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2018 CCS Economic Crime Lecture to look at topical Fintech issues
Tuesday, 12 June 2018Nesrin ErcanAverage ratingClick to subscribe
A survey by Thomson Reuters in late April found that one in five financial institutions is considering cryptocurrency trading this year.
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Financial institutions embrace AI to tackle money laundering
Friday, 11 May 2018Nesrin ErcanAverage ratingClick to subscribe
There are further indications that financial institutions are increasingly teaming-up with technology firms to boost their financial crime fighting capacity by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) ...
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Pirate attacks worsen in Gulf of Guinea
Monday, 09 April 2018Josh LamorenaAverage ratingClick to subscribeLondon and Kuala Lumpur, 10 April 2018 – A surge in armed attacks against ships around West Africa is pushing up global levels of piracy and armed robbery at sea, warns the International Chamber of C ...
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EU speeds up confiscation of criminal assets
Monday, 19 March 2018Nesrin ErcanAverage ratingClick to subscribe
It will soon be quicker and easier for EU member states to request that criminal assets be seized and confiscated under recently-adopted new rules.
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Growth of initial coin offerings spark money laundering fears
Monday, 26 February 2018Nesrin ErcanAverage ratingClick to subscribe
Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has issued a set of guidelines which support the issuing of initial coin offerings but at the same time seeks to ensure that anti-money la ...
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Maritime piracy and armed robbery reaches 22-year low, says IMB report
Tuesday, 09 January 2018Josh LamorenaAverage ratingClick to subscribeLondon, 10 January 2018 - A total of 180 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) in 2017 ...
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AI money laundering and banks
Wednesday, 22 November 2017Nesrin ErcanAverage ratingClick to subscribe
There are further indications that banks and financial institutions are moving towards using artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle financial crime and boost their anti-money laundering operations.
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4 takeaways from the IMB’s latest global piracy report
Monday, 16 October 2017Josh LamorenaAverage ratingClick to subscribe
London, 17 October 2017 – A total of 121 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported in the first nine months of 2017, according to the International Chamber of Commerce's (ICC) ...
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Senior Managers and Certification Regime to extend to all financial services firms
Friday, 18 August 2017Nesrin ErcanAverage ratingClick to subscribe
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) late last month published proposals to extend the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) to almost all financial services firms. The new regime wil ...
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Second quarter report reveals 87 incidents of maritime piracy in first half of year
Monday, 03 July 2017Josh LamorenaAverage ratingClick to subscribe
London, 4 July 2017 – Continuing decline in the number of reported incidents of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships has been revealed in the second quarter piracy report of the ICC Intern ...
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