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Israel’s Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority Updates List of At-Risk Countries of the FATF

The international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recently issued two announcements updating the list of countries and jurisdictions at high risk of money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing, and...more

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UAE removed from the FATF's grey list

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The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has announced that the UAE has been removed from its 'grey list' following substantial improvement in the stringency of its anti-money laundering ("AML") and combating the financing of...more

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FATF recognises significant improvements to the UAEs anti-money laundering regime

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Summary - In June 2023, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued a report addressing the progress made by the UAE in improving its level of compliance with the FATF Standards, since the FATF’s previous Mutual...more

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HM Treasury Consults on Reforms to UK Anti-Money Laundering Supervision

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The consultation sets out four potential models for reform, and also considers reform to sanctions supervision. On 30 June 2023, HM Treasury published a consultation on reforms to anti-money laundering (AML) and...more

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Financial Action Task Force Publishes Report on Effectiveness of FATF Standards

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The Financial Action Task Force has published a report on the effectiveness of FATF member states' efforts to tackle money laundering and counter terrorism financing. The report is part of the FATF's 2019 Strategic Review...more

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Regulating Israeli Banks’ Provision of Services to Licensed Cryptocurrency Service-Providers

The Bank of Israel is proposing to regulate the provision of services to licensed cryptocurrency service providers (i.e., exchange platforms). The purpose of the proposal is to ensure banks are not able to sweepingly refuse...more

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FinCEN Issues a Proposed Beneficial Ownership Rule

On December 7, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or “Proposed Rule”) to implement the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting provisions of the...more

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FinCEN Looks to Regulate the Real Estate Market

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On December 6, 2021, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit comments in preparing a proposed rule that would increase transparency in the U.S....more

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[Virtual Event] 2021 Middle East and Africa Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 11th, 8:55 am - 2:00 pm GST

Our Virtual Regional Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask questions from...more

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Financial Action Task Force Report on Stablecoins

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The Financial Action Taskforce has published a report on issues of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing in relation to global stablecoins and stablecoins. The report was mandated by the G20 in October 2019,...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - May 2020 #3

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US Developments - Federal and State Regulatory Developments - OCC Announces a New Acting Comptroller of the Currency - On May 21, 2020, current Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Otting announced that he is stepping...more

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A rag-bag of changes to UK money laundering regulations

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UK regulations implementing the EU 5th Money Laundering Directive (“5MLD”) came into force on 10 January 2020: the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (“MLR 2019”). The regulations make a...more

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UK Implements EU’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive

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U.K. revisions to its anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime come into force on 10 January 2020. The U.K.’s revisions implement the European Union’s Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, commonly...more

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Qatar’s New Anti-Money Laundering And Terrorism Financing Law

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In September 2019 Qatar issued Law No. (20) of 2019 (Law 20) on combating money laundering and terrorism financing which replaces Law No. (4) of 2010....more

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UK Conduct Regulator to be Appointed as Supervisor of UK Cryptoasset Businesses

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority will be appointed as the supervisor of U.K. cryptoasset businesses under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 as a...more

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HM Treasury Publishes Report on Activities of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Supervisory Bodies

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HM Treasury has published a report on the activities undertaken by the U.K.'s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing supervisory bodies in 2017-2018. The report follows the publication of the Financial Action...more

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UK Receives Top Ranking Globally for Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Measures

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has awarded the UK its highest ranking globally for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) measures. In a report published in December 2018, FATF praised the...more

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UK Scores Highly on Anti-Money Laundering Review

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FATF has published its highly anticipated report on the effectiveness of the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures. On 7 December 2018, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published its...more

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Treasury Select Committee Evidence Session on Economic Crime

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“My message to facilitators is this: we’ve had a lot of focus on banks; now my investigators are going to be focusing on you.” This was the warning delivered by the Minister for State and Security to the so-called...more

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G20 Sets October 2018 Deadline for Financial Action Task Force to Clarify AML/CTF Standards For Crypto Assets

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The G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors have issued a communiqué following their meeting in Buenos Aires on July 21 - 22, 2018. Among other things, the communiqué requests that the Financial Action Task Force...more

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Financial Action Task Force Publishes Outcomes of its 2018 Private Sector Consultative Forum

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The Financial Action Task Force held its annual private sector consultative forum in Vienna on April 23 – 24, 2018. The annual forum provides a platform for the FATF to learn more about the private sector's views and concerns...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - Fourth Quarter 2017: Developments in the Luxembourg Financial Sector

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Luxembourg recently published two important bills to combat money laundering and terrorism financing – one transposes the EU AML4 Directive1 into Luxembourg law; the second establishes a central register of beneficial owners,...more

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Report Exposes Mexico's Anti-Corruption Flaws

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A new report shows that Mexico did the right thing by passing a new national anti-corruption legal regime (the National Anti-Corruption System) in 2016. The new report, from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF, aka GAFI),...more

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Criminal justice: How best to stop economic crime

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Speaking at the 35th annual Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, Robert Buckland QC MP, the Solicitor General for England and Wales, and David Green QC, Director of the SFO, addressed the question, “Preventing...more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - November 2016

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In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more

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