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China Enhances AML Obligations to Combat Money Laundering
Chinese authorities have released the latest guidelines to enhance security in the financial sect...
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Lloyds Bank of UK Issues Warning Over Increasing Threat of Crypto Scams
Lloyds Bank revealed a rise in cryptocurrency investment scams and reported a 23% increase compar...
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Latvia’s Bank Rietumu Fined EUR 5.85M Over Money Laundering Failures
The Financial and Capital Market Commission has fined Bank Rietumu EUR 5.85 million over failures...
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SEC Strengthens the Scrutiny on Money Laundering Activities in Malaya
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) said financial institutions and lenders are now obligate...
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Lloyds Bank Charged with £500K Fine for Breach of Financial Regulatory Standards
Lloyds Bank corporate markets jersey received a fine of £498,000 in relation to the dealings with...
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Australian Defense Department Hit by Ransomware Attack
Australian Defence Department has been hit by a ransomware attack. No information about former or...
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Panama & the Cayman Islands’ AML Efforts May Lead to Removal From FATF Gray List
According to the Paris-based watchdog, Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Panama and the Cayman ...
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FinCEN Pinpoints Bitzlato as “Primary Money Laundering Concern”
FinCEN recognises Bitzlato Limited, a Hong-kong based virtual crypto exchange network, as a prima...
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IRS And Foreign Tax Enforcers Warn of Increasing Money Laundering Risks in NFTs
The IRS and foreign tax enforcers have issued a warning of the increasing risks of money launderi...
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Money Laundering Crackdown on UK Law Firms
The regulators at Solicitor Regulators Authority (SRA) asked 400 law firms earlier this year to p...
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US Regulators to Sharpen AML Expectations For Crypto Sector
The US regulators are increasing the AML compliance expectations within the crypto sector to ensu...
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Two More Crypto Firms to Shut Down Over EU Money Laundering Regulations
Two more cryptocurrency firms – mining pool Simplecoin and bitcoin gaming platform Chopcoin...
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Council of Europe Shows Support to Serbian Authorities For Combating Money Laundering
The Council of Europe stays dedicated to showing support to authorities for fighting money-launde...
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Surging Cryptocurrency Scams Target Lower Mainland Seniors
CARP of South Surrey/White Rock has found that the surge in cryptocurrency scams are a threat to ...
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NFTs Seek to Implement KYC/AML Standards as Money Laundering Rises
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are certainly becoming popular in the crypto industry. However, they d...
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South Korea FSC Identifies 14 ‘Fake’ Crypto Accounts Held by VASPs
All crypto accounts in South Korea are directed to register under their real names. Third-party b...
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FSRA to Take Action Over the MGA’s Training Practices
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has notified that it’s going to tak...
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2 Men & 5 Companies to Face Trial for €20 Million Money Laundering Case
A magistrate has found substantial evidence of two Libyan men and five companies involved in laun...
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“Pension Fraud Hits £1.8 Million so far in 2021”, National Reporting Centre
National Reporting Centre for fraud and cybercrime has reported £1.8 million has already been los...
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Germany to Implement the 6th AML Directive to Secure Financial Firms
The Federal Government of Germany has decided to draft a law for money laundering operations. Eur...
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Japan Remains Distrustful of Digital Yen Despite its CBDC Research
Japan’s Central Bank Launches research on the Central Bank Digital Currency but still remains uns...
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US Set to Disclose New Real Estate Regulations to Combat Money Laundering
The US Treasury Department is ready to introduce rigid regulations to close security loopholes in...
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Taiwan Bans Four Foreign Banks for Breaching FX Regulations
The Central Bank of Taiwan has penalized four foreign banks for assisting 8 major grain companies...
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AML Program Risks Highlighted by the Pandora Papers Scandal
Experts have advised compliance officers to divert their focus on EDD, CDD, and UBO verification ...
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Visa and BlockFi Team Up to Launch Bitcoin Rewards for Credit Card Users
As digital currencies are entering different regions of the world, financial giants are introduci...
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Qatar Takes Steps to Strengthen its AML/CFT and Sanctions Compliance
A webinar organised by ICC Qatar emphasised the efforts of Qatar to strengthen its AML/CFT and sa...
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Coronavirus affects challenger banks as app downloads decline
According to Finbold, top challenger banks in the United Kingdom have noticed a sudden decline in...
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FCA Cracks Down on Various Operators Hosting Illegal Crypto Cash Machines Around Leed
The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) suspects many sites around Leeds of hosting illegally opera...
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‘EU Has Fragmented Approach to Combat FinCrime’, Says ECA
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has identified weaknesses in the Anti-Money Laundering polic...
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US Shows Conflicts with China at First Financial Meeting
In a recent financial working group meeting, the US Treasury raised disagreements with China, whe...
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Growing List of Countries are Introducing Regulations on Crypto
Ukraine’s Parliament officially adopted the Draft Law On Virtual Assets. Prior to this, cryptocur...
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FATF to “Gray List” UAE for AML Failings
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is considering adding the United Arab Emirates to its gray...
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Danske Bank Charged with $413m for Defrauding Investors about AML Shortcomings
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Danske Bank $413 million for misleading its cu...
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Canada’s Real Estate a Safe Haven for Money Laundering, Confirms Intel
Intel has confirmed the findings of CISC’s report saying that Canadian real estate is a safe have...
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EU Fines Hungary for Declining to Lift Restrictions on Foreign Funded NGOs
European Union, in Brussels, took an important step to penalize Hungary for not lifting restricti...
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Ghost Coin deployed as payment for vending machines in Hong Kong
Ghost Coin, the privacy coin headed by John McAfee, can now be installed in vending machines in H...
