The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is launching a multi-agency taskforce to target criminals who are laundering tens of millions of dollars in Australia every day to bankroll lavish lifestyles and further crime. Taskforce Avarus will target criminal syndicates involved in,… Read More ›

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Standard Chartered completes industry-first pilot of Trade Financing Validation Service to counter duplicate trade finance fraud
Standard Chartered has successfully completed an industry-first pilot testing of the Trade Financing Validation Service (TFVS) provided by MonetaGo over SWIFT, to mitigate the risks of duplicate trade finance fraud in both domestic and global transactions. Designed to detect, deter… Read More ›
Duplicate trade financing targeted by Duality’s privacy preserving data collaboration platform
Duality Technologies is focusing on a collaborative trade finance platform on which lenders can check if an invoice has been submitted to, or financed by, another bank while complying with privacy regulations and protecting business secrets. The Israel-based start-up says… Read More ›