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The struggle of financial institutions in the fight against money laundering (AML)
In recent years, the banking sector in the European Union has been shaken by different scandals related to money laundering. On July 24th, 2019, the European Commission published repor...
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PSD2, Brexit and the growth of the payment services market in Belgium
On 6th of August 2019, the National Bank of Belgium (“NBB”) published a press release announcing that in 2019, there was substantial growth of applications for the execution of pay...
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Facebook and Libra, the sensational entry in the financial world
By targetting the approximate 1.7 billion people around the world who do not have access to a traditional bank account, the American firm Facebook aspires to rely on its 2.4 billion use...
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Risk Based Approach: strengths and weaknesses
In today’s financial challenging environment, institutions are exposed to numerous economic abuses making it necessary to activate preventive measures to decrease the risks. Among the...
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Introduction to DLU 4: Foreign accounts and Fiscal Regularisation
What is DLU and how has it evolved through the years? DLU stands for "Déclaration Libératoire Unique", which is a Single Discharge Declaration. By introducing the DLU concept...
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Inside RegTech - Regulatory Compliance Technology preventing business risks within finance industry
Introduction to RegTech and Regulatory ComplianceThe worldwide economy repercussions of the 2008 financial crisis led regulators to strengthen their regulations and controls against the financial market operators. Financial institutions are today facing a challenging regulatory landscape (MiFID2, AM...
Introduction to DLU 4: Foreign accounts and Fiscal Regularisation
What is DLU and how has it evolved through the years? DLU stands for "Déclaration Libératoire Unique", which is a Single Discharge Declaration. By introducing the DLU concept, the scope of the Belgian tax authority was to give a chance, to people with assets in foreign accounts, to declar...
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