supervision, enhanced cooperation with domestic and international partners, and made better use of supervisory tools. It also identifies ongoing challenges, including staff shortages,...

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Wolfsberg Group updates its RBA guidance, urging FIs to replace tick-box compliance with a more proportionate, prioritised, and outcome-focused approach to FC risk management

MAS issues Consultation Paper on Guidelines on AI Risk Management, outlining proportionate measures to ensure FIs use AI responsibly and securely, with feedback due by 31 Jan 2026

FCA’s survey on Financial Crime Controls in Corporate Finance firms exposes major AML gaps, with two-thirds failing key standards and urging stronger risk assessment, due diligence, and oversight

G20/OECD Report on Blended Finance De-risking Measures warns that weak governance and opaque guarantee structures can turn blended-finance projects into targets for corruption, ML, and fraud

EBA’s 2025 Final Report on AML/CFT Implementation Reviews shows EU supervision has strengthened, yet gaps in tools and enforcement remain, with AMLA set to ensure consistent FC oversight

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