Cryptocurrency: Wild West or Wall Street? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 22]
Associating the Cayman Islands with money laundering has been a staple of film and television, from "The Firm" in the 1990s to, more recently, "Better Call Saul." However, scriptwriters may need to find another location...more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. 1. Russia Sanctions - UK Government adds Russian-based cyber hacker under Cyber regime: On January 23, 2024, the UK Government,...more
As the EU removes the Cayman Islands from the EU AML/CFT blacklist with effect from 7 February 2024, concerns and barriers for EU sell- and buy-side parties on securitisations involving Cayman SSPEs fall away....more
Immediately following the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced the creation of the Counter Terrorist Financing Taskforce— Israel (CTFTI)—a coalition of...more
On October 26, 2023, the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland enacted—after obtaining Royal Assent—a sweeping set of statutory requirements aimed squarely at combating fraud and money...more
On 6 October 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) updated its anti-money laundering (“AML”) and counter terrorist financing (“CTF”) regime webpage (“Webpage”) with useful feedback on good and poor quality...more
In recent weeks, the use of encrypted messaging applications for business purposes has returned to the spotlight. In July 2023, legal challenges surrounding the disclosure of messages on devices used by former Prime Minister...more
The U.K. Joint Money Laundering Steering Group opened a consultation on July 28, 2023 on guidance on the U.K. travel rule for cryptoasset transfers. The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations...more
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (the Bill) includes a package of proposed legislative amendments to U.K. limited partnership (UKLP) law, substantially to tighten registration requirements and improve...more
Future of UK financial services: Treasury Committee inquiry written evidence - The House of Commons Treasury Committee has published written evidence to the committee's inquiry into the future of financial services in the...more
European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - The European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1447) have been published, together with...more
The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/991) have been published, together with an...more
AML/CTF supervision: HM Treasury annual report - The Bank of England (BoE) has published the Financial Stability Report for August 2020 and the financial policy summary and record of the meetings of its Financial Policy...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reminded crypto businesses to apply for registration by the end of the month to ensure that their applications are processed on time before the January 2021 deadline....more
A Director of Enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out some of the key challenges the regulator expects in its new role as AML/CTF (anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing) supervisor for...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has become the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervisor for some types of cryptoasset businesses. These will need to meet certain...more
New regulatory requirements, including registration and customer disclosure requirements, apply to regulated and unregulated persons carrying on relevant cryptoasset business. On 20 December 2019, the UK government published...more
Reputational concerns and the growing focus of financial regulators on money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) are starting to have an impact on how non-regulated sectors of the economy view and address these...more
The Law Commission has published its much anticipated report on reform of the UK's anti-money laundering and terrorism financing regime, and in particular of the system of suspicious activity reports ("SARs"). The proposed...more
In this week’s newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more
On 15 May 2018, the UK Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee heard evidence from representatives of Transparency International, Global Witness and the RUSI Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies as part of its...more
2 June - The ESMA published its final report on guidelines on product governance requirements under the MiFID II Directive (2004/65/EU). The guidelines (set out in Annex IV) to the final report aim to promote greater...more
On June 26, 2017, The Information about People with Significant Control (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (PSC Amendment Regulations) and The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer)...more
The policing and crime bill received royal assent on 31 January 2017. The new Policing and Crime Act 2017 (the Act) introduces changes to a wide cross-section of the criminal justice system, including policing powers and...more
On 25 October 2016, the Criminal Finances Bill 2016–2017 (the “Bill”) had its second reading in the House of Commons and passed without objection. In addition to containing the proposed new offence of failing to prevent tax...more