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Australia undertakes second stage consultation on reforming the country’s AML/CTF regime
The proposed reforms extend the existing AML/CTF legislation to certain high-risk services, also known as tranche 2 services. This includes services provided by lawyers, accountants, trust and company service providers, real estate agents, and dealers in precious metals and stones.
FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty of $9,185,000 on Toronto-Dominion Bank, for committing 5 violations related to AML/CTF
The Bankfailed to submit 20 suspicious transaction reports (STRs) out of 178 case files reviewed where there were reasonable grounds to suspect that one or more transactions were related to the commission or attempted commission of a money laundering (ML) or terrorist activity financing (TF) offence. FINTRAC’s 2023 examination continued to reveal gaps in the application of investigative processes in the Canadian FIU of the Bank…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is now requiring banks and financial institutions to report any significant incident related to ML/TF/PF within 24 hours
Under the new rules, BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) are now required to submit a risk event report to the central bank within 24 hours from date of knowledge of any significant money laundering, terrorism financing and proliferation financing risk event.
AUSTRAC issues businesses with infringement notices for failing to comply with their reporting obligations
The infringement notices related to failures to report the 2022 annual compliance report. While the majority of the 17,000 businesses AUSTRAC regulates submitted their compliance reports, AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas says ensuring that businesses are compliant and using enforcement measures to guarantee this, is all part of safeguarding Australian communities from serious crime.
Reserve Bank consults on issuing digital cash in New Zealand
The focus of this consultation is the use of digital cash by individuals.
UAE, Gibraltar set to remain on EUโs โhigh riskโ watchlist until September at earliest
๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐๐: Recent reports from credible civil society organisations (CSOs) that have highlighted outstanding deficiencies in the UAEโs AML/CFT framework, Persistent status as one of the primary providers of financial secrecy in the world…
MAS and Mastercard signed an MoU to enhance cooperation in cybersecurity, with the aim to strengthen cyber resilience in the financial services sector in Singapore
The strategic partnership aims to further cement the collaboration between MAS and Mastercard in:ย bilateral information sharing of cyber threat intelligence to raise cyber situational awareness in the financial services sector; joint analysis of the latest cyber threats impacting the financial services sector to produce actionable insights and recommendations on possible countermeasures; and competency-building activities, such as joint cybersecurity exercises, staff training and study visits…
FIAU Malta publishes guidance document in relation to goAML Rejection Rules
The purpose of this guidance document is to provide an overview of the goAML Rejection Rules following the Web Report validation process. These Rejection Rules serve as an additional automated filter prior to the acceptance stage. This is to ensure that submissions made include as much information as possible to assist with the prompt assessment and prioritisation of reports received by the FIAU.
The Dominican Republic signs a new resolution into law which will provide a new regulatory regime for online gambling
Resolution 136-2024 will see the creation of regulations for online casino and sporting betting. Previously, only one company has held a license to operate in the country and this resolution is expected to increase competition in the market and raise tax revenue. The resolution includes a number of measures related to responsible gambling…
MAS and six banks launch COSMIC, an AML information-sharing platform that helps identify illicit activities and combat ML/TF
The six banks will only share data if the customer’s profile or behavior exhibits “certain objectively-defined indicators of suspicion,” the central bank said in a statement on Monday. COSMIC is supposed to plug gaps where financial institutions are unable to alert each other about unusual activities involving their customers due to confidentiality requirements…
FATF follow-up report analyses U.S progress in strengthening measures to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing
The United States has made progress to address the technical compliance deficiencies identified in relation to Rec 24 – Transparency and beneficial ownership of legal persons. Because of this progress, the US has been re-rated on Rec 24 – upgraded from Non Compliant to Largely Compliant…
FATF publishes Australia’s 4th enhanced follow-up report (FUR) with technical compliance re-ratings
Australia has made progress to address the technical compliance deficiencies identified in the MER in relation to Recommendations 10, 13, 17, 18 and 26. Because of this progress, Australia has been re-rated on these Recommendations. However, due to remaining deficiencies under R.2, Australiaโs rating of LC has been maintained for this Recommendation…