Tag: FATF

Managing AML risk in cross-border payments and real-time rails

The rapid expansion of real-time global commerce, digital banking and borderless FinTech services has fundamentally reshaped how money moves across borders. Consumers and businesses...

Global AML roundup: enforcement actions that shaped 2025

Europe saw some of the most high-profile AML enforcement actions of 2025, with regulators continuing to signal that long-standing control weaknesses will not be...

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...

Gatekeepers turn to digital AML tools to fight crime

Digital tools have become essential for combating financial crime across gatekeeper professions, with AML obligations growing more complex and far-reaching. Lawyers, accountants, real estate...

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...

How money laundering fuels global crime

Money laundering remains one of the most pervasive threats to global financial stability, quietly enabling organised crime, political corruption and terrorist financing. Despite extensive...

AML vs GDPR: compliance risks for professionals

Gatekeeper professions – from law firms and accounting practices to estate agents and trust service providers – face increasingly difficult compliance terrain. As financial...

Why art dealers face rising AML compliance challenges

The global art market has long attracted scrutiny over its vulnerability to money laundering, as artwork provides a covert channel for illicit funds to...

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...

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