Regulatory Compliance Journal
An audit trail (also called audit log) is a relevant chronological recording of actions, a set of files, or the destinat...
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Over the past years, the golden visa has seen a surge in participation in its programmes. But along with its rising popu...
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On March 12 2019, the European Parliament and European Union Member States made a provisional agreement on how to protec...
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On 24 September 2019 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) released a preliminary decision according to which Google is no...
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MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) was put into force in November 2007 and was created with the objectiv...
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In the past decade, a series of leaks from insider sources have shed light on the complex systems of money laundering, t...
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By targeting approximately 1.7 billion people around the world who do not have access to a traditional bank account, the...
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Conduct Risk has been the hot topic during the past few years and its scope falls outside the traditional domains of ris...
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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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A top-down approach highlights the behaviour of regulatory changes in the financial institution and helps the Compliance...
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Insurance/reinsurance companies play an important role for the European economy. Many European countries, among them Be...
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The hidden costs of golden visas
Over the past years, the golden visa has seen a surge in participation in its programmes. But along with its rising popularity, corruption and AML risks have also seeped into its core. Many argue that citizenship is a public good, not a commodity for the open market. In recent years, the EU an...
- 14 min read
What are financial crime threats in the metaverse?
Facebook made a splash in October 2021 when it rebranded itself to Meta and announced an investment of $10 billion to create its own metaverse project. But the tech giant is just a drop in a larger ocean. It is estimated that over 160 companies, including Apple and Google, are also plunging in...
- 11 min read
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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