Tag: Beneficial Ownership

Money mules shift to EMIs and challenger banks, FCA finds

The FCA's latest review of money mule activity paints a detailed picture of how financial crime is shifting across the UK's regulated sector. Beyond...

South Africa’s CDD bar rises after FATF greylist exit

Customer due diligence (CDD) has grown from a simple know your customer (KYC) exercise into one of the most demanding parts of the anti-money...

Why KYB is getting harder to ignore in 2026

Know Your Business (KYB) is the process of confirming that a company is legally registered, genuinely exists, and is controlled by people who are...

OTSI review signals more proactive approach to trade sanctions circumvention

The UK's Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) has published its first annual review, giving compliance teams a clearer indication of how the country's...

When does due diligence need to go further?

Standard checks aren't always enough. When a customer or transaction carries more risk than routine screening can handle, firms are required to step up...

FinCEN scraps beneficial ownership rules for US firms

One of the biggest new US anti-money laundering reporting regimes has effectively just been dismantled, after FinCEN finalised sweeping changes to the Corporate Transparency...

CDD or EDD? The risk trigger firms must get right

CDD and EDD sit at the heart of every regulated firm's defences, yet the distinction between the two is often misunderstood. In short, CDD is...

EU AMLR: why firms can’t wait for 2027 to prepare

Financial institutions across Europe are facing a fundamental shift in how anti-money laundering compliance is designed, evidenced and supervised, as the EU's new AML...

RIAs face day-one AML scrutiny under new FinCEN rule

Registered investment advisers in the US have officially entered a new regulatory era. FinCEN's landmark anti-money laundering rule came into force on 1 January...

BOI reporting in 2026: what compliance teams must know

The rules governing beneficial ownership information reporting have undergone a dramatic transformation since the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) came into force — and compliance...

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