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BBC on how ‘ESG’ came to mean everything and nothing
The article explores the journey of ESG from a specialised investment concept to a mainstream business strategy. It highlights the downside of ESG becoming an all-encompassing term, potentially diluting its impact and making decision-making more complex…
47 Countries adopt new CARF framework on automatic exchange of information between tax authorities
The new framework is expected to help these countries ensure that recent progress in global tax transparency is not undermined and to strengthen efforts to combat tax evasion…
Digital fraud attempt highest in video gaming in Philippines
The video gaming industry was followed by the retail sector with suspected digital fraud attempt rate of 11.3 percent while financial services came in third with 8.3 percent. Other sectors include insurance (7.1 percent), communities such as online dating and forums…
Gambling, money laundering and online scams: Asia’s trouble with organised crime
Transnational criminal gangs are using Southeast Asia’s booming and increasingly digital gambling industry as a shadow banking system to covertly move and launder ever more dirty money….
Singapore’s biggest bank makes $74M allowance to cover off exposure to money laundering scandal
They were “prudently taken” for exposures linked to the AML probe, with S$100M specifically related to the scandal…
US sanctions Russian accused of laundering Ryuk ransomware funds
Ekaterina Zhdanova is accused of using virtual currency exchange transfers and fraudulent accounts to launder money for Russian elites, ransomware groups and other bad actors to help them evade economic sanctions imposed on Russia’s financial system…
The role of cryptocurrency in financing terrorist organisations
Former federal prosecutor Ari Redbord joins Ali Rogin to discuss how terrorist groups are using cryptocurrency to fund their operations and how law enforcement is responding…
AML Rightsource unveils nine best practices for a successful compliance system implementation
A compliance department’s function is integral for safe business and legally mandated. As such, any legacy system change, even if necessary, is met with extreme caution and trepidation…
AML Rightsource insights on ‘Improving efficiency and your financial crimes program’
The article highlights the key points: improving data quality, fully use the systems you have in place, adding technology and advanced analytics, automate the SAR filing process…
JJCFinTech’s industry perspective on ‘Effective Client Lifecycle Management – A Case for Change’
Many Financial services firms have invested $billions in meeting their Anti-Financial Crime and Client Lifecycle Management regulations. Despite all the investment, this is still rated as the most dysfunctional, highly penalised and operationally frustrating processes…
OCCRP: The dictators’ bank: How Central America’s main development bank enabled corruption and authoritarianism
msg Rethink Compliance releases its AML Industry Benchmarking Report 2022
The 2022 AML Benchmarking Report builds takes an even deeper dive into EWRAs using aggregated data from hundreds of risk assessments and hundreds of survey respondents. The report’s insights can help organisations better understand ML/TF risks and the effectiveness of specific controls to reduce residual risk exposures…