Posts Tagged ‘risk assessments’
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 comply with ML regulations for a number of reasons. There is a common theme throughout, naming a failure to identify risks across differing business units…
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 MoreLost time is never found again
OPINION: A recent LinkedIn post from Jim Richards, the Founder of RegTech Consulting LLC explored the clear disconnect between the length of time regulators think it takes regulated entities to complete money laundering risk assessments and maintain compliant AML programs and the actual time that it takes them. Jim ran the numbers and it clearly…
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