Regulatory updates, compliance guidance, and typology analysis for financial crime professionals.
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
Compliance Program GovernanceYour compliance dashboard shows 100% AML training completion. Every employee passed the quiz. You ve got the certificates filed and the audit trail documented. But when a relationship manager receives
Terrorist & Proliferation FinancingThe European Banking Authority s (EBA) March 2023 Guidelines on de-risking require you to move beyond blanket-rejecting Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). You must document a risk-sensitive assessment f
Money Laundering TypologiesIdentifying the Detection Gap South Africa s Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) reviewed seven years of suspicious transaction reports and found a major issue: institutions aren t flagging money mule
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Customer Due DiligenceMost Know Your Customer (KYC) programs rely on a static snapshot. You gather customer data during onboarding, create a risk profile, assign a rating, and move on. This information remains unchanged un
Money Laundering TypologiesIf you re still treating sanctions compliance as a simple list-matching exercise, you re missing the networks that regulators are now targeting. The UK s nationwide alert on the A7 network, issued on
Beneficial OwnershipThe EU AI Act s high-risk deadline has shifted from August 2, 2026, to December 2, 2027. This gives tier 1 banks 16 extra months to ensure their KYC risk scoring, beneficial ownership mapping, and AML
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
Enforcement & PenaltiesWhat Happened On August 27, the Homeland Security Task Force Louisville announced arrests across multiple U.S. states targeting a transnational criminal enterprise. This investigation involved the FBI
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
International Bodies & StandardsThe Problem: Why This Matters Now Your AML/CFT framework may look flawless on paper. You ve documented risk assessments, implemented transaction monitoring rules , and filed numerous Suspicious Activi
International Bodies & StandardsSince the EU decided to establish the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) , misconceptions have spread faster than the regulation itself. Some teams think they re off the hook because they re not h
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
Money Laundering TypologiesIn 1996, the Solntsevskaya organized crime group infiltrated the Toronto Stock Exchange through YBM Magnex International Inc. For three years, this company traded publicly while its controller, Semion
International Bodies & StandardsThese questions started landing in my inbox about 20 minutes after FATF published its latest NRA guidance report. They came from compliance officers at regional banks, fintech BSA teams, and even a fe
Compliance Program GovernanceThe EU s Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) won t start operations until 2025, but the push for harmonization is already changing how you ll report suspicious transactions. The real question is wh
Virtual Assets & RegTechThe California DFAL deadline is July 1, 2026. The CLARITY Act moved forward in the Senate Banking Committee on May 14, 2026. GENIUS Act rulemaking is progressing through the FDIC and OCC. Florida is d
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,
International Bodies & StandardsYou ve implemented customer due diligence. Your transaction monitoring rules run daily. Your staff files suspicious activity reports. But here s the uncomfortable question: does any of that stop money
