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What is DLU and how has it evolved through the years?DLU stands for "Déclaration Libératoire Unique", which is...
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Since its inception, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been deemed by experts as the world’s st...
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On the 6th of August 2019, the National Bank of Belgium ("NBB") published a press release announcing that in 20...
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The understanding and management of risk by financial institutions, banks, and entities, has improved over the years. To...
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A top-down approach highlights the behaviour of regulatory changes in the financial institution and helps the Compliance...
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While the world is on hold, financial crime has not taken a step back amidst the coronavirus emergency. Scammers, money...
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Efficiently fine-tuning AML Transaction Monitoring can help financial firm's compliance teams to increase productivit...
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Corporate governance standards are a framework within which operational and behavioural standards for the board, the exe...
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From an extra pair of hands to the person that advises on strategical decisions and the future of your company. Working...
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Despite the consistent efforts adopted by banks to fight money laundering and financial crime, fines for AML breaches ha...
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How is real estate used for money laundering?
In February of 2022, Transparency International revealed that Russians linked to the Kremlin or with corruption charges had invested £1.5 billion in the UK property market, mostly through companies held in Britain’s overseas territories and crown dependencies. The findings exposed Great Br...
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GDPR: inspiring data protection worldwide
Since its inception, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been deemed by experts as the world’s strongest collection of data protection rules. As our online presence increases through social media, digital banking, and other means, nations around the globe have come to re...
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Dawn of disruption: predicting AML in the next decade
The exponential growth of technology is leading to the disruption of numerous sectors including telecommunications, robotics, science, and finance. As banks are slowly adapting to high-tech innovations, the world of compliance and AML will face unprecedented changes and challenges in the near ...
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How to write the perfect SAR?
Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) drafted by financial institutions contain some of the most valuable information available to law enforcement agencies in the fight against financial crime. Yet, the FinCEN Files scandal of 2020 has shown that major banks have consistently failed to write and s...
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Why do most AML programs fail?
Despite the consistent efforts adopted by banks to fight money laundering and financial crime, fines for AML breaches have hit an all-time high. In 2020, financial institutions were fined a grand total of $15.13 billion (€12.79 billion) worldwide, a 51.3% increase compared to 2019, with U...
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AML: What is adverse media or negative news?
Compliance, Anti Money Laundering, RegTech, Know your Customer, Red Flags, KYC, Due Diligence, AML, Money Laundering, KYC,The digital era has given KYC analysts unprecedented access to a plethora of information on individuals and companies. Newspaper articles, online blogs, and social media are accessible and filterable with one click and may reveal important news on a ...
Environmental Crimes & Money Laundering
Environmental, Money Laundering, 6AMLD, EU, Whistleblowing, Green Crime, Red Flags, AML,The coronavirus pandemic has reinforced the hunger to urge world leaders to take consistent action to fight climate change. The yearning for a profound change and not a “back to normal” has been seen in the past months with the open letter signe...
How do criminals launder their money using video games?
Compliance, Know your Customer, Money Laundering, Anti Money Laundering, AML, Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, Darkweb, Prepaid Cards,In the past decade, the video game industry has managed to dwarf the film, music, and television sectors. It’s estimated that there are currently 2.5 billion active gamers across the globe who have roughly spent $152.1 billion on games in 2019 al...