Insurance Regulation

FCA Fines Arian Financial £289K

Latest legal action by the FCA; The FCA has fined Arian Financial LLP (Arian), an interdealer broker, £288,962.53 for failing to ensure it had effective systems and controls against financial crime. This put Arian at […]

Opinion

Four Major Money Laundering Trends in The Insurance Sector

Hassan Zebdeh, Financial Crime Advisor at Eastnets discusses the latest money laundering challenges facing insurers and how to tackle them. Fraudsters are experts at finding novel ways to launder money. This is evidenced in the […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Finally Takes Action on Post Office Cash Laundering

Latest from the FCA as they finally get to grips with the vast amounts of cash money laundering going through Post Offices to overseas accounts. Here’s the word; A series of measures designed to reduce […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Hits Guaranty Trust Bank With £7.6m Fine

The latest action from the FCA; The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Guaranty Trust Bank (UK) Limited (GT Bank) £7,671,800 for serious weaknesses in its anti-money laundering (AML) systems and controls between October 2014 […]

Insurance Regulation

Massive £107m FCA Fine For Santander, But Why No Arrests?

It’s all jolly japes with Ant & Dec in the adverts, but today’s news that Santander has been fined over £100m for money laundering regs highlights the underlying problems in the UK banking system. Too […]

Insurance Regulation

Latest Bounceback Loan Fraud Cases

Latest from the Insolvency Service; Savio Gilbert Pereira, 46, and Sajid Anver Valimohammed, 37, have been disqualified as company directors for a total of 19 years following separate Insolvency Service investigations which uncovered financial misconduct. […]