ICBC (Asia), UBS, CCB (Asia) and CTBC Bank were fined a combined HK$44.2mn for deficiencies in customer monitoring, periodic reviews and due diligence.
November 22, 2021The court said CDD requirements were clearly subordinated to the continuation of CLSA Premium NZ's relationship with high net worth customers.
September 14, 2021The FMA has ordered Sharesies to amend its onboarding process and implement a process to complete identity verification at onboarding.
August 24, 2021Australian Military Bank is required to conduct a risk assessment, and then work to improve its KYC, transaction monitoring, EDD, and reporting systems.
May 6, 2021Regulation Asia spoke to financial crime compliance experts about the ongoing effort required to achieve and maintain high standards for source of wealth and source of funds checks.
October 18, 2020Data is the first line of defence when it comes to protecting one’s business from links to wrongdoing.
April 14, 2020A public warning was issued to NZX-accredited Tiger Brokers, and six additional private warnings unnamed businesses or individuals.
April 7, 2020Tools to enable financial inclusion exist, but without positive incentives to put these into practice barriers will remain, says RUSI's Isabella Chase.
April 3, 2020Financial institutions need to ensure that UBO information on customers is complete and accurate, but this is only half the battle, says Refinitiv’s Phillip Malcolm.
March 25, 2020New guideline requires financial institutions to strengthen monitoring and enhance due diligence on accounts intended for crypto exchange operations and report suspicious transactions to KoFIU, including transfers to overseas exchanges.
June 28, 2018