Posts by Arctic Intelligence
EU update – October 2020
Companies House Reform The UK’s company registrar, Companies House are set to reform procedures to clamp down on fraud and money laundering. In April 2016, the UK led the way by introducing the Persons with Significant Control (PSC) Register, or better known as a Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) database. It became a requirement for any…
Read MoreNews in brief – October 2020
This year we have witnessed some of the largest fines in history with many international financial services organisations and other regulated entities under scrutiny from regulators. As the business landscape adapts to the pandemic, we are seeing authorities provide businesses direction on how to protect themselves from vulnerabilities to financial crime such as AML guidance,…
Read MoreOctober 2020 – founder note
October has been another busy month for Arctic Intelligence and for the financial crime compliance community as whole, as momentum is solidly building in the mainstream and social media, below are some of the key AML highlights from this month. In Australia, it’s all been happening – Firstly, AUSTRAC announced in a media release that…
Read MoreAnti-Money Laundering
Anthony Quinn talks about anti-money laundering with James Frost and Geraldine Doogue. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for a daily dose of financial crime news across the globe.
Read MoreNews in brief – September 2020
Many businesses have been subjected to scrutiny for overlooking their vulnerabilities related to financial crime and more recently, these investigations have resulted in the form of exorbitant penalties from regulators. With such significant financial retribution and social impact, it is difficult to understand why businesses do not do more to reduce their vulnerabilities to financial…
Read MoreGlobal RegTech firm Arctic Intelligence signs leading US-based consultancy as partner
Consultancy giant Computer Services, Inc. (CSI), elect global RegTech firm, Arctic Intelligence as a regulatory compliance solution provider for their risk management services 28 September 2020 – For 55 years, CSI has invested in innovative technology solutions and provided expert service to a global clientele. With the increasing importance of regulatory compliance across the globe,…
Read MoreEU update – September 2020
Bank branch staff doing a heroic job Bank branch staff in the UK prevented fraud worth £19.3 million in the first half of 2020. Scams were interrupted due to a scheme called The Banking Protocol. This a UK wide initiative launched 3 years ago by UK Finance, National Trading Standards and local police forces. The…
Read MoreSeptember 2020 Anti-Money laundering news highlights
State of the street OPINION: On 16 September 2020, AUSTRAC issued a media release informing of the infringement notice that they issued to the State Street Bank and Trust Company, resulting from its failure to send 99 International Funds Transfer Instruction (IFTI) reports to AUSTRAC within 10 business days, in contravention with the Anti-Money Laundering…
Read MoreSeptember 2020 – note from CEO
Over the last month or so we have started to see some disparity emerging in the way in which international financial crime regulators are treating regulated entities where they identify breaches or material non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. In the UK, the Financial Conduct Authority, which has historically been fairly active in…
Read MoreCustomer insights – September 2020
Here at Arctic Intelligence, we’re all about delivering the features and services that are most important to our community of users. This month we released an enhancement to the Risk Assessment Platform with globalisation support, added the ability to vote for new features on our Community Forum, and updated our Help Center with FAQs, Methodology…
Read More