AML / KYC

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    VASPs Propose Measures to Improve Regulatory Mechanisms for Crypto

    By Editors | 28/11/2022

    The proposals include a mechanism to allow VASPs to discover one another, so as to better manage counterparty risk and enhance compliance requirements.

    AML / KYC

    DOJ Charges Two for Fraud Involving Fake Crypto Mining Operation

    By Editors | 28/11/2022

    Two Estonians induced victims to enter into “fraudulent equipment rental contracts” and to invest in a fake digital currency bank.

    AML / KYC

    EU States Start Closing Access to Beneficial Owners Registers

    By Manesh Samtani | 28/11/2022

    Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Malta have closed public access to their beneficial ownership registers following an EU Court of Justice ruling.

    AML / KYC

    Authorities from Ten Countries Take Down Spoofing Website

    By Editors | 28/11/2022

    Europol says the website offered services that enabled fraudsters to impersonate companies including banks to access sensitive information from victims.

    AML / KYC

    Bangladesh Bank Call on Banks to Address Trade Mis-Invoicing

    By Editors | 25/11/2022

    Bangladesh Bank calls on banks and NBFIs to help stop over- and under-invoicing as they are causing the government to lose revenue and foreign currency.

    Crypto / Digital Assets

    INTERPOL Operation Sees $129m in Crypto Assets Seized

    By Editors | 25/11/2022

    Operation Haechi III resulted in the arrest of 975 individuals and allowed investigators to resolve more than 1,600 fraud and scam cases.

    AML / KYC

    HKMA, Cyberport Host Third AML Regtech Lab

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 25/11/2022

    The HKMA says retail banks increased their identification and reporting of suspicious accounts and networks by 127 percent compared to a year ago.

    AML / KYC

    AUSTRAC Directs ING Australian Units to Uplift AML/CTF

    By Editors | 24/11/2022

    Two ING entities are required to improve their AML/CTF programmes, ML/TF risk assessment, IFTI and SMR reporting, and transaction monitoring.

    Press Release

    Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2022 – Results Announcement

    By Editors | 23/11/2022

    Regulation Asia held its fifth annual Awards ceremony on 22 November 2022. Here we explain our methodology and announce the winners for the year.

    AML / KYC

    UK Parliamentary Report Calls for Overhaul of Approach to Fraud

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/11/2022

    The report says “failure to prevent fraud” should be introduced as a new corporate criminal offence, along with significant financial penalties.

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