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AML Insights that help set the global benchmark in compliance
Arctic Intelligence have produced their 2022 insights survey to gather data from financial crime risk and compliance professionals across the globe. The focus is to understand how organisations conduct their...

It’s all just a little bit of history repeating itself: How Business Risk Assessments Could Help to Reduce the De-Risking of the Crypto Currency Sector
Introduction In 2021, a Select Committee was set up in Australia to receive evidence on the country’s role as a technology and financial centre. Several different topics were canvassed, for...

4 Good Reasons Why Crypto Businesses Should Complete an AML/CFT Business Risk Assessment
Introduction If you work for a cryptocurrency business (“business”), chances are you’re in the process of becoming or have recently been authorised by a financial services regulator. If you’re fortunate...

Australian RegTech of the Year winner, Arctic Intelligence forges global expansion with ICA partnership
ANNOUNCEMENT : Arctic Intelligence continues its growth trajectory by ending the last quarter of 2021 securing a strategic partnership with the International Compliance Association (ICA) headquartered in the United Kingdom....

Understanding the Financial Crime Risk Across Your Group of Businesses
“One of These Things is Not Like the Others…?” Introduction In May 2021, the European Banking Authority (“EBA”) announced that it was consulting on draft guidelines (“Guidelines”) about compliance management...

Times They are A-Changing – and So Should Your Business Risk Assessment
Introduction – The Dear CEO Letter In May 2021, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) issued a “Dear CEO” letter to the retail banking sector. For those not familiar with...

EU Update – July 2021
Business Wide Risk Assessments are a hot subject We recently wrote about the Dear CEO letter sent by the FCA to Retail banks naming the Business Wide Risk Assessment (BWRA)...

News in Brief – July 2021
Americas The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is cracking down on crypto-asset tax evasion with virtual currencies and non-fungible tokens. Although designed to be invisible, this scrutiny also aims to identify...

Customer Insights – July 2021
July was full of updates, with the Risk Assessment Platform updated to v1.10, recent regulatory updates from DIA incorporated into the AML Accelerate AML Policy template and CDD Standards template,...

News in Brief – June 2021
AMERICAS Stephen Calk, founder and former CEO of The Federal Savings Bank, is being prosecuted in New York for bribery. He is accused of approving multi-million dollar loans to fund...

EU Update – June 2021
The FCA recently sent a strong worded Dear CEO letter in relation to Financial Crime The letter covers several areas where the FCA are continuing to see firms failing to...

Customer Insights – June 2021
This month we updated the AML Accelerate Australian AML Program/Policy template to incorporate recent reforms to the AML/CTF Act, meanwhile, the Risk Assessment platform introduces a new Fraud risk model....

Dear CEO… FCA address repeat compliance failings
The FCA recently sent a strong worded Dear CEO letter in relation to Financial Crime. The letter covers several areas where the FCA are continuing to see firms failing to...

What we are hearing – May 2021
It’s been another big month of financial crime news… In Europe, the largest mafia trial in 30 years is under way with 350 defendants including politicians and public officials. The...

Customer Insights – May 2021
Enterprise-wide risk assessment solution Risk Assessment v1.9 is now live with exciting new features and quality of life improvements to the platform. Thanks to our wonderful community of users who...

News in Brief – May 2021
AFRICA Ghana expected to be removed from the EU money laundering watch list following a meeting with the President of the European Council, His Excellency, Charles Michel and President Nana...

Arctic Intelligence provide financial crime professionals an AML Benchmark Report
Arctic Intelligence found that 1 in 4 risk & compliance professionals believe rolling out and managing the enterprise risk assessment process across their teams is challenging – risky! PRESS RELEASE:...

News in Brief – April 2021
AFRICA 66-year old 'Hotel Rwanda' hero, Paul Rusesabagina has been detained in his home country and is facing a slew of terrorism-related charges that include murder and financing terrorismThe Corporate...