By Aaron Nicodemus2024-07-18T20:39:00
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) asked banks and financial institutions “to do more” to ensure that U.K lawmakers and their families are not treated unfairly.
On Thursday, the FCA released a review of findings on how effectively firms are following its guidance on the treatment of politically exposed persons (PEPs) for anti-money laundering (AML) purposes. The FCA’s definition of PEPs are lawmakers, close family members, and close associates whose position puts them at higher risk of using financial tools to facilitate money laundering.
The FCA first announced that it would review financial institutions’ treatment of PEPs in September in response to the Nigel Farage “debanking” scandal, in which NatWest subsidiary Coutts closed the U.K. politician’s investment accounts potentially over his right-wing political views.
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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority apologized to investors in peer-to-peer investment firm Collateral for not acting swiftly enough to prevent Collateral from defrauding its customers.
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The U.K. has an ongoing problem with money laundering, but recent changes to economic crime law and corporate registration requirements could bring more cases to court, according to consultancy KPMG.
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The U.K Financial Conduct Authority published findings showing that financial services firms are implementing its guidance on politically exposed persons related to anti-money laundering inconsistently, with experts warning firms of reputational damage arising from potential enforcement.
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Three Mexican financial institutions will be barred from transacting with U.S.-based banks after a U.S. Treasury agency determined that the institutions allowed their networks to aid the illegal fentanyl trade of Mexican criminal organizations.
2025-03-18T16:56:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The U.S. Treasury’s effort to dramatically narrow the focus of the Corporate Transparency Act through “emergency” rulemaking would gut the law’s anti-money laundering efforts, a transparency expert said.
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Two senators behind the Corporate Transparency Act have demanded that U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent justify his suspension of one of the law’s anti-money laundering requirements.
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