Transaction Monitoring

Money laundering and modern slavery may not seem to have many clear connections at first glance. However, there is more than meets the eye on this topic.

The European Union is getting closer to agreeing sanctions on Russia that would ban trading on Russian state bonds amongst other things.

More than 70 FinTech CEOs have called on regulators and the UK government to speed up the reforms of the Kalifa review for the FinTech sector in an open letter.

Fund Recs, a no-code platform to manage data connectivity, will help Ireland’s The Asset Management Exchange (AMX) automate EMIR reconciliations as part of a new partnership.

Moorwand, a payments solutions provider, offering BIN sponsorship and issuing services, has launched a suite of payments compliance services.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) may gather more regulatory powers over Singapore’s financial services sector with the introduction of a new Bill this week.

Four financial regulators in the UK have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets out the framework the authorities use to cooperate in relation to UK payment systems.

The UK’s European Affairs Committee in the House of Lords has launched an inquiry into how the UK and EU’s relationship in the financial services sector.

Opinium has found 91% of UK citizens want the government to focus on the future stability of the financial system rather than to promote international competitiveness post-Brexit.

A new report by the UK’s Treasury Select Committee has called on the government to work harder to tackle the ‘growing fraud epidemic’ in the UK.