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FCA Findings on Firms’ Treatment of Politically Exposed Persons

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Regulator finds that firms could improve how they conduct anti-money laundering checks when dealing with UK PEPs. ...more

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Digital Assets Consultation Offers First Step In Regulation

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions, or IOSCO, published a consultation report in May titled "Policy Recommendations for Crypto and Digital Asset Markets." Originally published by Law360 - July 11,...more

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‘Closing the door on dirty money’: the European Commission’s Anti–Money Laundering Action Plan

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On 7 May 2020, the European Commission (Commission) issued a comprehensive and ambitious Action Plan and public consultation designed to strengthen the European Union's (EU) legal framework to fight against money laundering...more

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Private Bank Briefing: Issues Impacting the Private Bank Sector - September 2019

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On 23 July 2019, the FCA published a Dear CEO letter on its wealth management and stockbroking supervision strategy, which began in April 2019. The strategy includes work to identify, diagnose, and remedy the harm that wealth...more

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Cryptoassets and Open Source Software: UK proposes gold-plating transposition of the EU Fifth Money Laundering Directive

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Currently, cryptoasset exchanges and wallet providers are not generally required (depending on their business model) to identify their customers, monitor transactions or report suspicious activity. On 15 April HM Treasury...more

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EU Consultation on Proposed Draft Technical Standards on Central Contact Points for AML and CFT Purposes

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The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Committee launched a consultation on proposed Regulatory Technical Standards on the criteria for when a central contact point is appropriate and the functions of the central...more

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European Supervisory Authorities Consult on AML-CFT Guidelines

On October 21, the joint committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs, comprising the European Banking Authority, the European Securities and Markets Authority, and the European Insurance and Occupational...more

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‘You Scratch My Back’ Leads To A Fine And Penalty

The above lyrics are the closing stanza to the song “Ghost Riders in the Sky”. I thought about the advice for the cowboy to change his ways to save his soul from Hell when I read in both the Financial Times (FT) and the Wall...more

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