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PEPs & Sanctions
US Imposes Sanctions Against ‘Breakaway’ Regions in Ukraine
By Editors | 22/02/2022
The sanctions come after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognising two regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.
KYC & CDD
Tax Justice Network: Measures to Address Complex Ownership
By Manesh Samtani | 21/02/2022
Countries should ‘name and shame’ companies with highly complex ownership structures and consider forcing ‘too complex to fail’ companies to simplify.
Anti-Money Laundering
Suisse Secrets: Data Leak Reveals Criminals Clients at Swiss Bank
By Manesh Samtani | 21/02/2022
The data unearthed evidence that Credit Suisse accounts were used by clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
Singapore Continues Work to Bolster Digital Banking Security
By Darien Choong | 18/02/2022
New measures include expanding the use of biometric technology, strengthening fraud surveillance and detection algorithms, and enabling customers to trigger account freezes.
Anti-Money Laundering
18 Crypto Exchanges Jointly Launch Travel Rule Solution
By Editors | 18/02/2022
The firms include BitGo, bitFlyer, Bittrex, BlockFi, Circle, Coinbase, Fidelity Digital Assets, Gemini, Kraken, and Robinhood, among others.
Cryptocurrency
FSB Updates G20 on 2022 Priorities, Including Work on Crypto-assets
By Manesh Samtani | 17/02/2022
The FSB has started to examine regulatory and supervisory issues and approaches to address risks stemming from unbacked crypto-assets.
Anti-Money Laundering
A Radical Re-think of Financial Crime Compliance
By Kelvin Toh | 17/02/2022
A fundamental rethink of FCC is needed to move away from tick-box compliance and ensure greater focus on effectiveness and outcomes, says Kelvin Toh.
Cryptocurrency
Crypto-related Financial Stability Risks are Increasing: FSB
By Manesh Samtani | 16/02/2022
Crypto-related financial stability risks could “rapidly escalate”, underscoring the need for “timely and pre-emptive” evaluation of possible policy responses.
Sustainable Finance
UBS, StanChart, BNP Sign On to Join VCM Initiative
By Editors | 16/02/2022
The initiative, now known as Carbonplace, will seek to develop infrastructure to facilitate reliable, secure, and scalable trading of high-integrity carbon credits.
CBDCs
IMF Paper Offers Insights from Six CBDC Pioneer Projects
By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 15/02/2022
A new IMF paper offers lessons on CBDCs drawn from ongoing projects in China, the Bahamas, Sweden, Uruguay, Canada and the ECCU.
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