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FCA mule review: why EMIs face the fastest-growing risk
The Financial Conduct Authority's latest review of money mule activity gives one of the sharpest views yet of how financial crime is changing across...
FICA pressure turns CDD into a make-or-break test
Customer due diligence (CDD) in South Africa has grown from a basic know your customer (KYC) exercise into one of the most demanding parts...
US scraps ownership reporting rule, but KYB duties remain
Know Your Business (KYB) verification has moved from a compliance checkbox to a frontline defence against shell companies, sanctioned entities and fraud, and 2026...
OTSI review signals shift towards proactive sanctions enforcement
The UK's Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) has published its first annual review, giving compliance teams a clearer indication of how the country's...
Why risk, not a checklist, decides who gets EDD
Enhanced due diligence (EDD) becomes necessary the moment a customer or transaction carries more risk than standard checks can capture.
According to Opoint, rather than...
Money laundering database plan unravels as FinCEN retreats
One of the biggest new US anti-money laundering reporting regimes has effectively just been dismantled, after FinCEN finalised sweeping changes to the Corporate Transparency...
CDD vs EDD: where compliance teams draw the line
CDD is the standard set of checks a regulated firm carries out on every customer, designed to verify identity and gauge the level of...
New EU AML rulebook raises the bar for compliance
The EU's Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) is reshaping compliance expectations across the bloc, and financial institutions that treat the 10 July 2027 application date...
Why FinCEN’s new AML rule changes everything for RIAs
With FinCEN's new anti-money laundering rule taking effect on 1 January 2026, SEC-registered investment advisers are entering unfamiliar territory, where compliance stretches far beyond...
How sanctions intelligence AI closes the compliance gap
Sanctions compliance has never been a single, unified discipline, yet much of the technology built to support it has treated it as if it...
