TBML increasingly a priority for financial institutions in Asia Pacific says new report
New research conducted by RegTech NICE Actimize and Regulation Asia, suggests that countering financial crime could move beyond well-used tools such as suspicious transaction monitoring and sanctions screening and focus on high risk areas, including trade-based financial crime. Other areas considered high risk include fraud…
FATF publishes survey results on cross-border payments and the implementation of its standards
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) says it has published its final report on its survey to identify areas where divergent anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules or their implementation cause friction for cross-border payments. Cross-border Payments – Survey Results on the…
GFI survey includes TBML amongst four key financial crimes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is one of four types of financial criminality examined in a comprehensive survey of 250 financial crime experts in Latin America and the Caribbean published by Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The Washington-based non-profit focused on illicit financial flows says its survey…
Accuity survey reveals differences in trade compliance processes at banks, corporates and NBFIs
Accuity has conducted a survey on trade compliance and the specific challenges facing the industry. More than 120 compliance professionals from banks, insurance and fintech firms around the world participated in the survey. The results reveal differences in how global banks, corporates and non-banking financial…
