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 […]

Insurance Regulation

Is Tony Montana Handling Cash Payments At NatWest?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it has commenced criminal proceedings against National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) in respect of offences under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (MLR 2007).  The FCA alleges that […]

Global insurance trends

Cash Is Being Phased Out Around the World, Says New Report

We spotted this on the FIS site recently, showing that cash is now becoming the 2nd payment choice in much of the world, not just developed economies. Can cash make a comeback after Covid? Seems […]

Insurance Regulation

FCA Update: Public Censure For Premier FX

The FCA has publicly censured Premier FX Limited (Premier FX) for failing to safeguard its customers’ money and for misuse of its payment accounts under the Payments Services Regulations. In doing so, Premier FX seriously misled its […]

InsureTech

Insurely Raises Investor Cash to Roll-Out New App

Insurtech start-up Insurely, based in Sweden has raised SEK 3.7 million (around £320,000) in new capital from a number of business angels, reports local media. “We have launched a first version of our service and […]