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Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Investment Advisors – Yes, Financial Crime is Borderless and Legal Entity-Agnostic

There is a growing acknowledgement that money laundering and terrorist financing is borderless and legal entity-agnostic, just as it is already known that cybercriminals and the means to commit cybercrimes continuously attack...more

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UAE’s Commitment to Anti-Money Laundering Compliance: Regulatory Impacts on the UAE’s Financial Sector

The UAE has demonstrated a strong commitment to combating money laundering, terrorist financing and the financing of unlawful organizations. This commitment is reinforced by Federal Decree-Law No. 20/2018 and its amendments,...more

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Understanding Regulatory Trends: Digital Assets & Anti-Money Laundering

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As cryptocurrency’s market cap surpasses the $2.5 trillion mark and continues to climb, global regulators have turned their attention to understanding and addressing the risks surrounding digital assets. In recent years,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Financial Action Task Force Update: Statement on COVID-19’s Implications for AML Programs

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First Post in a Two-Post Series on Recent FATF Activity - Members presumably working from home, the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) was active last week, first issuing its 3rd Enhanced Follow-up Report & Technical...more

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UK FCA becomes AML/CFT crypto supervisor

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has become the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervisor for some types of cryptoasset businesses. These will need to meet certain...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Gatekeepers are under a lot of Stress!

The FATF is an independent inter-governmental entity that develops policies for protection of our global financial system from money laundering (AML), terrorist financing and financing of weapons of mass destruction. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

As Digital Currency Spreads, So Does its Global Regulation: India and Australia Enter the Fray

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As digital currency becomes more ubiquitous, state and federal regulators across the United States, as well as regulators in many other countries, are examining how existing regulatory structures need to be adapted to account...more

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Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Consults on Revisions to Correspondent Banking Guidance for Money Laundering and Financing...

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision launched a consultation on proposed revisions to the correspondent banking and account opening annexes of its Committee Guidelines on sound management of risks related to money...more

K2 Integrity

FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Rule and Increased AML Burden

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Compliance officers at financial institutions have made great strides in improving Know Your Customer (KYC) programs to focus on knowing their customers as a critical function in combating money laundering. As regulators...more

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