AML / KYC

AML / KYC

AUSTRAC to Update Guidance on Reporting Cash Transactions

By Editors | 30/11/2021

A TTR will be required for each individual cash transaction of A$10,000 or more. Reporting entities will not need to combine transactions when submitting TTRs.

AML / KYC

HK ICAC Arrests Nine in Corruption Probe Involving Macau Firm

By Editors | 30/11/2021

CPAs and audit staff are suspected of accepting bribes to compile a false accountants’ report that was submitted to HKEX for a main board listing.

AML / KYC

SFC Issues Technical Guidance for New Reporting Regime

By Editors | 28/11/2021

A new paper introduces a pre-defined file format for OTCR submissions. Guidance on the new investor identification regime has also been released.

AML / KYC

Australia Introduces Sanctions Reform Bill to Parliament

By Manesh Samtani | 28/11/2021

The bill allows targeted sanctions to be imposed to address themes such as gross human rights violations, malicious cyber activity and serious corruption.

AML / KYC

SEC Thailand Proposes Regulations to Ban Privacy Coins

By Editors | 28/11/2021

The proposed ban is aimed at preventing the misuse of digital assets as a tool to commit crime, the SEC said.

AML / KYC

Taiwan FSC Increases Limits on Digital Deposit Accounts

By Darien Choong | 24/11/2021

The FSC is increasing the transfer limits for digital deposit accounts opened at bank teller counters to enhance customer convenience.

AML / KYC

The Rising Standards of AML/CFT Compliance in Hong Kong

By Susanne Harris | 22/11/2021

Mayer Brown’s Susanne Harris, Wei Na Sim, Alan Linning and Charlene Wong discuss key developments in the AML/CFT space in Hong Kong in 2021.

AML / KYC

AUSTRAC Issues Guidance on Misuse of Payment Text Fields

By Editors | 22/11/2021

Payment text fields in financial transactions are increasingly being used as a method of criminal communication or abuse, AUSTRAC says.

AML / KYC

US Extradites Ex-BOC Banker to China Over Corruption Charges

By Darien Choong | 22/11/2021

The former BOC managers stole the bank’s money and laundered it through Canada and the US, in a case that dates back 20 years.