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Arctic 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 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 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 –…
Read MoreConsultant case study: Clement advisory group
We invited AML/CTF consultant, Garry Clement from Clement Advisory Group, to share his thoughts on why he uses AML Accelerate on client engagements. Having working in the financial crime and anti-money laundering (AML) arena for over four decades, firstly in law enforcement and most recently as a consultant, it has become abundantly clear that establishing…
Read MoreFMA NZ cracks down on non-compliant AML/CFT programmes
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued formal warnings to 10 reporting entities under Section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT Act). The FMA carried out a risk-based assessment of independent audit reports for reporting entities it supervises in February this year, targeting 69 reporting entities. The FMA supervises…
Read MoreFMA warns NZ companies they need to do more to comply with AML/CFT regulations
The Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand issued a stark warning for regulated entities in its recently published Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) 2018 Monitoring Report. Given the Act has been in place for more than five years, the FMA stated that they had expected to see more mature processes and policies…
Read MoreWhat NZ accountants need to know about implementing an anti-money laundering programme
If you are a public practice accountant operating in New Zealand, you are required to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) obligations outlined in Phase 2 of the AML/CFT Act 2009, which commenced in October 2018. Under the new requirements, you must carry out an AML risk assessment and…
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