Dubai-based Mashreqbank’s agreement to pay US$100 million in penalties for its deliberate omission of payment transactions with ties to Sudan in violation of US sanctions against the African country may serve as a warning to banks with US operations to… Read More ›
NatWest Bank has booked a £294 million (US$402 million) litigation charge in its quarterly results released 29 October to pay for anti-money laundering (AML) failures that led to censure from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). A huge fine is… Read More ›
A new initiative supported by the German government aims to reduce the compliance burden associated with stringent anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) regulations and enable small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially in Africa, to apply for trade… Read More ›
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced it has halted sales of foreign exchange to the country’s money changers or Bureaux De Change (BDCs) on the grounds that they facilitate illicit financial flows (IFFs) and other financial crimes, including terrorist… Read More ›
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) empowers criminals to run free post-Brexit is the title of a new report that concludes that the UK’s vulnerability to TBML will increase as it increasingly focuses on trade with developing countries. Based on interviews with… Read More ›
Banks involved in international trade transactions need to be more alert to illicit trading in the UK’s eight new freeports that are due to enter operation in late 2021 according to a new study from the University of Portsmouth. It… Read More ›
There will always be a need for the banks and other institutions to focus on the risks of money laundering, but increasingly there is a recognition that organised crime and other money launderers are looking for other means to launder… Read More ›
The European Commission (EC) has published a new annual list of high risk third countries that it believes pose significant threats to the financial system of the European Union (EU) because of failings in tackling money laundering and terrorism financing. The… Read More ›