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AML Accelerate launches a category defining AML/CFT compliance platform
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance requirements are being revised and new requirements are being introduced and enforced around the world, impacting more than 30 financial and non-financial industry sectors, with many being brought into AML/CFT for the first time. Industry sectors including lawyers, accountants, real estate agents and dealers in…
Read MoreThe first step of AML/CFT compliance – understanding your ML/TF Risks
One of the main aims of New Zealand’s AML/CFT regime is the identification and management of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks. The first recommendation within the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards is a requirement to understand ML/TF risks at a national and regulated entity level. This indicates the importance that the…
Read MoreAustralian banks reassessing risks amid unprecedented enforcement action: sources
In the wake of an unprecedented lawsuit against Commonwealth Bank of Australia for alleged compliance violations, other lenders are re-evaluating their own risks and adjusting to a potentially more aggressive regulatory climate, say sources. On August 3, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, or AUSTRAC, accused the country’s largest financial institution of violating anti-money…
Read More‘Alarm bells ringing’- laundering claims rain on CBA’s parade
Commonwealth Bank staff at the Market City branch in Sydney’s Chinatown were getting suspicious, watching the same customer making cash deposits of just under $10,000. It was July 2015 and the customer was following a pattern they had seen elsewhere: ploughing cash into an intelligent deposit machine (IDM) just below the threshold where such deposits…
Read MoreNarev sets aside $40m to combat dirty cash
Commonwealth Bank has committed to spending $40 million over the next 12 months in a bid to fortify its anti-money laundering technology capabilities; a sum that has divided opinion in banking technology circles. While some have said the new investment is overkill from a bank trying to rehabilitate a tarnished reputation, others say $40m may…
Read MoreCommonwealth Bank exploring upgrades to transaction monitoring software
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is considering using new software to improve the way it monitors suspicious activity throughout the bank, suggesting the money-laundering scandal could be a tipping point that breaks down CBA’s insular approach to technology development. With AUSTRAC suing CBA for failures in identifying suspect deposits, the bank has been exploring how new regulatory…
Read MoreAustralian financial review – CBA money laundering scandal: how it happened
Anthony Quinn talks about the money laundering scandal that surrounds one of Australia’s major banks. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for a daily dose of financial crime news across the globe.
Read MoreRegtech gets a voice
The Regtech Association, launched late last week, is a first of its kind. It’s a product of the latent demand in the finance industry for specialist technology in this area, says Eric Frost, CEO of Simple KYC, one of the association’s founding members. “Regtech is quickly emerging due to the demand for such technology,” Frost…
Read MoreStart-ups form regtech industry association
A new industry group to represent the emerging regulatory technology, or regtech, industry has been formed in order to encourage collaboration between start-ups and regulated companies as the rise of artificial intelligence technology points to a new age of proactive compliance monitoring. A dozen Australian start-ups have come together to form the RegTech Association, which…
Read MoreArctic Intelligence ranks 57th in the RegTech top 100 power list
Welcome to the RegTech Top 100 Power List: the most influential RegTech firms presented by PlanetCompliance Regulatory Technology aka RegTech is revolutionising how we deal with financial regulation. To overcome the old ways of spreadsheets, smart start-ups, as well as more established players, use innovative technology like Artifical Intelligence or Blockchain to help banks comply…
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