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APGML publishes report on protecting NPOs from terrorist finance

Provides a detailed regional analysis of implementation of FATF Standards on protecting NPOs from terrorism financing abuse. It includes a heat map
of strengths and weaknesses for each criterion used to evaluate technical compliance with Recommendation 8.

APGML publishes follow-up to the Mutual Evaluation of Thailand

Thailand has made some progress in addressing the technical compliance deficiencies identified in its MER and has been re-rated to LC with Recommendations 1 and 26.

Global Financial Integrity analyses the legal framework for virtual assets in El Salvador and assesses financial crime risks

On September 7, 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender and has enacted a series of laws and regulations regarding virtual assets in preparation for its mutual evaluation by the Latin American Financial Action Group (GAFILAT).

IMF assesses the potential effects of a downside scenario from ‘de-risking’ between China and OECD economies

Latest edition of Regional Economic Outlook looks at the potential impacts of de-risking in major economies on economic growth in China.

US Treasury announces cyber security cooperation Memorandum of Understanding with the United Arab Emirates

MoU enhances cooperation in the following areas: Information sharing relating to the financial sector including cybersecurity information on incidents and threats;
Staff training and study visits to promote cooperation in the area of cybersecurity; and Competency-building activities such as the conduct of cross-border cybersecurity exercises.

SEBI, Securities and Exchange Board of India have issued an amendment to their AML guidelines

These guidelines relate to the rules framed under the prevention of money laundering Act 2002. For the uninitiated, Prevention of ML Rules, 2023 came into force on Sep 4, this year, and in view of these amendments, certain provisions of the master circular stand to get modified…

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has overhauled its ‘Master’ Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines

RBI has issued new guidelines for Know Your Customer (KYC) to strengthen the customer verification system. Under this, banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) have been asked to adopt a risk-based approach regarding KYC updates from time to time…

Australia Introduces Stricter Verification Rules for Online Gambling

Australia Introduces Stricter Verification Rules for Online Gambling. Australia’s anti-money laundering regulator, AUSTRAC, has announced that online gambling service providers must implement stricter customer identification procedures in the coming year…

Australian Governments agree to implement customer pre-verification for online gambling accounts

To implement this measure, the AML/CTF Rules have been amended to strengthen the applicable customer identification procedures (ACIP) that apply to online gambling service providers.

HKMA publishes “AML/CFT Regtech: Case Studies and Insights Volume 2”

Shares real-life use cases from banks in their Regtech adoption to make their AML/CFT efforts more effective and efficient.

GI-TOC publishes report on ‘Trafficking illicit medical products in West Africa’

This report analyses the market’s key characteristics and enablers and assesses national and regional responses. West Africa has become a hotspot for the trafficking of medical products, with estimations that the illicit market makes up to 80% of medical products in…

MAS reports robust enforcement outcomes and enhances disclosure of statistics

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued its 4th Enforcement Report (963.6 KB), detailing robust enforcement actions taken against financial institutions (FIs) and individuals for money laundering (ML)related offences, market abuse, financial services misconduct…