Anti-Money Laundering

Anti-Money Laundering

UK to Implement First Phase of Economic Crime Act

By Mark Johnston | 26/01/2024

UK outlines first set of measures under Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act to enhance transparency and accountability of companies.

Cryptocurrency

FSB Workplan Includes Global Push to Implement Crypto Rules

By Mark Johnston | 25/01/2024

FSB said that implementation of its recommendations for crypto assets and careful monitoring are essential for the crypto market.

Anti-Money Laundering

Moody’s Analytics Flags 21 Million Shell Company Risks

By Mark Johnston | 25/01/2024

More than 2,200 companies have directors aged 123 years and above, despite the fact that the oldest known human lived to 122.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

Taiwan Expands Fraud Probe at Crypto Firm ACE Exchange

By Mark Johnston | 25/01/2024

Taiwanese prosecutors have expanded a crypto fraud investigation to include the president of ACE Exchange and four other suspects.

Anti-Money Laundering

India Expands Scope of Financial Services Offered in GIFT City

By Ajoy K Das | 24/01/2024

Ministry of finance notifies book-keeping, accounting, taxation and financial crime compliance as services that can be offered in IFSC

Tokenisation

BIS Focuses on Tokenisation, CBDCs, Green Finance Projects This Year

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 24/01/2024

BIS is ensuring “technology serves economically meaningful activities” as it advances its CBDC project and initiates a blockchain-based tokenisation project.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

HKMA Proposes to Extend FINEST to Personal Account Data

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 24/01/2024

The HKMA is seeking to extend FINEST, a bank-to-bank information sharing platform launched in June, to allow sharing of personal account information.

Anti-Money Laundering

Australia Scraps Golden Visa Programme in Immigration Overhaul

By Editors | 24/01/2024

The programme is being scrapped after the government found it was “delivering poor economic outcomes” and had failed to meet its core objectives.

Anti-Money Laundering

Metaverse Tools Crucial in Fight Against Cryptocurrency Crime: INTERPOL

By Ranamita Chakraborty | 23/01/2024

Interpol’s white paper highlights blockchain forensics as a vital tool in combating Metacrimes linked to cryptocurrencies, including money laundering and fraud.