Having previously reduced its exposure to oil and gas by £878m during 2021, NatWest has committed to stop doing business with further coal and oil and gas companies that do not have “credible”…
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The US House Committee on Financial Services questioned Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev; Reddit CEO Steve Huffman; Citadel’s Ken Griffin; Melvin…
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What are the FinCEN files?
The FinCEN files comprise more than 2,500 documents, representing some of…
FCA Fines Commerzbank over AML failures – what is the lesson?
Introduction
On 17 June 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) published a final notice (“Notice”) imposing a fine…
Corporate Crime analysis: Lucia Cabello, Solicitor at Fulcrum, considers the decision of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) to fine the UK bank Standard Chartered a total of…
The Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) has launched a review of the role of authorised corporate directors (“ACDs”) after widespread scrutiny of the service providers following the Woodford…
Introduction
A month on from the implementation of the European Union’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2018/843) (“5MLD”)[1] which placed cryptoassets under the supervision of the…
Introduction
On 10 January 2020 the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2018/843 (“5MLD”) implemented by The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019…
Will the FCA decrypt Cryptoassets?
From 10 January 2020, cryptoasset businesses that operate in the UK will be subject to supervision by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in respect to…
Four senior ex-Barclays executives, and Barclays plc, have been charged with a number of fraud offences after the SFO’s five-year investigation into the raising of billions of pounds from Qatar…
Source: FCA told to review how it records meetings with firms
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The Government is to set up a new watchdog to close loopholes used by criminals as part of a wider clampdown on money laundering and terrorist financing.
Source: Government to set up new…
More than one in four UK employees (approximately 9.1 million people) are currently furloughed under the Gover...
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The Code for Crown Prosecutors (“Code”) sets out the general principles crown prosecutors should follow when d...
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Introduction On 10 January 2020 the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (EU) 2018/843 (“5MLD”) implemente...
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