The FinCrime Files – Q&A with Caroline Kennedy, Head of Financial Crime Control Operations at Santander UK
In the latest of our FinCrime Files interviews, we caught up with Caroline Kennedy, Head of Financial Crime Control Operation at Santander UK. She discusses the difficulties behind unstructured data for fighting financial crime, the key benefits of artificial
Is there light at the end of the corona-scam tunnel for financial services?
The globe has been halted in its tracks for the past few months due to this ongoing pandemic. It has caused just as much disruption for businesses worldwide as past economic downturns, and still there are those that profit
The Arachnys Data Source Series: Nigeria
Continuously building out our source information, provided via the Arachnys Data Gateway, we look to give our clients the confidence to perform onboarding, screening and investigations for companies and individuals they do business with worldwide. The worldwide tag here is
The FinCrime Files – Q&A with Matthew Tataryn, Head of Financial Crime at Tide
In our continuing series of interviews, we attempt to uncover some of the challenges faced by those on the front line in fighting financial crime. We caught up with Matthew Tataryn, Head of Financial Crime at Tide, who kindly
Decoding the links between modern slavery and money laundering
Viruses are deadly because they are not easy to kill, let alone eradicate from nature. Slavery is a bit like a virus that refuses to die down in human society. As of 2020, virtually all nations on earth have
Why the COVID-19 crisis poses such a compliance challenge for banks
In times of crisis, we often see the best of people, with selfless and heroic individuals doing all they can to alleviate the suffering of others. Unfortunately, there are also people for whom crisis brings out the worst –
Are UBO registers making a difference?
The EU’s 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) became effective on 10 January 2020. Amongst various other guidelines, it stipulates that member states must open up access to registers of ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) of companies, also referred to as