Tag: Beneficial Ownership

Financial institutions know that regulators rarely judge an AML programme on policy documents alone. When examiners test whether controls work in practice, they often...

Many compliance teams know the feeling: a risk event hits the headlines, the business starts asking questions, and yet your alert queues stay quiet—until...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a revised regulatory framework designed to strengthen corporate transparency and improve the accuracy and timeliness of...

Between 2024 and 2025, financial institutions and regulated entities across Malaysia intensified preparations for the country’s fifth mutual evaluation by the Financial Action Task...

Money laundering continues to evolve at pace, with criminal networks adapting quickly to new payment technologies, digital channels and cross-border infrastructures. As financial crime becomes...

Early signals from compliance teams suggest that sanctions screening is entering a decisive phase, shaped by geopolitical instability, expanding watchlists, and a clear regulatory...

Sanctions screening has become a crucial line of defence in the fight against financial crime, helping to prevent professional and financial services from being...

Identifying UBOs remains one of the most complex challenges in CDD. These individuals, who ultimately control or benefit from a legal entity, must be...

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the U.S. Department of Commerce has taken a major step towards tightening export control enforcement with...

When the FATF arrives in Canada later this year, the visit will serve as more than a routine policy check—it will act as a...