Regulation Asia Podcasts

    Welcome to Regulation Asia podcasts, where our team speak with industry experts from across the regulatory compliance community. Our podcast series include: Follow the Money, Redefining Risk and our special editions.

    We also produce sponsored podcasts with select companies. Feel free to reach out to our team sales@regulationasia.com if you want to get involved.


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    Anonymity & Distance: The Psychology of Fraud in the Digital Age

    Published by Regulation Asia on Jul 2023

    In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Michael Skiba (a.k.a. “Dr. Fraud”), a professor, researcher, consultant, media personality, trainer, and fraud subject matter expert. We discuss the world of online transactions and digital platforms to uncover how the increased anonymity they provide is shaping the psychology of first-party fraud. Michael is a consultant for the UNODC, working on high-tech financial crime prevention and acting as lead researcher for an APAC Threat Assessment on fraud and cybercrime.

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    First Line Fraudster: Frauds and Credit Line Scams

    First-party fraud has become a tough battle for banks and FIs to solve. To understand why first-party or “friendly fraud” is such a threat—and why it’s increasing—we need to examine how it flourishes. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Will Tully, Regional Head of Fraud (Wealth and Private Banking) at HSBC, to discuss the common tactics used by bad actors, the challenges banks face in dealing with first-party fraud and credit line scams, and the path forward to address these threats.

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    The Artful Dodgers: Are State-Backed Actors Getting More Creative with Sanctions Evasion?

    Published by Regulation Asia on Jun 2023

    It's been over a year since the events that prompted the start of the most comprehensive and internationally-coordinated sanctions in history to be imposed against Russia. Still, sanctions continue to dominate geopolitics and global business dynamics. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Kimberly Tan, Country Sanctions Officer at Citibank, to explore the challenges for banks as they look to minimise risk in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, where bad actors continue to find new and innovative ways to circumvent sanctions.

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    Malevolent Forces: Lessons from a Career in Cross-jurisdictional Anti-Green Crime Efforts

    Published by Regulation Asia on Jun 2023

    The United Nations estimates that green and environmental crime is rising between five and seven percent annually, a trend that impacts supply chains and poses a danger to financial institutions and global security. In this podcast episode, Regulation Asia co-founder Bradley Maclean speaks to Nicholas McTaggart, CEO of The Murinbin Group and a former AUSTRAC and Australian Federal Police official, to discuss the magnitude of the green crime problem, efforts underway to combat this activity, and the crucial role of cross-jurisdictional and cross-institutional collaboration in making a meaningful impact.

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    Dirty Green: Exploring the Hidden World of Money Laundering and Corruption in the Green Economy

    Published by Regulation Asia on Jun 2023

    The environmental crisis has raised the profile of green corruption on the global agenda. Although corruption has long undermined conservation efforts, the Basel Institute on Governance was one of the first to sound the alarm. Regulation Asia Co-Founder Brad Maclean sat down with Juhani Grossmann, who leads leads the Basel Institute's Green Corruption programme, to explore the intersection between corruption, money laundering and environmental crime.

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    SGX RegCo: Sustainability Reporting and the Role of a Market Regulator

    Published by Regulation Asia on Jun 2023

    Accelerating climate change and its threats increase the urgency for governments and businesses to meet their net-zero commitment and make more important the role of global financial markets in facilitating capital flows towards transition efforts. Regulation Asia Co-Founder Brad Maclean sat down with Michael Tang, who heads up SGX RegCo’s Sustainable Development Office and the Listing Policy and Product Admission unit, as well as Clare Lim from the Sustainable Development Office, to explore the initiatives underway at SGX Group to help achieve our net zero goals.

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