On FINCast Episode 39, Juan Zarate sits down with K2 Integrity’s Katya Hazard and Amir Fadavi to discuss the state of Russia-related sanctions and to explore what has worked and what may require further coordinated efforts to...more
On 17 January 2024, K2 Integrity hosted a webinar on FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on virtual currency mixers and the implications of this first-of-its-kind 311 designation on the virtual currency industry. Elizabeth...more
1/29/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficiaries ,
Blockchain ,
Coinbase ,
FinCEN ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Patriot Act ,
Popular ,
Transparency ,
Virtual Currency
Join K2 Integrity Global Co-managing Partner and Chief Strategy Officer Juan Zarate and Coinbase Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance Valerie-Leila Jaber for a discussion of FinCEN’s notice of proposed rulemaking on...more
The landscape of financial crimes is constantly evolving, and the concept of transparency is being fundamentally challenged. A dynamic, innovative approach is imperative to preserve and shape the future of financial...more
12/20/2023
/ AML/CFT ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Exports ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Human Trafficking ,
Investment ,
Phishing Scams ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Transparency ,
UK
Con la rápida adopción y expansión de la inteligencia artificial (IA), nunca ha sido más importante que las empresas y las jurisdicciones sean conscientes del potencial de la IA y cuenten con una estrategia para aprovechar...more
On FINCast Episode 38, Juan Zarate speaks with Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad to discuss the state of the crypto environment, the challenges for the future of the industry, and the prospects for regulatory...more
Chinese lawmakers approved revisions to the country’s counterespionage law on 23 April 2023, broadening the definition of spying and banning the transfer of any information related to national security interests (which are...more
5/16/2023
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Espionage ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Human Rights ,
International Data Transfers ,
Investors ,
National Security ,
Popular
On FINCast Episode 36, Juan Zarate hosts a roundtable discussion with K2 Integrity’s Mariano Federici, Bryan Stirewalt, and Emma Walker to discuss what they are watching for 2023 in the financial crime and sanctions...more
Current Situation in Iran -
A historic and powerful popular movement—led by women in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police in mid-September—is currently unfolding in...more
12/2/2022
/ Asset Freeze ,
Asset Recovery ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Global Magnitsky Act ,
Human Rights ,
Iran ,
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA) ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Protests ,
Travel Ban ,
Virtual Private Networks ,
Women's Rights
On FINCast Episode 35, Juan Zarate interviews K2 Integrity’s own Bryan Stirewalt, a renowned, global financial regulator with 35 years of U.S. and international experience. Juan and Bryan discuss the challenges for regulators...more
The United States Department of the Treasury has continued to signal that it will focus policy, regulatory, and enforcement attention on the financial crime and sanctions risk in the crypto and digital asset ecosystem...more
10/26/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
U.S. Treasury
The recent woman-led and -inspired demonstrations in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country's Morality Police have garnered widespread support both in Iran and around the globe. These protests...more
10/25/2022
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Human Rights ,
Iran ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Police ,
Police Brutality ,
Police Misconduct ,
Protests ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Webinars ,
Women's Rights
Executive Summary -
The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more
10/17/2022
/ Bad Actors ,
Blockchain ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Hacking Back ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Finance ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Organized Crime ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Sustainability ,
SWIFT ,
Technology Sector ,
Telecommunications ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
The U.S. government continues to increase scrutiny over certain foreign investments in the United States and critical supply chain security. On 15 September 2022, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring Robust...more
10/13/2022
/ CFIUS ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Treasury
Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy, and an evolving feature of the regulatory and risk environment for authorities and the private sector. In the...more
9/19/2022
/ AML/CFT ,
Asset Freeze ,
Counter-Terrorist ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
Intelligence Services ,
Patriot Act ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Sanctions ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Terrorist Threats ,
Ukraine
Stuart Levey, the first ever Under Secretary of the US Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, joins his former colleague Juan Zarate, Global Co-Managing Partner, for a one-on-one conversation about Levey’s career...more
The United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union have led a broad international coalition imposing a sweeping and unprecedented range of economic and financial sanctions against Russia and Belarus in response to...more
3/14/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Anti-Terrorism Financing ,
Belarus ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Institutions ,
Global Market ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
K2 Integrity is committed to tracking, assessing, and reporting the rapidly evolving multilateral sanctions against Russia for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Our latest Policy Update summarizes global sanctions...more
3/1/2022
/ Asset Freeze ,
Biden Administration ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
EU Central Securities Depository Directive ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Switzerland ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Amidst the fast-moving events with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, FINCast recorded an episode on February 25, 2022, to examine developments and the role of sanctions in this seismic and complex geopolitical event. On FINCast...more
Over the past week, the Russian Federation has taken a number of aggressive steps toward Ukraine in furtherance of its ultimate invasion—steps that were immediately condemned by the international community as a blatant...more
2/28/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Economic Action Plan ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
SWIFT ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Ukraine
Join us for a round-table discussion moderated by Dr. Michele Malvesti with Juan Zarate, Chip Poncy, and Danny McGlynn, part of the team that spearheaded the post-9/11 counter-illicit finance regime. The group will share...more
Over 95% of Anti Money Laundering (AML) alerts are false positives. Despite this, today’s under-staffed and under-resourced institutions continue to use outdated, reactive, and expensive systems for AML monitoring.
This...more
11/13/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Machine Learning ,
Transaction Monitoring ,
Webinars