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In Luxembourg, three main national regulatory authorities are responsible for supervising financial products and services: the Luxembourg Ministère des Finances, the Banque centrale du Luxembourg (BCL), and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). This article focuses on the…
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Each year brings a host of consequential new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, and 2024 is no exception. Various regulators plan a raft of reforms with significant consequences. We’ve selected five key changes for this article – due to the global…
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The fifth Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary under the two-year Singapore Presidency of T. Raja Kumar took place at the FATF headquarters in Paris on February 21-23, 2024. We’ve summarized the key developments: Changes to the grey list. Increasing…
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Following October’s plenary, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued new guidance relating to cyber-enabled fraud (CEF). In the report, the global watchdog analyzed how the cyber fraud landscape has evolved, its links to other crimes, and how criminal syndicates…
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The third Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary under the two-year Singapore Presidency of T. Raja Kumar took place in Paris on June 21-23, 2023. Discussions focused on: Measures for anti-money laundering and the countering of terrorist financing (AML/CFT) in…
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On 7th June, the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) announced new reimbursement requirements for authorised push payment (APP) fraud victims. In this blog and my video below, I break down what the announcement means and – as someone who has…
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Following the passage of the AML/CFT Amendment Act by the Australian Parliament in late 2024, Tranche 2 anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) reforms have officially commenced on July 1st, 2026. The implementation of these reforms will…
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Following February’s plenary, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issued two new reports related to countering ransomware financing. One report analyzes the methods cybercriminals use to carry out attacks and the techniques they use to launder ransom payments, while the…
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The second Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary under the two-year Singapore Presidency of T. Raja Kumar took place at the FATF headquarters in Paris on February 22-24, 2023. In attendance were delegates from over 200 jurisdictions of the Global…
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