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What we are hearing – January 2021
Happy New Year everyone… As we closed the chapter in 2020 and opened a new one for 2021, organisations are faced with trying to manage their businesses in possibly the highest risk and uncertain economic, political and financial environment of our generation – the time for resilience and strong governance, risk management and control has…
Read MoreCustomer insights – January 2021
Goodbye, 2020! Hello, 2021! We kicked off the year with a major update to the Risk Assessment Platform; our largest to-date. And work is underway on new features and enhancements for AML Accelerate. These updates reflect our continued focus on transforming risk assessment and compliance to be fast, easy, and comprehensive. Risk Assessment Platform v1.8…
Read MoreCustomer insights – December 2020
Have you created your 2020 AML/CTF Program? If you have not yet reviewed and updated your AML/CTF Programs and ML/TF Risk Assessments for 2020, there is still time. With AML Accelerate it is very quick and easy to copy your last year’s AML Program to create your 2020 AML Program documents. Please see the easy-to-follow…
Read MoreWhat we are hearing – December 2020
As we near the end of 2020, a year that most would be happy to forget, this newsletter is focussed around some reflections on the year that was (not) and potential risk and compliance trends that we are predicting for the year(s) ahead… Looking back at 2020 Well January to March was pretty good, until…
Read MoreEU update – November 2020
EU To Establish Bloc-Wide AML Regulator By March 2021 After an agreement with finance ministers, the European Union will move forward in creating a bloc-wide financial crime compliance authority. It is hoped that the new authority will coordinate and enforce AML rules by March 2021. They will directly oversee country regulators and financial institutions and…
Read MoreWhat we are hearing – November 2020
In November, we have seen interest in the financial crime risk and compliance management space continue to grow with continuous media coverage on compliance issues popping up in all corners of the world. In Australia, we saw the AML law reforms known as Tranche 1.5 pass through the lower house, and the Greens took the initiative to…
Read MoreCustomer insights – November 2020
This month we shine a spotlight on one of the most active members of our community, Suncorp’s Financial Crimes Team, to find out how adopting technology has helped to manage their AML/CTF regime. We also explain how you can influence which new features are added to AML Accelerate. Customer Spotlight Michelle Milts is the AML/CTF…
Read MoreThe importance of RegTech in financial crime risk management
How RegTech & financial crime risk management technologies can benefit your business and society As the impact of financial crime continues to grow, both on businesses and society in general, more and more organisations are recognising the importance of adopting RegTech within their risk mitigation strategies. The cost of implementing regulatory technologies, or RegTech, to…
Read MoreCustomer insights – October 2020
In this months newsletter we share some insights from the roundtable event with our Canadian customers, and provide answers to the latest questions on conducting risk assessments in AML Accelerate and Risk Assessment. Roundtable Event Earlier this month, we held a roundtable event with our Canadian credit union community of customers to discuss the challenges…
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…
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