Tag: CTF
How the MLRO became a financial crime architect
The role of the MRLO has expanded far beyond its traditional remit. Once largely associated with regulatory filings, annual financial crime risk assessments and...
Turning AML into advantage in African FinTech
African FinTech has long been associated with financial inclusion, mobile-first innovation and rapid digital adoption. Across a continent where smartphone penetration is rising and...
How AML reform is reshaping financial crime strategy
Australia’s financial crime framework is entering a period of profound change, with AML and counter-terrorism financing reforms set to reshape how institutions manage risk....
Who really owns financial crime risk in 2026?
Across many financial institutions, the Financial Crime Risk Assessment (FCRA) is still widely misunderstood. Whether it appears as an enterprise-wide ML/TF/PF assessment in Australia,...
VASPs and financial crime risk: building defensible ML/TF/PF
Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) have become a high-value target for organised criminal networks, largely because they enable fast, cross-border movement of value across...
Financial advisers face rising ML/TF/PF risk pressures
Financial planners and investment advisers sit at the heart of long-term wealth decisions, often balancing close client relationships with product distribution and portfolio construction.
While...
Malaysia’s AML reforms under the FATF spotlight in 2025
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...
Preparing for AUSTRAC Tranche 2 AML reforms in 2026
Australia’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) framework is on the brink of its most significant overhaul in decades, as the AUSTRAC Tranche...
Tranche 2 reshapes liability for gatekeeper professions
Gatekeeper professions including lawyers, accountants, real estate agents and trust and company service providers sit at the heart of global financial systems.
They are...
KYC verification explained: key steps and best practices
In today’s financial landscape, compliance and risk teams constantly walk a fine line between fraud prevention and customer experience. The goal is clear: keep...










