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NEWS: UK’s FCA backs off ‘name and shame’ strategy; flags need for agency to stay ahead of AI-assisted fincrime

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FCA: “We must stay a step ahead of the criminals, whether it is to pre-empt the way they use new technology such as AI and deep fakes or whether it is to work together with the firms we regulate, to ensure their systems and controls keep a step ahead of those seeking to exploit them,” said Steve Smart of the FCA.

INSIGHT: We asked four world-leading financial crime experts who should be AMLA chair – here’s what they said

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NEWS: Canada’s TD Bank names insider Michelle Myers as global chief auditor amid regulatory glare

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NEWS: Gazprombank, third largest lender in Russia, among 50 banks hit with new US sanctions

By PAUL O’DONOGHUE, Senior Correspondent The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said officials must keep pace with new aspects of technology to continue to clamp down on financial crime. The agency also flagged it has diluted its plans to “name and shame” to banks and financial institutions at the outset of investigations into financial…

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INSIGHT: We asked four world-leading financial crime experts who should be AMLA chair – here’s what they said

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NEWS: Canada’s TD Bank names insider Michelle Myers as global chief auditor amid regulatory glare

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NEWS: Gazprombank, third largest lender in Russia, among 50 banks hit with new US sanctions

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  • SEC Charges Three Broker-Dealers with Filing Deficient Suspicious Activity Reports

    SEC

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    The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that broker-dealers Webull Financial LLC, Lightspeed Financial Services Group LLC, and Paulson Investment Company, LLC have agreed to settle charges that they filed with law enforcement suspicious activity reports (SARs) that failed to include important, required information. The three broker-dealers agreed to pay $275,000 combined in civil penalties to settle the SEC’s charges.

  • Financial sanctions update: Frozen Assets Reporting 2024

    OFSI

    OFSI is conducting its Frozen Asset Review. If you hold or control funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held, or controlled by a designated person, you are required to submit a report to HM Treasury's OFSI by the extended deadline of Monday 25 November 2024.

    This email is a final reminder that you are required to report the value of all assets as they stood at close of business on Monday 30 September 2024.

    Your report must include details of all funds or economic resources frozen in the UK and overseas, where these funds or economic resources are subject to UK financial sanctions legislation.

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