Market Data & Technology

SOFR Academy, Invesco Launch New Credit Spread Indices

26/07/2022

The new indices – known as AXI and FXI – will serve as forward-looking credit spread add-ons for SOFR for use in lending and derivatives markets.

KYC & CDD

Panel 4: Follow the Crypto: Overcoming SoW/SoF Challenges with Digital Assets

26/07/2022

This panel explores how financial institutions maintain high standards for SoW/SoF checks while still meeting the needs of digitally enabled consumers.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Panel 5: Broken Promises: A Deep Dive into Crypto’s Fraud Problem

26/07/2022

This panel explores how bad actors are exploiting the crypto ecosystem, and how supervisors, law enforcement, and the industry is combatting these activities.

Anti-Money Laundering

Panel 6: New Payment Methods and Digitally Enabled Money Laundering

26/07/2022

This panel discusses the ways emerging payment mechanisms can be used for illicit purposes, and how regulators, law enforcement and financial institutions are responding.

Anti-Money Laundering

Panel 7: Financial Crime and Due Diligence in the Era of Sustainability

26/07/2022

This panel explores approaches to detecting environmental crime through increased emphasis on financial flows and cross-sectoral collaboration.

Anti-Bribery & Corruption

Panel 8: Know Your Third Party: Mitigating Corruption and Bribery Risk

26/07/2022

This panel discusses the policies, third party due diligence procedures, and incentive structures banks should have in place to detect and prevent bribery and corruption risks.

Cryptocurrency

WEF Consortium Assesses Macro Impact of Crypto, Stablecoins

26/07/2022

Allowing crypto and stablecoins to play a role in the economy will bring the “highest macroeconomic net benefit to society”, the research finds.

KYC & CDD

Panel 3: Rising Expectations: KYC, Ongoing Monitoring, Name Screening

26/07/2022

This panel will discuss the measures financial institutions are taking to better manage customer risk through KYC, monitoring and screening processes.

PEPs & Sanctions

UK Requires Crypto Firms to Report Sanctions Breaches

26/07/2022

New regulations will require crypto exchanges and wallet providers to comply with OFSI’s reporting obligations from 30 August 2022.