Legal

Director Disqualified After £500K Vanished In Three Months

Press update from UK GOV on this interesting case where half a million magically vanished from a company in three months; Rashid Munir, 42, also known as Mohammed Rashid Munir, from Glasgow, was a director […]

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 […]

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 […]

Insurance Regulation

European Bank Joins With ACAMS on Money Laundering

Insurers active in Asia and Eastern Europe will be interested in this latest compliance move; The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, or ACAMS, have joined […]

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 […]

Fraud

WFH Poses New Challenges For FCA, Banks & Insurers

RegTech industry experts have spoken out in support of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s call for ‘purposeful’ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls and action against financial fraud. Speaking at the AML & ABC Forum 2021, Mark […]