Seven more countries on Financial Action Task Force’s watchlist
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has added an additional seven more countries to its high-risk jurisdictions list for deficiencies in their anti-money laundering or counter terrorism financing protocols.
Five African nations placed on the FATF’s grey list because their weak money laundering...
The Financial Action Task Force (FATC) has placed Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius, Uganda and Zimbabwe on their grey list, meaning they need to do more to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing.
Money launderer ordered to pay back £1.24m in dirty cash
The Crown Prosecution Service has ordered convicted money launderer Thomas ‘Tommy’ Adams to repay more than £1,24m for his part on a money laundering network.
Globitex is bolstering its AML process with new partnership
Cryptocurrency exchange Globitex is strengthening its anti-money laundering (AML) capabilities through a partnership with Bitfury Group’s Crystal Blockchain.
5AML presents a lot of FinTech and RegTech opportunities if you know where to...
The Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AML) and eIDAS may empower Europe to create the world’s first digital single market, according to Electronic IDentification CEO Iván Nabalón.
NICE Actimize forms two new partnerships
NICE Actimize, an autonomous financial crime management platform, has formed two new partnerships to improve its anti-money laundering and data intelligence capabilities.
How Danske Bank’s money laundering scandal could pave the way for Nordic challenger banks
Neobanks in the Nordics may have had a slow start, but things may soon be about to change.
CFTC charges foreign exchange firm with fraud in a bitcoin-linked Ponzi scheme
A foreign exchange firm used its investors’ money for personal expenses such as buying a BMW, according to charges brought out against it by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
European Commission warns eight countries on AML failures
The European Commission has issued legal warnings to eight EU countries which have failed to meet the new anti-money laundering (AML) laws.
hawk:AI adds Ratepay as latest customer
Money laundering detection platform hawk:AI has added software specialist Ratepay as its latest customer.
