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Environmental Crimes & Money Laundering
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 norm...
- 11 min read
How to detect coronavirus scams and financial crimes?
While the world is on hold, financial crime has not taken a step back amidst the coronavirus emergency. Scammers, money launderers, and fraudsters have begun to exploit the weaknesses ...
- 13 min read
How and why to embed AML Lookbacks within financial firms?
In recent years, regulators have begun to scrutinize more closely financial institutions regarding the soundness of their AML/CTF program, dissecting the nuts and bolts of their procedu...
- 8 min read
How do criminals launder their money using video games?
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 th...
- 12 min read
How is BMR changing the landscape of benchmarks?
The recent creation of Benchmark Regulation has been the catalyst for a major transition from the old regime of benchmarks towards new and alternative reference rates set to transform t...
- 9 min read
GDPR Privacy Update: Fines, penalties and recent sanctions
It did not take long after the entry into force of GDPR on 25th May 2018 for many companies to revise their positions and business priorities following their initial scepticism towards the penalties that were to be imposed by the new regulation. The reality of the number of financial sanctions enfo...
The rising cost of regulatory compliance for financial institutions
Businesses are increasingly worried about regulatory costs that arise every time a new legal framework is introduced. The stakeholders fear that the cost of compliance will cut the growth of businesses and will lead to very restrictive business environments. What do we mean when we refer to "...
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