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Faced with the urgent challenge of climate change, green bonds are emerging as an innovative response to finance sustain...
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How are gatekeepers used for money laundering?
In the world of finance, gatekeepers such as accountants, and lawyers are meant to safeguard against financial crime. Yet, these very players can sometimes become unwitting—or even complicit—partners in money laundering schemes. The expertise that makes these professionals indispensable to ...
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How to improve compliance culture?
A strong compliance culture helps to establish the foundation for a lasting positive impact for a company, its employees, and its clients by achieving ethical practices, clear values, and the respect of local and international legislation. Despite its benefits and legal necessity, most companie...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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How can AML experts fight trade-base money laundering?
AML, Compliance, Red Flags, Terrorism Financing, Risk, Financial Sanctions, Money Laundering,Beneath the seemingly ordinary surface of global commerce, criminals have created an underground world of complex schemes, where legitimate business transactions serve as a smokescreen for their illicit activities. How can anti-money laundering exper...
KYC Business: tax havens, embargoes & sanctioned countries
Financial Sanctions, OECD, Financial firms, KYC, Compliance, Tax Havens, Red Flags, AML, Risk Based Approach, EU, Corruption, Know your Customer,Each year we are entitled to different lists about tax havens issued by governments or international organisations, but what is the difference between these lists? In October 2022, the European Union updated its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdi...
MiFID: Time for information transparency
Financial firms, MIFID, Financial firms, Investment Funds, UCITS, MiFID2, ESMA, PRIIPS, Transparency, Compliance,MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) was put into force in November 2007 and was created with the objective of harmonising Europe's financial landscape. This Directive changed how the financial markets worked and especially how they ...