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Financial Crime
KYC & CDD
GLEIF Opens Mumbai Office to Support LEI Adoption in India
By Editors | 25/10/2024
The new office will help GLEIF build closer engagement with the market to ease and support LEI adoption, while also spreading awareness of the vLEI.
Market Abuse
US SEC Settles Charges with Associate of Short Seller Andrew Left
By Mark Johnston | 24/10/2024
The SEC said Ryan Choi misled investors in two tweets and profited from trades in two companies without properly disclosing his trading activity.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Finalised $20b Portion of G7 Loan for Ukraine
By Editors | 24/10/2024
The rest of the $50bn loan will be provided by other G7 allies. Earnings from frozen Russian assets will be used for repayments.
Market Abuse
Japan: TSE Official & Judge Under Separate Insider Trading Probes
By Manesh Samtani | 24/10/2024
A TSE official leaked information to his relative multiple times. The judge engaged in insider trading while on temporary assignment at the FSA.
Anti-Money Laundering
Nigeria Releases Binance Executive, Drops Money Laundering Charges
By Nithya Subramanian | 24/10/2024
Tigran Gambaryan had been detained since February on money laundering charges, which have now been dropped.
Market Abuse
SEBI Extends Insider Trading Regulations to Mutual Funds
By Nithya Subramanian | 24/10/2024
Starting next month, AMCs must disclose the details of the designated persons, trustees and immediate relatives, as well as their holdings.
Cloud & Infrastructure
HKMA Launches Developer Platform for IADS Initiative
By Manesh Samtani | 24/10/2024
The platform provides test data and simulated APIs to facilitate collaboration between banks and tech firms to develop data-driven products and services.
Structural Regulation
SFC to Consider Recommendations on Streamlining Workflows
By Manesh Samtani | 24/10/2024
In response to the latest report from the Process Review Panel, the SFC said it would explore expanding WINGS to the Corporate Finance Division.
Anti-Money Laundering
FinCEN Issues New Alert on Countering Hezbollah Activities
By Editors | 24/10/2024
The alert builds on a May advisory on Iran-backed terrorist groups and sets out indicators to assist FIs in identifying and reporting activity involving Hezbollah.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
US Court Indicts Two Sudanese Nationals Linked to DDoS Attacks
By Nithya Subramanian | 23/10/2024
The two men operated and controlled Anonymous Sudan, a cybercrime group responsible for several DDoS attacks in the US and elsewhere.
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