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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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How do criminals launder their money using the Dark Web?
Drug trade and illegal markets on the dark web have grown exponentially. Criminals are finding new and original ways to launder money generated from their illicit activities. The dark ...
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Inside RegTech - Regulatory Compliance Technology
🎬 Introduction to RegTech and Regulatory ComplianceThe worldwide economic repercussions of the 2008 financial crisis led regulators to strengthen their regulations and controls against the financial market operators. Today, financial institutions are facing a challenging regulatory landscape (MiF...
How to remotely identify clients and become PSD2 compliant?
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published in June 2019 an Opinion on the elements of strong customer authentication (SCA) under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) . The Opinion provides non-exhaustive lists of the authentication elements and states whether or not they are SCA complia...
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