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AML / KYC
ISDA Offers Guidance on Addressing Sanctions in Trading Agreements
By Editors | 20/12/2020
The guidance note helps parties consider whether it may be appropriate to include specific sanctions provisions in ISDA documentation.
Press Release
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Wins Best Solution in PEPs, Sanctions Screening
By Editors | 15/12/2020
Dow Jones Risk & Compliance offers comprehensive screening for PEPs, sanctions risk, and adverse media, allowing for integration with existing workflows and providing certainty on risk.
Press Release
SWIFT Recognised for KYC Registry, Sanctions Testing Service
By Editors | 15/12/2020
SWIFT offers a secure platform that streamlines the collection of predefined KYC information, and a service to test FIs’ sanctions screening systems for effectiveness.
Press Release
Cylynx Named ‘One to Watch’ in Blockchain Transaction Monitoring
By Editors | 15/12/2020
Cylynx provides an AI-based automated blockchain monitoring platform that helps cryptocurrency exchanges comply with incoming AML/CTF requirements.
AML / KYC
No Banks Subject to HKAA Secondary Sanctions: US Treasury
By Manesh Samtani | 13/12/2020
In a report to Congress, the Treasury said it has not identified any foreign FIs that “knowingly” conducted significant transactions with the ten individuals sanctioned in October.
Big Picture
APAC Overtook US in AML Penalties For 2020: Fenergo
By Editors | 10/12/2020
APAC has overtaken the US in terms of the value of enforcement actions for the first time since 2015, largely due to the Goldman and Westpac cases.
AML / KYC
US Sanctions Another 14 Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong
By Editors | 08/12/2020
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Beijing would take “firm counter-measures against the malicious actions by the US”.
AML / KYC
China Imposes Reciprocal Sanctions Against Four US-Linked Individuals
By Editors | 06/12/2020
Four individuals at US-linked nonprofits are barred from entering China, including Hong Kong and Macau, for having “performed badly” over Hong Kong affairs.
AML / KYC
The Increasing Reliance on Data for Sanctioned Securities Screening
By Manesh Samtani | 02/12/2020
The onus often falls on FIs to uncover any links between sanctioned entities and potentially related securities, which can involve a significant data challenge.
AML / KYC
US to Designate Four Companies as Linked to Chinese Military
By Editors | 02/12/2020
The companies that will reportedly be added to the list of companies linked to the Chinese military include chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC.
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