The US is continuing its blitz of sanctions on third-country entities that Washington believes are helping sanctioned entities to continue doing business in global markets. The latest sanctioning of 39 entities in Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey and the UAE relate… Read More ›

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Wolfsberg Group updates and publishes guidance on correspondent banking
The Wolfsberg Group, the association of global banks that aims to develop frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks, has updated and published its Financial Crime Principles for Correspondent Banking. The principles detail risk-based due diligence measures that… Read More ›
Banks in UK and Switzerland missing out on opportunities in green finance while risking sanctions infringement
New research by one of the world’s leading providers of vessel-tracking, sanctions screening and regulatory solutions endeavours to explain why banks, financial organisations, carriers, and shippers in the UK and Switzerland are losing out on big opportunities in green finance… Read More ›
Wholesale banking, retail banking and wealth management sectors pose greatest money laundering risk
The wholesale banking, retail banking and wealth management sectors in the UK remain vulnerable to financial crime and pose the greatest money laundering risk based on sector risk assessments by the country’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). According to the UK… Read More ›
UK regulator says some of its biggest sanctions related to financial crime and AML failure
Two of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) biggest sanctions in the last 12 months related to failures to address financial crime and anti-money laundering (AML) risks according to the authority’s executive director of enforcement and market oversight, Mark Steward…. Read More ›