Regulatory updates, compliance guidance, and typology analysis for financial crime professionals.
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningYou ve built your third-party risk program around assumptions that made sense five years ago. But geopolitical shifts, new criminal offense regimes like the UK s Failure to Prevent Fraud , and the exp
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe decision you re facing isn t hypothetical anymore. Russian fintech A7 laundered billions through global banks using forged documents and front companies, according to Financial Times reporting on
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningYour Iran-related specific license applications just got harder. On September 10, 2026, OFAC announced a major change in how it reviews Iran-related licensing requests: every application now carries a
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningWhat Happened U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating if Binance failed to prevent transactions involving Iran, potentially violating U.S. sanctions. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney s Office is leading
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Sanctions Lists & ScreeningWhen Citibank s London branch processed nearly £20 million in payments to Russian-sanctioned entities, it wasn t a one-off error. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) levied a £4.7
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningOn August 24, 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) indefinitely suspended five Iran-related general licenses under its Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. If your fintech proc
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe UK s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation fined Citibank s London branch £4.7 million for processing 970 payments worth £19.72 million that breached financial sanctions. The penalty reveal
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe conventional wisdom Most compliance teams see sanctions screening as a basic gatekeeping task. You screen customers at onboarding, check counterparties before transactions, and run periodic name c
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe European Union s Anti-Money Laundering Authority began operations in July 2025, and the single rulebook takes effect in July 2027. For insurers, this timeline highlights a critical issue: your ant
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningScope This guide focuses on Know-Your-Business (KYB) verification for entities incorporated in Asian jurisdictions. It highlights the technical and compliance requirements for accessing corporate regi
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningYour screening system only finds what your data lets it see. With 59% of compliance professionals spending most of their time on data quality issues, the problem isn t the screening engine, it s what
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe question divides compliance teams in organizations with complex supply chains: Should your third-party vendors receive the same scrutiny as direct customers? Investigative journalist Zack Kopplin
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningIf you re still relying on point-in-time name checks to clear counterparties, you re missing the networks that matter. This template provides a structured process for tracing indirect ownership and be
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningScope This guide outlines the compliance requirements introduced in the EU s eighth sanctions package against Russia (6 October 2022). It focuses on the full crypto-asset ban, SWIFT disconnections, an
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe Issue at Hand In February 2022, a coalition of G7 economies froze about US$300 billion in Russian state assets, mainly foreign currency reserves held by the Central Bank of Russia. €200 billion of
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningIf the US-Iran memorandum of understanding survives its 60-day negotiation window, your sanctions compliance program will face one of the most complex policy reversals in recent memory. This situation
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered rulings in May that fundamentally change how you must assess trust structures under sanctions and AML frameworks. If you re still relying on
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe Conventional Wisdom Sanctions professionals often treat decentralized protocols like traditional entities. When OFAC adds something to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List,
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningYou run dual-regime name screening because you have to. But if you re treating OFAC and OFSI lists as interchangeable, you re building compliance gaps into your program. The myth problem stems from pr
Sanctions Lists & ScreeningThe Question at Hand Your transaction monitoring system flags a suspicious pattern. Your fraud detection engine scores a customer as high-risk. Your sanctions screening tool returns a potential match.
