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FINMA publishes annual report for 2021
The ongoing digitalisation of the financial system and the entry of new players to the market are promoting new business models and driving the development of new services. The focus is on payment apps, asset management tools and automated processes for lending…
GRECO Compliance Report on Austria
GRECO has made public its Fourth Evaluation Round 2nd Interim Compliance Report on Austria, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. This report was adopted by GRECO at its 89th Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg…
ESAs publishes joint Annual Report for 2021
The main areas of cross-sectoral focus continued to be joint risk assessment, enhancement of consumer protection, development of the regulatory and supervisory frameworks for sustainable finance and securitisation…
ESAs issues first joint risk assessment report for 2022
ESAs issues their first joint risk assessment report for 2022. The report highlights the increasing vulnerabilities across the financial sector as well as the rise of environmental and cyber risks…
EBA letter on AML/CFT legislative package
EBA issues letter on AML/CFT legislative package – related to supervisory cooperation and selection criteria for direct supervision. The EBA works closely with 57 AML/CFT supervisors from all Member States that are members…
EBA revised guidelines on risk-based supervision
The revised Guidelines on risk-based supervision set out the steps supervisors should take to ensure adequate AML/CFT oversight of their sector and support the adoption, by credit and financial institutions, of effective ML/TF risk management policies and procedures…
European Commission consults on the digital Euro
For a digital euro to be used as the single currency, concurrently with euro banknotes and coins, it would require a Regulation of the co-legislator, upon a proposal by the Commission, on the basis of Article 133 TFUE…
Crypto assets: new rules to stop illicit flows in the EU
Crypto-assets’ transfers would need to be traced and identified to prevent their use in money laundering, terrorist financing, and other crimes. All transfers of crypto-assets will have to include information on the source of the asset and its beneficiary…
GRECO 2nd Interim Compliance Report of 4th Evaluation Round on Serbia
GRECO recommended that the transparency of the legislative process be further improved (i) by ensuring that draft legislation, amendments to such drafts and the agendas and outcome of committee sittings are disclosed in a timely manner…
GRECO Addendum to the 2nd Compliance Report of 4th Evaluation Round on France
GRECO recommended that the conditions relating to the use of parliamentary assistants and collaborators, the operational expenses allowance and the parliamentary reserve facility be thoroughly reformed to ensure the transparency, accountability and supervision…
GRECO 5th Evaluation Round Compliance Report on Spain
GRECO addressed 19 recommendations to Spain in its Evaluation Report and recommended reinforcing the current regime applicable to advisors, subjecting them to equivalent transparency and integrity requirements as those applied to persons with top executive…
NED Global Insights on reputation laundering
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has forced democracies to reexamine how their own institutions have been used by kleptocratic regimes and oligarchs seeking to launder and protect their illicit gains. While much of the focus on combating transnational kleptocracy…