Regulatory updates, compliance guidance, and typology analysis for financial crime professionals.
Virtual Assets & RegTechThe CFTC just opened public comment on two proposed frameworks for leveraged crypto trading: Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions (CTX) and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets (CAM). Within hours, the com
Compliance Program GovernanceA fraudster calls your card services line with a stolen card. Your agent asks for the last four digits of the Social Security number and the card s expiration date. The caller provides both correctly,
International Bodies & StandardsThe FCA s recent guidance on the UK s future cryptoasset regime creates a window you can t afford to miss. Most compliance teams wait for final regulations before acting. By then, you re retrofitting
Suspicious Activity ReportingThe Challenge of Cross-Border Fraud Imagine you re in a compliance team meeting. Someone brings up a fraud case that started overseas, moved through multiple payment systems, and involved social media
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Compliance Program GovernanceWhat Changed Payments now operate without human intervention. Software initiates transactions based on pre-set conditions, such as subscription renewals or inventory restocks. These programmatic payme
Virtual Assets & RegTechThe New Mandate The UK Government has tasked the Bank of England with a new responsibility: supporting innovation in payment systems, specifically focusing on stablecoins. This isn t a consultation or
Customer Due DiligenceThe Challenge Data fragmentation in cross-border payments creates a compliance blind spot that many institutions don t recognize until it s too late. The issue isn t a lack of data, but rather that cu
International Bodies & StandardsUnderstanding the EBA s New Framework The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released Reporting Framework 4.3, transforming AMLA s risk-assessment templates into a machine-readable Data Point Model
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe Conventional Approach Most compliance teams believe that when OFAC removes a country from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list, the best course is to wait. You wait for internal counsel to r
Virtual Assets & RegTechYour payments compliance team is hearing a lot about AI right now. Vendors promise it ll slash false positives. Executives want to know when it ll automate your entire sanctions screening operation. A
