- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Neil Hodge2023-11-24T15:14:00
The success of the U.K.’s latest legislative efforts to tackle financial crime depends on the capability of transforming what is often regarded as one of the country’s most passive regulators into a proactive—even aggressive—prosecuting authority.
Not everyone is convinced such a change can happen quickly, if at all.
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which became law last month, aims to prevent money laundering and other financial crime. A central tenet of its enforcement program is to give Companies House—up until now a passive registrar of corporate information—the new objective of improving and checking the transparency and accuracy of the information companies provide in its registers.
2024-06-06T13:52:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Despite repeated interventions, fines, and negative publicity, money laundering is rife in U.K. financial services firms, according to Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell.
2023-11-27T19:38:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Risks posed by money laundering and the financing of terrorism have dramatically increased in Singapore, according to a recent survey of the city-state’s financial institutions conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
2023-10-26T19:07:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
The United Kingdom adopted the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which aims to stem the flow of dirty money coming into the country through enhancements to government agency capabilities and law enforcement.
2025-07-03T15:51:00Z By Ruth Prickett
The EU’s new strategy aims to boost SME growth and cut market barriers, but businesses doubt reforms will happen, and consumer groups fear weaker data protections.
2025-06-26T20:22:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
In another sign of President Donald Trump’s focus on cryptocurrency, the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to create proposals to consider crypto assets for a single-family home mortgage.
2025-06-24T17:21:00Z By Ruth Prickett
Four years after Brexit, the U.K. and EU announced a “reset” that will ease barriers to importing and exporting food, drink, and agricultural produce. It may also harmonize rules around carbon emissions trading systems, simplifying compliance for multinational organizations that are large emitters, and enable more young people to gain ...
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