Regulatory Compliance Journal

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The Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessment (EWRA) or Overall Risk Assessment has become a regulatory obligation from an EU and ...

In today’s financial challenging environment, institutions are exposed to numerous economic abuses making it necessary...

Businesses are increasingly worried about regulatory costs that arise every time a new legal framework is introduced. Th...

The understanding and management of risk by financial institutions, banks, and entities, has improved over the years. To...

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How to set up a conflict of interest program

Imagine a situation in which the integrity of your organisation is corrupted by personal gain – how would you respond? In the field of business ethics, a strong conflict of interest program is the cornerstone that keeps an organization's reputation intact. With it, transparency isn't ju...

How will the EU AI Act impact financial services?

In 2017, the European Council emphasized the need to address artificial intelligence (AI) trends while maintaining high standards for data protection and ethics. By 2023, concerns about ChatGPT's misuse led to Italy's temporary ban. The European Union (EU) is now working on the AI Act to ...

How to conduct KYC on companies

Corporate entities, with their complex networks and multifaceted operations, can become havens for criminal activity. Illicit money and unlawful actions can be hidden within layers of transactions across subsidiaries and partnerships, obscure beneficial owners, and dubious front businesses. How...

How has Russia circumvented sanctions?

In the contemporary political and economic landscape, relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) are a theater where complex games of power, influence and rivalry are played out. At the heart of these interactions are sanctions, instruments often used to express disagreement, inflict ...

How to set up an efficient whistleblowing channel?

In today's corporate environment, transparency and ethical conduct are crucial, making whistleblowing channels vital for reporting unethical practices without fear of retaliation. An effective whistleblowing system promotes integrity and shields organizations from legal and reputational harm...

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How can criminology help us understand white collar crime?

Corruption, Money Laundering, Politically Exposed Persons, Red Flags, Risk Based Approach, White Collar Crime, Criminology, Occupational Fraud,

Though rare in corporate or finance environments, criminology offers valuable insights. Despite "white-collar crime" often costing more than street crime, society tends to overlook it. Analyzing corporate misconduct through a crimilogical lens reveal...

Financing terrorism: The billion-dollar blood antiquities art dealing

5AMLD, Terrorism Financing, Hawala, Art Dealing, Darkweb, ISIS,

The destruction of the ancient city of Palmyra and the beheading of its Antiquities Chief, Khaled al-Asaad, in 2015 by the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq & Syria (ISIS) are still fresh in the minds of many. Beginning in 2014, the terrorist group...

AML Transaction Monitoring & Detection Scenarios

AML, Transaction Monitoring, Due Diligence, Risk Management, KYC, Financial firms, Anti Money Laundering, Detection Scenarios, RegTech, Risk Based Approach, Compliance expert, Red Flags,

Efficiently fine-tuning AML Transaction Monitoring can help financial firm's compliance teams to increase productivity while carefully avoiding pointless investigations by reducing the amount of false-positive alerts. The revision of AML detect...