AML / KYC

    AML / KYC

    Singapore: “Several” DPT Licences in Final Stages of Review

    By Editors | 27/07/2021

    Of around 170 digital payment token service providers who applied for a licence, 30 applications have been withdrawn after engagement with MAS and two have been rejected.

    AML / KYC

    SFC Calls on Industry to Report Suspected Ramp-and-dump Activity

    By Manesh Samtani | 26/07/2021

    Ramp-and-dump scams now account for about half of the market manipulation cases being investigated by the SFC. Overseas investors also being targeted.

    AML / KYC

    Taiwan FSC Fines Taishin Int’l Bank for Oversight Failures

    By Editors | 26/07/2021

    A Taishin customer relationship manager stole TWD 347 million from nine customers over more than a decade by asking them to sign blank transfer forms.

    AML / KYC

    China Names First Targets of Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law

    By Editors | 25/07/2021

    China has sanctioned former US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, 5 other individuals, and a nonprofit organisation.

    AML / KYC

    KoFIU Notifies Foreign VASPs of Their Obligation to Register

    By Manesh Samtani | 23/07/2021

    Foreign VASPs that continue to target Korean customers after 24 September without registering with KoFIU will be subject to penalties in Korea.

    AML / KYC

    European Commission Presents Package of AML/CFT Reforms

    By Editors | 23/07/2021

    A new EU-level AML authority will coordinate national authorities to ensure the private sector correctly and consistently applies EU rules.

    AML / KYC

    Japan Banks to Deploy Shared System for AML/CFT Monitoring

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/07/2021

    The FSA’s Hiroshi Ozaki said the banking sector is planning to deploy a shared transaction monitoring and screening system for AML/CFT across the industry.

    AML / KYC

    HKMA Targets Effectiveness in Addressing AML, Fraud risk

    By Manesh Samtani | 22/07/2021

    HKMA Executive Director Carmen Chu highlights the need for transformation and collaboration to combat new AML and fraud challenges in the digital era.

    Enforcement

    Singapore Man Admits to Laundering Money in SkillsFuture Scam

    By Ranamita Chakraborty | 20/07/2021

    A former Grab and Uber driver has admitted to playing the role of a “dummy director” of several shell companies involved in the SkillsFuture scam.

    AML / KYC

    SFC Sanctions Sino-Rich Responsible Officers Over AML Breaches

    By Editors | 20/07/2021

    Sino-Rich Securities & Futures was fined for AML breaches in March. Its CEO and another director have been deemed responsible.

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