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Chandigarh Cyber Cell Unit Arrested Criminals Involved in Overseas Money Laundering Activities
A gang of a Chinese national and 20 other people got arrested by Chandigarh Police. Investigation...
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Study Reveals Alabama to be the Center for Identity Theft and Fraud
According to the latest study, Alabama has become the state with one of the highest rates of iden...
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Uber joins lawsuits to exempt itself from California law
California law effective from today, i.e. Jan 1 is all set to give equal protection to independen...
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Introduces Anti-Terrorist Financing, Anti-Money Laundering Laws
Lawyers in Nigeria are being instructed to follow anti-money laundering and terrorist financing l...
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Canada Seeks to Digitize ID-Documents for Enhanced Security Measures
Canada, Ontario’s government is working towards digitizing the identity documents and seeks publi...
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Authorities Warn that the Current Crypto Landscape is Plagued with Scam
According to the Connecticut State Police, the emerging virtual cryptocurrency market is prone to...
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Central Bank of UAE Penalized Exchange House Dhs504,000 for AML/CFT Breach
UAE’s exchange house has weak measures to fight money laundering and terrorism financing and requ...
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El Salvador’s Adoption of Bitcoin as Legal Tender Raises ML/TF Risks
El Salvador has become the first country to accept Bitcoin as a legal tender.
On 8 June 2021, El...
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Fintech Requires Tight Controls to Mitigate Data Privacy Risks, Treasury Report
As per the new report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fintech requires tight controls to ...
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Taiwan’s Security Watchdog is Set to Regulate Local Crypto Industry to Prevent Money Laundering
Taiwan’s top financial regulator is set to become the primary oversight body to monitor the...
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MGA Issues 10 Warnings and Revokes 6 Licenses of Gaming Operators
MGA issued ten warnings and revoked six gambling licences in 2022. According to the report, the M...
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UK’s National Audit Claims FCA Takes Slow Crypto Enforcement Actions
The UK’s National Audit stated that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has all the rights to c...
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Australian Federal Police Issues Warning on Valentine’s Day Financial Scams
Australian authorities have warned the public of new Valentine’s Day scams aimed at singles...
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Australian Government Introduces $800 Million Budget for New Technology and Expands Digital Identity Checks
The Morrison government has announced an $800 million budget for expanding digital identity check...
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EBA Issues Guidance on the Roles of AML/CFT Compliance Officers
The European Banking Authority has published guidelines that state the roles of Anti-money launde...
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Financial Watchdogs Flags Crypto Mixer Stoking as a Potential Risk For Money Laundering
Cryptocurrencies are highly criticized by financial watchdogs and governments for potential risk ...
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Banks warned against profiteering from UK coronavirus crisis
British institutions, including banks, have been urged to avoid profiteering from the Coronavirus...
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IRS Criminal Investigation Uncovers Approx. $10 Billion Worth of FinCrime
IRS-CI FY 2021 highlighted $2.19 billion in tax fraud, $8.18 billion in financial crimes, 1497 wa...
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FCA Fines Bastion Capital For Serious AML Failings
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed a fine on Bastion Capital London for serious AM...
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FCA Says Bankman-Fried FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Not Regulated in the UK
FCA warned crypto exchange FTX due to their unauthorized operations. The financial regulator clea...
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FInTech solutions to be incorporated by Chinese banks
According to International Data Corporation (IDC), an international market intelligence firm, as ...
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Taiwan’s Financial Authority Set to Establish Rigid Crypto Regulation
Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has designed regulations that protect the c...
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Data Breach Exposes 515,000 IDs, More Cases of Synthetic ID Fraud to be Expected?
Hackers broke into the servers at the International Committee of the Red Cross and accessed perso...
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FCA Unveils Three-Year Anti-Money Laundering Strategy to Curb Financial Crime
The FCA unveiled in its new report a three-year anti-money laundering strategy which includes a n...
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Hogan and other US Top Official Become the Victim of Identity Theft
A fraud scheme attacking top government officials of Maryland State has been uncovered. The schem...
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DISA is Working on a Digital Identity, Credential, and Access Management Tool
According to Nextgov reports, the Defense Information System Agency (DISA) in the US has announce...
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CBUAE Revokes Dollar Exchange’s Licence over Regulatory Misconduct
The UAE Central Bank has revoked the licence of a dollar exchange house after it failed to keep a...
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Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail for Laundering $2.6M Through BTC ATMs
UK law enforcement authorities recently sentenced a 22-year-old man named Bazyli Rymarz to 5 year...
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Increasing Incidents of Fraud Becoming a Threat to UK’s National Security: UK Finance
Automated systems prevented approximately 736 million pounds ($1 billion) from being stolen throu...
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Austrian Gamblers Struggle to Recoup Money from Illegal Betting Sites
Austrian gamblers struggle to recoup money from illegal betting sites after gambling groups face ...
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Cambodia Exits FATF Anti-Money Laundering Gray list, Philippines Remain
The global watchdog has removed Cambodia from its list of jurisdictions under increased monitorin...
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EU Endorses New Crypto Tax Data Sharing Rules
Strict obligations are set to be implemented in the EU’s digital assets industry. Tax authorities...
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Uganda Remains on FATF Graylist for Failing to Curb Money Laundering
Uganda is still under the scrutiny of AML/CFT agencies after failing to enforce regulations in NG...
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UKGC Imposes EUR 780K Fine on Buzz Bingo for AML Failure
Buzz Bingo has been fined £780,000 by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for social responsibility...
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The market for Digital Identity Solutions expected to double by 2024
The market for Digital Identity Solutions is predicted to double between 2019 and 2024, as report...
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FIU Imposes a Fine of L$21 Million on Insurance Companies for AML Failings
The Liberian financial intelligence unit (FIU) has imposed a L$21 million fine against all the in...
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