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February 2023

FinTech Global: What Does 2023 Have in Store for AML?

Originally published by FinTech Global   The pace of market change that financial institutions must endure is climbing, with every year posing new challenges and opportunities. What will happen in AML in 2023? In a recent post, Eventus president Jeff Bell explained how he is reimagining AML as well as some of the top challenges compliance officers […]

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AML in 2023: The Convergence of AML and Trade Surveillance

Originally published by Markets Media   Compliance in Focus is a content series on regulatory topics for financial markets and challenges compliance officers face in addressing surveillance and monitoring. Compliance in Focus is produced in collaboration with Eventus. As seen in 2022 and continuing this year, the pace of market change financial institutions must endure is increasing. New

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UK’s Financial Regulator Gives AML Application Guidance

By: Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets, Eventus   Only 15 percent of cryptoasset applicants have gained approval under the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) anti-money laundering (AML) and countering-terrorist finance regime, according to a recent FCA notice. To assist applicants, the FCA offers guidelines about what constitutes good and bad applications to

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UK Cryptoasset Policy Paper Emphasizes Market Abuse Rules

By: Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets, Eventus   The UK Treasury (HMT) published a consultation paper on February 1, 2023 to outline its thinking about expanding crypto regulations, such as applying elements of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) that covers other asset classes and to give crypto trading venues monitoring responsibilities. The

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Reimagining AML – Taking a Signals-Based Approach

Anti-money laundering (AML) is a mature industry with many aspects and choices about how best to satisfy regulatory requirements– from pre-onboarding through effective monitoring to reporting and off-boarding in order to help financial institutions stop financial crime.  AML is fairly procedural with a high degree of information gathering, processing, and analysis. Too often, AML’s pain-points

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Equities Trading Rule-Change Proposals: Implications for Data and Surveillance

Originally published by Markets Media Compliance in Focus is a content series on regulatory topics for financial markets and the challenges compliance officers face in addressing surveillance and monitoring. Compliance in Focus is produced in collaboration with Eventus.   Among the bevy of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory proposals issued in December 2022, some demand more prominence

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