While much of the focus centres on cryptocurrencies, digital currencies come in many forms. Virtual currencies include cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and the fast-emerging central bank issued…
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In this week’s roundup we start off with a brief look at crypto. The relationship between crypto and sanctions is once again being questioned after…
This week, we lead by acknowledging World Whistleblowers Day 2022 and the role played by the often-unsung heroes who put their livelihoods, and even their…
The FATF plenary 2022 concluded last Friday with relief for Malta which was taken off the grey list, disappointment for Pakistan as it narrowly failed…
As sanctions continue to squeeze the Russian economy, Western powers are now exploring new ways of ensuring that sanctioned individuals and entities are unable to…
The contentious issue of sanctioning Russian oil came to the fore this week, but despite objections from some member states the EU is pressing ahead…
As more disturbing reports of violence emerge from Ukraine; western powers are gathering once again to see what further action can be taken to halt…
While the rate at which sanctions are being introduced has slowed, their repercussions are still reverberating across the world. In this week’s AML Roundup, we…
In this week’s KYC360 AML roundup: NatWest fined £265m, Dev Odedra looks at luxury goods and sanctions, UBS fails to overturn tax evasion appeal, Bank…
At times it can seem as if Swedbank’s recent history has been taken from the plot of a Nordic noir novel. There is a procedural…