Opinion

Money Laundering: How To Spot It – And Prevent It

BAE Systems has published its latest report looking in-depth at the significant and serious money laundering risks within the insurance and financial services sector. Given the FCA’s strong focus on the issue, it’s crucial that […]

Legal

NCA Battling Hard Against Cyber Crims, Says Griffin Law

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and its subset, the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) have safeguarded over one million victims of cyber crime, according to official figures. The data, contained in the NCA’s recently published annual […]

Insurance Regulation

Latest FCA Case Data Report

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has received a total of 2,754 separate allegations of misconduct, including fraud, money laundering and compliance complaints, according to official figures. The data, analysed by a Parliament Street think tank […]

Legal

Financial Crime Costs The Average Biz 1.7% of Turnover

Financial crime prevention costs UK financial institutions an average of £374k every year, according to new research from the global legal business, DWF. The survey of 300 financial crime decision makers working in the financial services […]

Insurance Regulation

EU Tries to Catch Up On Crypto Money Laundering

The European Commission has presented an ambitious package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. The package also includes the proposal for the creation of a new […]

Global insurance trends

LexisNexis Survey Looks at Global Compliance

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions has released its annual True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Global Report. The results derived from the comprehensive survey of 1,015 financial crime compliance decision makers at financial institutions including banks as […]