All Business & Industry articles – Page 4
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NewsRussia readies roubles for bondholders as debt default looms
Russia moved closer to defaulting on international debts this week, prompting a move to hoard roubles to pay international bond holders that need to be repaid in dollars.
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VideoUnderstanding the Economic Crime Bill and what it means for you
Understanding the Economic Crime Bill and what it means for you
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VideoThe EU’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Proposals: What Will They Mean For Your Organisation?
FinCrime Focus: Anti-Money Laundering will explore the Commission’s proposals and consider how they might affect financial institutions.
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VideoEconomic Crime: From Conception to Response
Join Prof Mark Button and Dr Branislav Hock, authors of the newly published book: ‘Economic Crime: From Conception to Response’ for a discussion and a reflection on the most important problems associated with economic crime.
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VideoProtection Against Crypto-Fraud: A Look at What Steps Need to be Implemented
This session takes a look at how cryptocurrency frauds happen and how they can be avoided.
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VideoUtilising Automation, AI, Data and Machine Learning to Fight Financial Crimes More Effectively: What’s on the Horizon For 2022
How can AI, Machine Learning and other RegTech tools enhance protection, detection and response processes
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VideoUS Policy Developments and their Impact on Cryptocurrency and CBDCs
Robert Bateman, Head of Content at GRC World Forums, talks to Amanda Wick, former FinCEN and DOJ attorney about the impact of President Biden’s recent executive order on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and the challenges of regulation and enforcement.
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VideoAn Examination of the Geopolitical Landscape in 2022 and What This Means for Compliance Programmes
Our opening panel will examine the geopolitical landscape of the year ahead. We will offer an analysis of the state of play between world economies and the rise of economic and trade restrictions to fight human rights abuses, terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
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VideoWhat’s Next For FinTech? What’s on Offer Presently and What Does the Future of FinTech Hold for Financial Crime Professionals?
Fintech has produced a flurry of innovation in recent months, from new payment platforms to robo-advisers, coloured coins to smart contracts and more. While these applications have the potential to deliver financial services faster and more securely, they come with their own financial crime and compliance challenges. Running parallel, some in the fintech sector are also working on tools that could potentially reshape key compliance processes, is always a daunting task.
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VideoNew Machine Learning, Financial Crime & Tax Evasion Risks in 2022: A Deep Dive Into The Key Learning Points for Your Compliance Programme
Businesses have to follow quite a few requirements which this session will take a look into including: · Effective reporting · Staying aware of high-risk customers · A compliance officer in the team
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VideoUnpacking US Finance Regulatory Developments: Cryptocurrency, CBDC, and Sanctions
David Rowe-Francis, Founder of Praxis Compliance Consultants talks to Amanda Wick, former FinCEN and DOJ attorney about the impact of President Biden’s recent executive order on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and the challenges of regulation and enforcement.
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NewsCybersecurity certification to strengthen renewable energy sector
A new report has recommended that more cybersecurity testing be carried out as part of improved cyber certification for distributed energy resources (DER) and inverter based resources (IBR).
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VideoA Discussion of Current Developments in the US AML/CFT Regime
What should financial institutions do in response to the AML/CTF priorities
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NewsMost consumers know the risks of online shopping but wouldn’t change behaviour in case of a data breach
Fresh research finds that while consumers are aware of the risks of shopping online, most would carry on with web-based retail even if they became victims of cybercrime and lost personal data as a result.
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NewsShoppers warned against online fraud as holiday season approaches
Seasonal shopping has well and truly started, and as online transactions pick up, consumers have been encouraged to be on their guard so as not to fall victim to web-based fraud.
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WebinarInstant payments need instant screening
Everyday millions, if not billions, of transactions flow through the financial system. At the same time the consumer and commercial demand for instant payments is increasing, shrinking the transaction processing window.
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VideoUnited We Stand The potential for integrated FinCrime teams and controls
The problem of fragmentation affects the world of FinCrime in many ways. Within compliance and risk management functions, the past isolation of AML, fraud and sanctions teams has led to key risks falling between the institutional gaps – a problem exacerbated when the teams use different platforms and data streams.
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VideoBeyond the Banking Bubble Leveraging technology lessons from other industries
In the last few years, financial services providers and Regulatory Technology (RegTech) firms have talked a great deal about the deployment of new data-driven technologies, usually with a focus on automation and supervised machine learning to core compliance tasks such as sanctions screening and transaction monitoring.
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VideoA Talk on the Wild Side - A conversation on the Wildlife-FinCrime nexus with John Scanlon
The potential link between the illegal wildlife trade and the spread of COVID-19 has focused attention once again on the trafficking and exploitation of wild animals, as well as plants.
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VideoComplying with Diversity Building an inclusive Compliance profession
Critics often complain that the compliance profession is something of a closed-shop for white, middle-class men who have worked for decades in the financial services sector, and dominate the top tiers of senior management in the field.
