Financial Crime

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    Westpac Ordered to Pay A$9.15m Penalty for Poor Advice

    By Editors | 20/12/2019

    In addition to the A$9.15 million penalty, Westpac is required to pay ASIC’s legal costs, and A$12.7 million in compensation to clients that received bad advice from one of the bank’s adviser.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Regulation Asia: Top Ten News Stories for 2019

    By Editors | 20/12/2019

    This list presents the most-read new stories published by Regulation Asia in 2019, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    Regulation Asia: Top Ten Contributed Articles for 2019

    By Editors | 20/12/2019

    This list presents the most-read contributed articles published by Regulation Asia in 2019, based on aggregated user traffic analytics.

    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    Bursa Malaysia Adds Anti-Corruption Measures to Listing Requirements

    By Editors | 20/12/2019

    New requirements to have anti-corruption and whistle-blowing policies in place will promote better governance, accountability and transparency for investors.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    BSP Probes Ten Banks Linked to Westpac AML Violations

    By Editors | 19/12/2019

    The banks received funds for their clients through the Bank of the Philippine Islands, which was the local partner of the Westpac money transfer service known as LitePay.

    Payments & Settlements

    India Shows How Policy Can Solve Financial Inclusion: BIS Paper

    By Editors | 19/12/2019

    The paper highlights India’s Aadhaar programme, which promotes financial inclusion, offers more robust AML/CFT checks, and has led to the creation of several innovative and interoperable digital platforms.

    Operational Risk

    ANZ Announces New Remediation Costs to ‘Fix’ 3.4m Customer Accounts

    By Editors | 19/12/2019

    At its AGM on Tuesday, ANZ announced an additional A$682mn charge for remediation work, where a total 3.4 million accounts “need fixing”.

    Anti-Bribery & Corruption

    ICAC Charges Two in Bribery Scheme to Circumvent China Capital Controls

    By Editors | 19/12/2019

    A former CITIC branch manager accepted over HK$1mn in commissions for referring 6 bank clients to a money exchange company to remit money from the Mainland to Hong Kong.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    EU Authorities Issue Framework for Supervisory Cooperation on AML/CFT

    By Editors | 19/12/2019

    The guidelines set out a framework for bringing together AML/CFT supervisors, prudential supervisors and third-country regulators to coordinate on multi-juridictional AML/CFT matters.

    Supervision & Enforcement

    ASIC Launches Court Proceedings Against NAB Over Service Fees

    By Editors | 18/12/2019

    NAB is alleged to have broken the law more than 12,000 times by charging customers fees for no service and issuing defective fee disclosure statements.

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