Posts by Anthony Quinn
Newsletter – 01 September 2019
What we’re hearing… Over the last month we have seen a fair bit of activity from the Australian Government and AUSTRAC in the run up to the follow-up mutual evaluation visit by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which is expected to start in November. The cynics among us could be forgiven for asking, why…
Read MoreArctic Intelligence expands global reach with first North American client
Arctic Intelligence has expanded its global presence with the addition of its first North American client, Bendix Foreign Exchange and Payment Solutions. With operations in Canada and USA, Bendix Foreign Exchange is a leading provider of integrated foreign exchange and global payments solutions that conducts business globally. Mathew Varghese, Chief Compliance Officer, commented“Risk Management is…
Read MoreArctic Intelligence wins RegTech start-up of the Year
Arctic Intelligence has won the RegTech Start-Up of the Year award at the fourth annual FinTech Awards 2019. The award was given to Arctic Intelligence in recognition of its industry-leading risk assessment and compliance solutions, designed to assist regulated businesses in meeting their anti-money laundering compliance obligations. Arctic Intelligence COO, Darren Cade said, “We’re delighted…
Read MoreNewsletter – 01 August 2019
What we’re hearing… Over the last month or so, we have seen a number of high-profile activities from our local regulator AUSTRAC indicating that they are starting to get serious on non-compliance with the AML/CTF Act. Since the Annual Compliance Reporting deadline passed at the end of March, a data mining exercise is underway by…
Read MoreIs Australia’s methamphetamine problem falling down the cracks (slight pun intended!)?
If you thought it was just Antarctica that has a major ice problem you’d be wrong, Australia is facing an ice problem of epidemic proportions. After reading recent articles over the last two months on a couple of substantial drug busts thwarted by the Australian Federal Police, it got me thinking about the sheer volume…
Read MoreConcerns over use of spreadsheets to manage AML Compliance
In a recent industry presentation to risk and compliance managers in Australia by regulatory software provider Arctic Intelligence, an audience poll revealed 54% of respondents listed reliance on spreadsheets for risk assessment which may no longer be fit-for-purpose for conducting anti-money laundering (AML) risk assessments as one of their top three concerns. The poll also…
Read MoreNewsletter – 01 July 2019
What we’re hearing… Anyone who knows me well will know that I’m a passionate advocate for the benefits of using RegTech to help regulated businesses manage financial crime risk and compliance exposures and protect them from being exploited by organised criminal networks. I’m often asked by prospective clients to help them justify why they should adopt…
Read MoreConsultant case study: Aub Chapman consulting services
We invited AML/CTF consultant, Aub Chapman from Aub Chapman Consulting Services, to share his thoughts on why he uses AML Accelerate on client engagements. When I’m doing independent audits, I find that clients have deficiencies or misunderstandings in two fundamental areas. The first is, do they really understand the risks that their industry or their…
Read MoreIs Excel really fit for purpose to run risk and compliance assessments?
Author: Anthony Quinn, CEO and Founder, Arctic Intelligence I am often asked by prospective banking and consulting clients to help them justify why they should adopt RegTech and not continue using spreadsheets for managing risk and compliance engagements. So it got me thinking and here are my top 15 reasons why RegTech beats Excel hands…
Read MoreConsultant case study: Initialism – AML Compliance solutions
Neil Jeans, Principal at Initialism and co-founder of AML Accelerate, shares how he uses AML Accelerate to grow his AML/CTF consultancy. When we designed AML Accelerate, we designed it with the consulting market in mind. Delivering clients the product and service that they need – the AML program, the risk assessment, due diligence standard –…
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