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22 May 2018

Is the sun setting on BOTs’ tax haven status?

An amendment to the Sanctions and Anti Money Laundering Bill was approved by the British government in May. The headline news from the amendment was that from 2020 British Overseas Territories (BOT) will be obliged to publish the beneficial owner(s) of all registered companies.....More

Words by Jake Plenderleith

7 May 2018

EU fifth anti money laundering directive (5MLD)

Here’s an insight into some of the changes put forward in this fifth and latest update.....More

Words by Jason Morris

30 April 2018

How high risk is trade finance?

What is trade finance and is it really as high-risk as it is often perceived?....More

Words by Simone Jones

24 April 2018

What does being a member of ICA do for you as a compliance professional?

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Words by Jennifer Trenery

11 April 2018

The Financial Conduct Authority publishes 2018/19 business plan

The FCA’s business plan for this year has had to strike a careful balance between the considerable amount of work that is going to be taking place on Brexit, which is already well underway, and their other strategic priorities.....More

Words by Holly Whitehead

22 March 2018

The RegTech and FinTech Revolution

RegTech is now one of the most talked about innovations in the financial services sector. The added influx of FinTech that has caused the incumbent population of the financial services industry to sit up and take notice. Disruption is a clear and present threat to this community. The revolution is here.....More

Words by Jason Morris

21 March 2018

5 reasons to recertify your ICA Diploma

For the first time, we are delighted to offer our Diploma graduates the opportunity to recertify their qualification in either AML, governance risk and compliance or financial crime prevention.....More

Words by Jennifer Trenery

20 March 2018

Why is it important to know your customer?

Do you ever truly know your customer? And, if you don't does it really matter?....More

Words by Simone Jones

6 March 2018

Will an ICA qualification get me a job?

One of the most frequently asked questions is ‘will an ICA qualification get me a job?’. This hardly comes as a surprise.....More

Words by Jennifer Trenery

23 February 2018

The #MeToo Movement: What lessons can we learn in the compliance community?

Over the past months, the world has witnessed a rise of an unprecedented global movement against sexual harassment and assault. It's time to rethink what constitutes a harassment-free workplace environment and revisit your anti-harassment policies, fostering a cultural shift in attitudes to this issue.....More

Words by Vera Cherepanova

13 February 2018

2018: elections, cybercrime, Bitcoin and bribery

Unpredictability is the new normal. What does 2018 hold for our industry?....More

Words by Jake Plenderleith

6 February 2018

The rise of the unregulated online gambling industry

Should the anti-money laundering (AML) community be concerned at the prevalence of such Bitcoin services, and their open lack of regard to customer due diligence (CDD) controls?....More

Words by Kane Pepi

30 January 2018

The importance of tone from the top and why it should not be underestimated

As firms continue to navigate the labyrinthine minefield of legislation and regulation and claw their way up the evolutionary ladder of compliance with standards that appear to have moving goal posts, ‘tone from the top’ has never been more important.....More

Words by Dawn Fisher

22 January 2018

Five things you need to know about Bitcoin

Bitcoin has taken the world by storm; Simone Jones shares what she has learnt about cryptocurrency over the course of the last year.....More

Words by Simone Jones

16 January 2018

Everything you need to know about mobile financial services

Over the last decade, mobile financial services (MFS) have been instrumental in increasing financial inclusion in developing markets. What impact does this have on financial services and the telecommunications industry?....More

Words by Jake Plenderleith

15 January 2018

Why policy makers should shoulder responsibility for UK failings

In November 2017, Transparency International (TI) published the report Hiding in Plain Sight which further highlighted the attractiveness of UK Plc to those that wish to launder the proceeds of corruption or value of other criminal origin.....More

Words by Dawn Fisher

2 January 2018

Blurring the lines: how technology is shaping illicit finance typologies

As technological innovation sweeps the financial sector, the compliance professional faces developments of huge consequence.....More

Words by David Carlisle

27 November 2017

The Department of Mysteries (or What is the Compliance Department actually doing?)

It struck me that the compliance department has certain parallels with the Ministry of Magic from J.K. Rowling´s Harry Potter series. Both are often misunderstood, mysterious, ‘secretly’ structured but at the same time necessary and important.....More

Words by Lucie Schweizer

23 November 2017

Happy Thanksgiving Day: top 5 US blogs of 2017

Thanksgiving Day is upon us, and in celebration of the annual harvest, we have collated our top five blogs with US origins. Let’s take a retrospective look at our favourite blogs from the last year, with a keen focus on the United States.....More

Words by Jennifer Trenery

21 November 2017

A turning tide? Terrorism and the Caribbean

How many of us, if we were then asked to think of terrorism and the Caribbean, would think back to the bygone era of piracy; of Calico Jack and mutiny on the seas? This era ended around the 1830s so surely terrorism is something that now happens outside of the Caribbean, doesn’t it?....More

Words by Sarah Reynolds

6 November 2017

Meet an ICA Member with Jerry Walters

Jerry Walters has a Distinction in the International Compliance Association Diploma Course in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF). As well as being a member of the ICA, Jerry is a former Detective Constable and has worked on high profile cases including Operation Trilby. He is still involved in all aspects of tackling financial crime through the running of his own business. Here, Jerry discusses what ICA and compliance means to him.....More

Words by Jennifer Trenery

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