Insight

International news and developments - August 2018

Written by Jason Morris on Thursday September 13, 2018


 

UK Region

Pension scam victims lose an average of £91,000 in 2017

 

RBS bottom of bank league tables

 

Regulation round-up from the FCA

 

UK regulator fines KPMG for misconduct on Ted Baker audit

 

FCA enforcement action increases in the wake of senior managers regime

 

Banks consider ‘early warning system’ to fight misconduct

 

Is Britain to become a cashless society?

 

UK aid will ‘stop dirty money in its tracks’

 

UK’s ‘Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Programme’ put on hold

 

 

EMEA Region

Top four EU banks have shed €1.5 trillion in assets since 2013

 

Bank of Spain’s website hit by cyber attack

 

Money laundering thriving in Germany

 

EU admits gaps in AML framework, but action won’t be taken till ‘next year or beyond’

 

ING fined €775 million for weak crime prevention

 

 

APAC Region

HKMA intervenes in currency market

 

Pakistani court to look into ex-President in money laundering probe

 

Japan developing technology to predict money laundering

 

Iranian constitutional body calls for anti money laundering changes

 

 

North America Region

$4.9 billion penalty for RBS to settle US misconduct claims

 

President Trump’s former lawyer investigated for $20m bank fraud

 

Swiss bank fined $60m over tax evasion in the US

 

Thinktank: Canada has a lot of catching up to do on money laundering

 

Fugitive at centre of 1MDB probe charged with money laundering

 

 

LATAM Region

Brazilian FIFA official jailed for four years for corruption

 

Guatemala bullish in face of criticism for denying entry to UN anti-corruption body

 

Singapore to return $11 million to in 1MDB-linked funds 

 


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